Sensory features on the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish may be the reason why humans have teeth that are sensitive to ...

For the first time, a giant alatoconchid bivalve fossil has been discovered by researchers in Central China's Hubei Province, ...

Anyone who has ever squirmed through a dental cleaning can tell you how sensitive teeth can be. This sensitivity gives important feedback about temperature, pressure—and yes, pain—as we bite and chew ...

Geologists working on surveying land in Mississippi stumbled upon an incredible find: the fossil of an ancient marine apex predator considered a "sea dragon" of the time.

Jewelry makers have been showcasing the marine mollusk, and vintage sellers say they can’t keep them in stock.

Fossil found in South Africa named Keurbos susanae after 25 yearsExceptionally preserved soft tissue from post-extinction ...

Their beautiful spiral shells, often found as fossils, had complex internal chambers for buoyancy control. Ammonites were diverse and widespread, living for hundreds of millions of years before ...

Its vast collection of fossils include ammonites, reptiles, shells and jet. The wreck of the Admiral von Tromp is revealed as the tides ebb in Saltwick Bay. (Pic credit: Bruce Rollinson ...

The Cenomanian sands with phosphorites are widely distributed in European Russia (Alekseev et al. 2005a, b). These are near shore deposits of a shallow epicontinental sea that covered most of Europe ...

Opalized wood is quite rare, but some of the other things featured like the ammonite shells can be had for not too much money. Here's a search results link if you're interested (this is an ...