Rare evidence about the lives of an ancient group of arthropods has been uncovered in the U.S. The findings of the study are ...

Rare evidence about cyclidan crustaceans has been uncovered in the USA, revealing more about how they behaved.

Even small 'lamp shells' attached to the trilobites' exoskeleton remained ... As a scientist who has worked on fossils from ...

Trilobite fossils, showing the distinctive segmented exoskeleton divided ... One has some kind of spatula at the front, some have ornate pitted shells over them and there is a whole genus with ...

Fossils from this era, such as trilobites and early mollusks ... One of the key developments during the Cambrian period was the evolution of hard shells. This adaptation provided protection against ...

Paleontologists hope that an amber-like material, made with living tree resin, will shed light on the prehistoric ...

Between 18,000 and 11,000 years ago, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere suddenly shot up. This caused rapid ...

Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly redefine our understanding of the origins of life and how our planet was ...

We have examined fossil bivalve shells to try to determine whether the obvious growth lines on the shells are related to tidal or other environmental phenomena. Although the study is continuing ...

It’s not causing panic! in the fossil record, but a 430-million-year-old mollusk discovery in Britain is a source of excitement for some scientists. Scientists say the snail darter, whose ...