A recent study published in Earth Science Reviews examines how both the shine and excellent preservation of fossils discovered at Germany’s Posidonia Shale is not the result of pyrite (aka fool’s gold ...

You will learn about how one fossil fuel formed thousands of feet below parts of the US. Fossil fuels formed millions of years ago. Different kinds of coals, oils and natural gases formed as dead ...

A chemist explores why the fossilized shells of ammonites, squid-like marine animals that vanished with the dinosaurs, are so ...

CNN — Spiders are not well represented in the fossil record. Their soft external skeletons don't typically preserve well -- except at a few exceptional sites around the world. There is one remarkable ...

This documentary uncovers the remarkable dinosaurs unearthed in the Yixian Formation, one of the richest fossil sites on the planet. Scientists explore how volcanic ash and rapid burial preserved ...

Scientists in Argentina discovered the oldest known long-necked dinosaur, Huayracursor jaguensis, revealing a much earlier ...

It resembles a speck of mud on a wafer of black shale, something you might be tempted to scrape off with your fingernail. But the latest discovery by UNLV researchers is no small thing. When viewed ...

The brilliant iridescent hues found in ammolite come from tiny air gaps in the fossils’ layers, a new study finds.

A newly discovered ancient sawshark species in Chile has been named after Chainsaw Man’s Pochita, blending science and anime ...