| 单词 | fossilize |
| 例句 | He thought he could see the shape of a fish, fossilized in it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z They were speckled with brown as if something alive had gotten caught and fossilized in the irises. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z By morning light, the books are all hunched together again with their spines turned out, fossilized, inanimate. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If she kept changing, she could never fossilize into the thing their father had become . Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Other bones and fossilized footprints were found in the Connecticut River Valley of New England after a farm boy named Plinus Moody spied ancient tracks on a rock ledge at South Hadley, Massachusetts. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He hurried along the fossilized wooden ties with accumulating mutinous anger. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It had a mammoth’s fossilized footprint and rock candy in the gift shop. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “It was my husband who first identified the fossilized stegosaur droppings for the university.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Each fossilized plant was identified, and there was also a chart showing the evolution of plants from the dinosaurs to the present day. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Almost inevitably, he became the leading authority on coprolites–fossilized feces–and had a table made entirely out of his collection of specimens. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z In September 1832, exploring the gray cliffs and low-lying clay bays near Punta Alta, he discovered an astonishing natural cemetery, with fossilized bones of enormous extinct mammals splayed out before him. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She dropped like a chunk of fossilized dinosaur bone. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The children watch engineers use pulleys to lift a fossilized dinosaur femur. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z While the debris of ancient village sites does not include fossilized words along with bones and pottery, it does reveal movements of people and cultural artifacts that could be associated with languages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He is continually placing some unexpected thing into her hands: a lightbulb, a fossilized fish, a flamingo feather. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I take table 24 their reheated main courses, which they immediately reject as either too cold or fossilized by the microwave. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A million years from now, when the rest of the city had crumbled, the bridge would probably remain like a fossilized bone. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z This is where they found it, all neatly fossilized. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z She found sea glass and a fossilized crab leg embedded in a concretion. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Its pleasures are prehistoric — fossilized ring-shaped cakes have been unearthed, dating back 8,000 years — and democratic. Doughnuts in New York City from Carpe Donut NYC to Pies 'N' Thighs 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z The actor Nicolas Cage has agreed to return a fossilized dinosaur skull back to the people of Mongolia — a skull that he reportedly outbid Leonardo DiCaprio for at auction. Nic Cage’s dino bones blues: The scientific ethics and international crimes behind the eccentric actor’s latest Hollywood-scale drama 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z Not a female directorial nominee, not a black American directorial nominee, only one actor of color: the Academy is fossilizing itself. The Fossilized 2020 Oscar Nominations 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Up close, you see a fossilized patchwork of corrugated metal, wood clapboards and other types of siding punctuated by blind, mullion-gridded windows. Outdoor Art Across the City: 4 Things New Under the Sun 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Encased in their flinty bulk is the fossilized narrative of a rich marine life that perished in the Triassic period over 200 million years ago. In the Heart of the Dolomites, Hiking and Haute Cuisine 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z The Hotel Portales in Colima, the Salton Sea and the saloon bars of El Centro and Mazatlán: These were flyblown places that all remained internally fossilized. Impersonating Philip Marlowe 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Stock music thrums as he lopes through a beige expanse punctuated with knotty driftwood, ceramic vessels and fossilized sea urchins. The Mark Zuckerberg Aesthetic 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z A 43-foot wall shows 100 miscellaneous dinosaur specimens, ranging from footprints to fossilized droppings, with identifications and elaborations offered by touch-screen monitors. Exhibition Review: Giants on Tiptoe at a Los Angeles Museum 2011-07-19T16:30:28Z With Thielemann, the orchestra would likely