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Meet Atlanta paleontologist Tony Martin and painter Ruth Schowalter, who matched up on a dating site and found they dug each other.
He co-named it Oryctodromeus cubicularis ... Part of my scientific documentation of animal traces or trace fossils involves drawing them, whether in the field or in museum collections, and sometimes ...
A polished piece of amber from Myanmar has revealed one of the most significant fossil discoveries in recent years– an exquisitely preserved feathered dinosaur tail dating back nearly 99 million ...
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 ...
Amateur fossil hunters discovered a trackway left by a creature that might have looked like the one in this illustration. The finding raises new questions about the evolution of the earliest reptiles.
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 ...
Ever since the first fossil was pulled from the sandstone formation at Hell Creek, Montana, at the turn of the last century, the Tyrannosaurus Rex has reigned supreme as the ultimate apex predator.
Scientists confirm CT scanning doesn't interfere with natural decomposition processes, opening new windows into understanding how fossils form. Scientists have found that X-Ray scanning reveals ...
It wasn't much to go on, but it was enough. The fossils belonged to a sebecid, and the Caribbean, far from never having large, terrestrial predators, was a refuge for the last sebecid populations ...
Scientists with the Field Museum of Chicago have discovered that a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in its collection displays an array of features previously unknown when it comes to the ...
But what about the hands of our ancient human relatives? According to a new study, published in Science Advances, two hominin fossil hands showed surprising bone structure and added complexity to the ...