Rain can be a friend or foe for palaeontologists. It can wash away soil or erode rocks, potentially revealing thrilling fossils, or it can cause already-exposed, delicate specimens to crumble.

New research suggests the dugong-like sea creature was attacked by a crocodile, then its remains were scavenged by a tiger shark—a rare series of events to be immortalized in the fossil record ...

Paleontologists have uncovered dozens of fossils in northern B.C., only one of which came from a dinosaur that was previously known to that area. Victoria Arbour, curator of paleontology at the ...

Fossils are the imprinted remains of ancient creatures, forgotten about by the world, hidden in rocks under our feet. My name is Mary Anning, and just as fossils are forgotten for many years, so ...

Hidden beneath concrete at San Pedro High School, construction workers found a buried secret — thousands of marine fossils echoing Palos Verdes Peninsula’s ancient geological past. Researchers ...

Sep. 18, 2024 — New archaeological research has discovered for the first time clear links between fossils of the iconic Australian dingo, and dogs from East Asia and New ... Sep. 16, 2024 ...

The latter left one of its teeth impaled in the sea cow’s body. By analyzing the fossil, unearthed in Venezuela, researchers were able to piece together how the sea cow, which belonged to an ...

In the latest Sustainability Landscape report, we highlight a couple of types of sustainable funds that specifically contribute to climate action: fossil-fuel-free and low carbon. Here ...

The study has shed new light on why the ... Trilobite Fossils from Upstate New York Reveal 'Extra' Set of Legs Sep. 12, 2024 — A new study finds that a trilobite species with exceptionally well ...

Museum visitors will have the opportunity to hold real fossils in the “David H. Koch Hall of Fossils - Deep Time,” hear from a renowned paleoartist and watch a new documentary about the most ...

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Those are a few of the facts that Laura MacNeil shared with people who showed up for Fossil Day at the P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation on Tuesday. She also sprinkles the information ...