fossilize into another great Berlin monument to the tradition of German high and highest art. Europe Concert Diary: A powerful, commanding Thielemann in Cologne 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Bone Dusters, an amber ale, was fermented by a yeast that Akerboom collected by running a sterile swab over fossilized bones millions of years old. Brewers do the wild thing and let yeasts have their way with beer 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z At 6-foot-2, he cut an imposing figure, wearing a gunmetal fur robe, gold shoulder pads over a pinstripe suit, leather top hat and huge fossilized shark’s tooth necklace. Burning Man Spawns New Age Festivals 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z You don’t expect an institute of folk art to have fossilized dinosaur footprints. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z To the east were the hills and vineyards of the Black Forest, a landscape fossilized in time. Following a trail of schnapps through Germany’s storied Black Forest 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Orchestras became fossilized, with modern instruments — be they saxophones or synthesizers — as occasional add-ons, not part of the permanent ensemble. Instrumental mayhem in the name of Bach: Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile and company 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z It is the fossilized os baculum from a prehistoric walrus, 18 inches long. Gene Weingarten discovers the real origin story of Eve ... 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z The remorseless march of extinction — including our own — is captured with chilling clarity in “Revolution,” Rob Stewart’s unapologetically partisan argument against fossil fuels and fossilized thinking. Movie Review: ‘Revolution,’ on Declining Ocean Ecosystems 2013-12-06T00:27:48Z Once in decline, “the game got kind of fossilized and was preserved by the aristocracy,” Mr. Krznaric said. ‘Real Tennis’ May Be Obscure, but It Has Fans in Britain 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z While I respect their sense of history and their desire for universal standards, I resist such declarations when they fossilize into something that deadens inspiration. Review | At this Maryland restaurant, hand-pulled noodles are the star attraction 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Exhibits in the visitor center show how seasonal flooding washed away dead animals fossilized in the Hancock Mammal Quarry, including small, three-toed horses, large rhino-like animals and bearish creatures similar to modern pigs. Step back into Oregon’s prehistoric past at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z The depictions at the National Portrait Gallery are more than good enough — and the better for being such distinctive, explicitly human departures from a fossilized tradition that, with luck, will never be the same. The Best Art of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Advertisement Advertisement By the time the Second World War broke out, Hemingway had solidified — fossilized even — into the iconic figure we now remember: Papa. Review: Hemingway, Man of Few Words and Many Mementos, at the Morgan 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z This wine is from a plot with more limestone, in which fossilized bones are often found, hence the name. 12 Wines From Argentina and Chile to Seek Out 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Eating the uncommonly tiny roe was like crunching on fossilized champagne bubbles. A guide to Scandinavian food in New York City 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z After hiking the 1.5-mile Triceratops Trail in Golden to see fossilized dinosaur tracks, I continued south to Red Rocks Park and Amphitheater, a concert stage framed by 300-million-year-old sandstone monoliths. Driving an Electric Car on Colorado’s Scenic Byways 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z By leaving his forest simultaneously in a fossilized state and destroyed, Mr. Brooks said, he hopes to raise awareness about the horrors and escalation of worldwide deforestation. Inside Art : Los Angeles Museum Buys Andreas Gursky Works 2010-05-20T22:30:00Z Clashing Titans for Sale Many paleontologists agree that two fossilized dinosaur skeletons found in the Hell Creek formation in Montana might be a major discovery. Dinosaur Skeletons Headed to Auction, Not Museum 2013-07-29T22:33:04Z Comic duos need to find ways to let the outside world in; otherwise, their chemistry can fossilize into an inside joke. Review: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Are Closer Than Siblings in Sisters 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Other versions of the dish temper the heat with mushrooms, potatoes or hard, nearly fossilized beef, dried in-house for days — delicious, once you revive your animal within and break it with your teeth. Tables for Snooker and Bhutanese Food at Weekender Billiard 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z He is evidently too fossilized even to own a cellphone. Art in Review: Rodney Graham 2013-05-16T20:35:11Z As a 75-year old white man, Bailey said he was gratified that “the