On Friday, U.S. climate scientists confirmed 2024 was the hottest year since the U.S. began keeping records in 1880, conclusively attributing human extraction and the burning of fossil ... New ...
Remnants of a bizarre “shark-toothed” aquatic predator that lived alongside dinosaurs were probably forged, according to new research. The fossil possesses highly unusual blade-like teeth ...
This article was originally published with the title “ The Petrified Forests of Yellowstone Park ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 210 No. 4 (April 1964), p. 106 doi:10.1038 ...
The tiny, 60 million-year-old fossil's location suggests that grape ... event had a huge impact on plants too," says Herrera. "The forest reset itself, in a way that changed the composition ...
Researchers believe the recently re-exposed pine fossils may serve as a precursor to the return of higher elevation forests. They also believe that, while their study is localized, the ...
In this region, where fossil killifish were previously almost unknown, a freshwater lake existed for around 250,000 years during the Middle Miocene, roughly 14.8 million years ago.