The unique features of Mosura fentoni astounded paleontologists. Paleontologists have discovered that a three-eyed sea moth predator lived on Earth half a billion years ago with evidence found in ...

Protein-rich bodies trigger oxygen depletion, fostering mineral replacement and fossil formation. Smaller creatures or those with less protein are more likely to decay completely. For centuries ...

Scientists recently described the insect as a new genus and species, using this fossil and one other that was nearly as well preserved, from the same site. Even though the specimens are female ...

Plus, Chicago’s Field Museum already has major fossil clout, so it’s the perfect battleground for Pokémon-meets-prehistory. Don’t expect just the usual fossil pokemons like Kabutops and ...

Archaeopteryx specimens have, “maybe more than any other fossil, changed the way that we see the world,” said Jingmai O’Connor, a paleontologist at the Field Museum in Chicago. Over 164 ...

Archaeopteryx is the fossil that clearly demonstrated Darwin's views. It's the oldest known fossil bird, and it helps show that all birds -- including the ones alive today -- emerged from dinosaurs.

Japan and Nintendo, however, have actually taken this a step further and created the Pokemon Fossil Exhibit. The exhibit featured sculpted Pokemon "skeletons" displayed alongside real dinosaur ...

Rex and the Chicago Archaeopteryx compare to Pokémon such as Tyrantrum and Archeops, while exploring how fossils are uncovered and studied in both the Pokémon universe and the real world.

A “living fossil” because of its grotesque appearance, this deep-sea shark has not evolved much in 125 million years. These big, slow-growing fish have been around for more than 200 million ...

(Reuters) -A new analysis of a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in the collection of the Field Museum in Chicago is revealing an array of previously unknown features of the earliest-known bird ...

The research addresses a significant challenge in taphonomy—the study of how organisms decay and become fossils. Traditional decay experiments require researchers to unearth specimens to observe ...