fossilized bedrock of many of Hollywood’s worst abuses are being jack-hammered into oblivion.” Oscars chief says Hollywood abuses being 'jack-hammered into oblivion' 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z “To me, the idea of remaking those objects is another form of fossilizing.” Phyllida Barlow, British Sculptor of Playful, Scale-Defying Works, Dies at 78 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z But has the popularity of these cinematic creatures boosted the market for the fossilized remains of their real-life predecessors? Dinosaurs’ Star Power Has Yet to Translate at Auction 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Imaginative works included a tiger with emerald eyes sculpted from fossilized wood, and the effect of a jeweled “fountain” spraying upward. Jewelry With Stories to Tell 2010-07-12T11:20:00Z “Jurassic World,” by contrast, isn’t in dialogue with its cinematic reference points; it’s fossilized by them. Review: In ‘Jurassic World,’ the Franchise Feeds the Beast 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Partly because Scriptures are revered, they are often regarded today as fossilized, the last word for all eternity. What Is the Meaning of Sacred Texts? 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z It’s one of the richest fossil sites on the planet, especially for fossilized fish. Finding fossils, on your own dig (or in a monument or museum) 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z When the tide is turning out, comb the shore for fossilized shark teeth. 36 Hours in St. Augustine 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z “It’s become fossilized, no longer relevant to people’s daily lives.” What Happened to Risk on the Red Carpet? 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z No sooner were the giant evocations of fossilized humanity unveiled than they acquired a nickname. | The Rocks at 30 Rock 2013-04-26T21:47:31Z Furthermore, the genre became as ritualized and fossilized as the rom-com nearly as soon as it was invented, and with the summer market thoroughly glutted, consumers can't help but have trouble keeping them apart. "The Change-Up": Bateman, Reynolds buddy comedy gives us the willies 2011-08-05T23:01:00Z “I may be a 75-year-old white male, but I’m every bit as gratified as the youngest of you here that the fossilized bedrock of many of Hollywood’s worst abuses are being jackhammered into oblivion.” John Bailey, Oscars President at a Time of Strife, Dies at 81 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z "And I began to consider how we're fossilizing Irish folklore and trapping it in amber for tourists, but losing touch with its wisdom and its traditions ourselves as a country." TIFF 2014: 'Song of the Sea' will make waves in Oscar animation race 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Her elegant and primitive-looking pieces are often inspired by indigenous art, and are made with eco-friendly materials like unpolished quartz, tourmaline and even slivers of fossilized woolly mammoth bone. A Fashion Week Debut, Seven Weeks in the Making 2010-09-09T04:20:00Z We hiked into a wide valley littered with stumps of petrified wood, trees that had been buried and fossilized eons ago, when the Badlands were a giant swamp. Lots of wildlife and no crowds at North Dakota’s Roosevelt National Park 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z With a blacksmith’s shed and antique tools in one spot and fossilized dinosaur footsteps in another, it’s well suited to keep children content and interested while their parents stroll or sit. Journeys: Texas Wildflowers Welcome Spring 2010-04-29T19:38:00Z Why pay attention to a clump of fossilized bones in the midst of such a spirited exploration of these reptiles — the first creatures, other than insects, to fly? Exhibition Review: Natural History Museum Explores the Wonders of Pterosaurs 2014-04-10T14:00:02Z It was found near fossilized plants, giant turtles the size of a kitchen table and other creatures dating to more than 60 million years ago in the Paleocene era after the dinosaurs. Smithsonian showcases replica of monster snake 2012-03-29T17:27:10Z Toy ships, scrap metal, fossilized wood, spiraling vines and weathered antlers are among the other castaway objects the D.C. artist combines into the evocative tableaux of “Night Boats,” her Studio Gallery show. Review | In the galleries: A heightened homage to trees and what they can teach us 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z The concentrated greens and burnt umber of its edge-to-edge woods approach a fossilized carbon-black, peppered here and there with flecks of light. Getty exhibition makes a case for the enduring power of Theodore Rousseau 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Chumbe is covered in dense forest that sits on a layer of jagged, fossilized coral, known as “coral rag.” Chumbe Island, sea sanctuary 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z A professional jeweler, Vito Bertucci used his talent for casting and molding to place the fossilized teeth into what he thought would be their proper position on the massive jaws, his brother said. Prehistoric shark teeth for auction in Dallas 