Earth.com

Fossil crustaceans reveal ancient routes across the North Pacific

Fossil crustaceans preserved in Japanese sediments reveal how ancient ocean currents linked Asia and North America during the ...

Compound in 500-million-year-old fossils sheds new light on Earth's carbon cycle

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells ...
Smithsonian Magazine

To Get on the Same Frequency as Early Reptiles, this Scientist Compares Tiny Fossilized Bones to Modern Lizard Ears

Using the fossil record and modern cold-blooded critters, paleontologist Kelsey Jenkins recreates the hearing capabilities of ...
Yahoo

2-Million-Year-Old Fossil May Be The Oldest Example of an Early Human

An international research team has announced the most complete fossil yet of Homo habilis (aka 'the handy man') – one of the earliest known members of our genus. The 2-million-year-old partial ...
The New York Times

Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?

Mr. Yglesias, a contributing Opinion writer, writes extensively about politics, economics and more at Slow Boring. To check President Trump’s growing grip on the judiciary in the upcoming midterms or ...
IFLScience

Snail Fossils Over 1 Million Years Old Show Prehistoric Snails Gave Birth to Live Young

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...
voxeurop

BlackRock’s “green” journey: From evangelists of sustainability to fossil funders

Claim to be verified: BlackRock offers its global clients sustainable investment products, which allegedly exclude fossil fuels. Context: In the first quarter of 2025 only, the world's largest asset ...
Phys.org

Japan's first western ichthyosaur discovered during educational museum event

A vertebrate fossil discovered in a rock from the Late Triassic period (approximately 220 million years ago) in Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, has been confirmed through joint research by Okayama ...
EurekAlert!

A chance spotting of a fossil results in a major scientific discovery

From left to right: Dr. Hirokazu Yukawa, Professor Takafumi Kato, and Curator Kyoko Ikari examine the Triassic fossil-bearing rock that led to the discovery of Japan’s first ichthyosaur from western ...
IFLScience

99-Million-Year-Old Amber Fossils Mark The Oldest Known Example Of “Zombie Fungus” Infection

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...
The Conversation

First fossil hyena tracks found in South Africa – how expert animal trackers helped

Clive Thompson is a trustee of the Discovery Wilderness Trust, a non-profit organization that supports environmental conservation and the fostering of tracking skills. Charles Helm does not work for, ...
The Conversation

Fossil footprints reveal what may be the oldest known handcarts – new research

Matthew Robert Bennett receives funding from Arts and Humanities Research Council. Sally Christine Reynolds does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...