Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the ...

Imagine an ear falling off a first century Roman statue and you’ll get an idea of what someone found at the Lake Mead National Recreational Area in Arizona. Photos of the fossil — yes, it’s assumed to ...

Rocks are categorized into three main types: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. There are over 4,000 identified minerals on Earth. Common rocks include granite, basalt, limestone, and sandstone.

LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) - Three people were arrested following a drug bust in Limestone County last week. The Limestone County Sheriff’s Office said a search warrant was carried out in the 700 ...

A local amateur fossil hunter made the find on the Cliffs of Stevns, a UNESCO-listed site south of Copenhagen. While out on a walk, Peter Bennicke found some unusual fragments, which turned out to ...

But in 1944, the fossils’ fortunes changed when Allied bombers demolished a swath of Munich that included the Old Academy, which housed the fossil collection. The fossils were destroyed, ...

The water drips down over the mountainside, coating the rocks in calcium carbonate that has accumulated over millennia to form a white limestone crust. The travertines of Pamukkale have grown so ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin ...

It was the mouth plate of an ancient stingray, a tiny bit of fossil that can easily be mistaken for a rock or bleached wood or even trash. But no — this was millions of years old. “There is ...

This specimen being a juvenile makes it even more rare." Dinosaur Provincial Park has produced some of the most important dinosaur fossil discoveries ever made. The punctured vertebra belongs to a ...

A 180-million-year-old fossil has been moved to a permanent home in a museum's new gallery. Milton Keynes Museum in Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, opened the gallery space on Thursday - the same day ...