2011-03-22T11:13:17Z As if extracted from amber, a new story has been reanimated from the fossilized brain of Michael Crichton. Dinosaurs — and Michael Crichton — roar again in ‘Dragon Teeth’ 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z For more than a half-century, first as a pioneering standup comedienne, then as a defiant survivor, she spoke skewed truth to power, and in doing so became her own potentate and garishly fossilized icon. Remembering Joan Rivers: As If She'd Let Us Forget Her 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Their fossilized remains can be found just about everywhere on earth. When the Dinosaurs Reigned 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z The Petrified Forest, a drive-through park, holds the greatest and most spectacular concentration of fossilized, coniferous tree logs in the world. 11 Great Alternatives to the Top National Parks 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z An exception is on the Pacific Coast of Oregon where fossilized shells and other sea life can be found and kept as long as it’s loose, in the tidal zone and not for commercial sale. Finding fossils, on your own dig (or in a monument or museum) 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The preponderance of fossilized spore plants dating to the swampy Carboniferous, it’s now realized, caused “preservation bias,” meaning accepted theories might be skewed. Thor Hanson’s ‘The Triumph of Seeds’: new life, tiny package 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z In the loosely connected park you’ll find preserved fossilized remains of plants and animals in colorful rock formations made up of materials from volcanic eruptions. Step back into Oregon’s prehistoric past at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z I noted just one murmur of laughter, at the line, “Our city was the color of fossilized vodka.” Review: In ‘Brodsky/Baryshnikov,’ One Friend Recalls Another 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z The “kids today” will destroy the world, the fossilizing commentator insists, because they aren’t like us. My college students aren’t “snowflakes” — they’re tougher than their critics could imagine 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z As a 75-year old white man, Bailey said he was gratified that “the fossilized bedrock of many of Hollywood’s worst abuses are being jack-hammered into oblivion.” Oscars chief says Hollywood abuses being 'jack-hammered into oblivion' 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z Sitting close by were the "Coprolites," a team named after fossilized feces. Burke Museum seeks trivia geeks 2011-04-06T20:52:03Z Throughout he is a companionable guide, as good at breathing life into the fossilized prose of scientific papers as he is at conjuring the Ordovician reign of the nautiloids. When Woolly Mammoths Roamed the Earth 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z It was found near fossilized plants, giant turtles and other creatures dating to more than 60 million years ago. Smithsonian showcases replica of monster snake 2012-03-29T12:01:05Z The district is a sort of theatrical petrified forest, fossilized on March 12. Showtime, Suspended 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z “One morning this sadness will fossilize,” she croons in a song on “Puberty 2,” her latest album, “And I will forget how to cry.” Mitski’s Emotional Undertow 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z “Curtain” features fragments of a white, supine, sand-and-plaster human statue on the left, like one of the fossilized corpses at Pompeii. Dance Review: Jonah Bokaer at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2012-08-02T21:53:05Z Calder said the fossilized creature was probably similar in appearance to a Gila monster. Woman on beach finds fossil from unknown animal likely older than dinosaurs 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The show seemed to confirm that network TV is now relevant mostly for its fossilized history and its pluralistic future. The Joyous, Fragmented, and Slightly Anxious 2019 Emmy Awards 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z “Sometimes resentments fossilize, they turn into rock, they petrify and you just can’t chip your way through it,” he said. 20th Anniversary of the Vows Column 2012-05-21T07:57:16Z Using fossilized teeth and data about its descendants, paleontologists and marine biologists weigh in with their theories of why this shark went extinct. What’s on TV Sunday: Shark Week and ‘Pennyworth’ 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z But in the end, I know it will be worth it because fossilized plants hide within and the next stroke of my hammer might be the one that hits the jackpot. Finding fossils, on your own dig (or in a monument or museum) 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The photographs feature real subjects — mucous, cuticles, newspaper clippings — often captured at microscopic levels to create a fossilized, distorted effect. