The fossil egg also holds clues to the ancient environment the turtle inhabited around 85 million years ago. The egg’s thickness resembles an ostrich egg’s more than a turtle’s, says Zelenitsky.

Fossilized dinosaur eggs discovered in Utah’s Cedar Mountain Formation have unveiled a previously unknown level of ...

Discover how to identify liver fluke in sheep using a home faecal egg count test and why the disease is appearing earlier in the season.

The archaeologists also used the microscopic slides to show that the eggs of the intestinal parasites were washed out with ... (2014, December 29). Parasite eggs from the Celtic period found in ...

Because eggs are so microscopic, they’re just reabsorbed into the body. ... and you get your period. Egg quality drops over time—one reason it’s harder to conceive in your late 30s and beyond.

If the egg isn't fertilised by sperm - which would result in a pregnancy - the egg is reabsorbed into the body 12 to hours later and falling hormone levels trigger the start of your period.

A mysterious orange goo that appeared on the shore of a small village in Alaska has been identified as "millions of microscopic eggs filled with fatty droplets," the AP reports. But researchers ...

Parasite eggs from the Celtic period found in Switzerland ... The archaeologists also used the microscopic slides to show that the eggs of the intestinal parasites were washed out with water and ...