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z A fossilized wing bone sawed in half shows that they were hollow and thin-walled, like straws — lightweight for flight, but not ideal for ensuring preservation. Exhibition Review: Natural History Museum Explores the Wonders of Pterosaurs 2014-04-10T14:00:02Z He also recreates his journey to the Canadian Arctic for the most important discovery of his life: fossilized evidence of the intrepid missing link that dared to exit Earth’s primordial soup and explore land. | Television: The Journey to Humanity 2014-04-04T20:21:24Z The expelled mass eventually fossilized, creating what is decorously called a “gastric pellet.” Exhibition Review: Natural History Museum Explores the Wonders of Pterosaurs 2014-04-10T14:00:02Z She said the fossilized skeleton Cormier found is an extraordinarily uncommon discovery on Prince Edward Island. Woman on beach finds fossil from unknown animal likely older than dinosaurs 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z One evening, a tile of cured mackerel appeared atop fried reindeer lichen, which looked fossilized and tasted purely of texture, disintegrating in the mouth like crispy cotton. Hungry City: Box Kite in the East Village 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The structures that support language don’t fossilize, so evidence is simply harder to come by. Tom Wolfe’s ‘The Kingdom of Speech’ Takes Aim at Darwin and Chomsky 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z He rendered the series’ mythical universe in offbeat materials, such as fossilized mammoth ivory and Damascus steel. Jewelry for Men Is Back in Vogue 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, he grew to think that the Judaism of the synagogues was fossilized and mechanical, and he defined himself in a 1967 interview as “a priest of a catacomb religion that is underground, just beginning.” Review | How spirituality shaped Leonard Cohen 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z In the comics, Ancient is male, an archaic Asian relic who owns an I’ve-seen-it-all face that looks like a fossilized prune. 10 Things You Need to Know Before Seeing ‘Doctor Strange’ 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z It’s crowned with two eggs, which on a recent visit were fried hard, the yolks nearly fossilized. I Love Paraguay, an Ode to a Homeland 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z It’s earthy and minerally, as though black cherries were fossilized in limestone. This $15 gamay will go great with what’s on the grill 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z It belonged to a fossilized daddy longlegs from Scotland. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z It may arrive cold alongside aachar and chiura, rice grains pounded flat and then fried into gossamer flakes that suggest fossilized tears. An Egg Is More Than Just an Egg at While in Kathmandu 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z I gazed down at fossilized abalone and nautilus shells. This North Dakota Bike Trail Is Stunning. Just Hope You Survive It. 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z To get a sense of it, imagine the 66-million-year-old fossilized T. rex tooth, as thick and curved as a banana, bearing down into your flesh with the weight of a midsize U-Haul truck. T. Rex Like You Haven’t Seen Him: With Feathers 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z "Going into the project, there were no published nitrogen isotope data from fossilized plant foliage," Kipp said. Plants that survived dinosaur extinction pulled nitrogen from air 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The researchers noticed high levels of wear on fossilized teeth of theropods that did not correspond to the rarity of bites on adult sauropod bones. Bone bite marks reveal dinosaur predator-prey dynamics 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z "The record seems to reveal a burst of life -- there's an increase in diversity and complexity of this fossilized life that we are finding," Barlow said. Window to the past: New microfossils suggest earlier rise in complex life 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z The fossilized materials had apparently picked up natural radioactive material over time. U.S. charges poaching ring allegedly involved in massive Utah dinosaur bone heist 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z They found that Pierolapithecus shares similarities in overall face shape and size with both fossilized and living great apes, but it also has distinct facial features not found in other Middle Miocene apes. Extinct ape gets a facelift, 12 million years later 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The discovery is the first new fossilized shark species found at Mammoth Cave. Ancient shark species identified from fossil found in Mammoth Cave National Park 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z A strikingly original thinker, Xenophanes knew that fossilized marine organisms had been found on Mediterranean islands like Malta, south of Italy, and Paros, near Athens. We're all gonna die! How the idea of human extinction has reshaped our world 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z The age of the White Sands footprints was initially determined by dating seeds of the common aquatic plant Ruppia cirrhosa that were found in the fossilized impressions. Oldest fossil human footprints in North America confirmed 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Scientists think they are caused by water evaporating above fossilized footprints that are buried deeper underground. Ancient Footprints Affirm People Lived in the Americas More than 20,000 Years Ago 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z The 2021 study dated the footprints using radiocarbon dating to determine the age of seeds of a common aquatic plant called spiral ditchgrass found alongside the fossilized foot impressions. New tests confirm antiquity of ancient human footprints in New Mexico 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z A new species of ancient shark that lived around 350 million years ago has been identified from fossilized remains found in Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave National Park. Ancient shark species identified from fossil found in Mammoth Cave National Park 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Even the best-preserved trilobite fossils, which possess the ghostly imprint of a fossilized digestive tract, revealed frustratingly little about these critters’ menu. Last Meal of 465-Million-Year-Old Trilobite Discovered 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z So we relished every lookout point, wandered the Crystal Forest — which had some of the park’s most impressive fossilized wood — and then begrudgingly continued on our journey to Little America Hotel in Flagstaff. 2 weeks, 11 national parks, 3,350 miles: Savor the Southwest on the Grand Circle road trip 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z That’s when Kraft and Vaškaninová spotted the final meal, revealed by tiny, fossilized shells of the animals the trilobite munched on. Scientists reveal half-billion-year-old ‘last supper’ 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Together, these behaviors open up options in a field that has been fossilized for decades. Two-Thirds of American Kids Can’t Read Fluently 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z A fossilized jawbone discovered in a cave in eastern China bears a curious mix of ancient and modern features, according to a detailed analysis that compares it with dozens of other human specimens. Possible New Human Species Found through 300,000-Year-Old Jawbone Fossil 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Losso says the new findings add crucial ecological context to trilobites, which survived for a period of 270 million years and whose fossilized shells have been studied by researchers for centuries. Last Meal of 465-Million-Year-Old Trilobite Discovered 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z As happens in the world of fossilized tracks where no bones exist, paleontologists gave the trackways a specific trace fossil name, Rivavipes giganteus, meaning “the footprint of a giant bird on the river.” 'Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales' tracks Washington fossils and their stories 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z It’s very unusual for scientists to find traces of soft organs, like the guts, in fossilized animals, notes paleobiologist Melanie Hopkins of the American Museum of Natural History, who was not involved in the study. Scientists reveal half-billion-year-old ‘last supper’ 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z She noted that there are fossilized water ripples in mud layers in some parts of the park. Damage from Tropical Storm Hilary will keep Death Valley National Park closed for months 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z At the park’s Ball Room dinosaur track site, the limestone beneath the river bed that contains the fossilized imprints reached temperatures of up to 126 degrees. Drought in Texas reveals dinosaur tracks hidden beneath a dried-out riverbed 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z Paleontologists on Wednesday unveiled the fossilized bones of one of the strangest whales in history. This Ancient Whale May Have Been the Heaviest Animal Ever 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Also fossilized with Gastornis in the Slide Mountain section of the Chuckanut Formation, near Bellingham, were footprints of other birds and a mammal very unlike those of modern Washington. 'Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales' tracks Washington fossils and their stories 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z In 2018, Anastasia Shatilovich, a scientist from the Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science RAS in Russia, thawed two female worms from a fossilized burrow dug by gophers in the Arctic. Worms Revived After 46,000 Years Frozen in Siberian Permafrost 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z The new study’s fossilized brawl was uncovered in 2012 by a local farmer and was soon acquired by Gang Han, a paleontologist at China’s Hainan Vocational University of Science and Technology. Mammals Preyed on Much Larger Dinosaurs, a Stunning New Fossil Reveals 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z A “bone bed” refers to a geological layer containing fossilized bones from numerous prehistoric species. Dinosaur ‘bone bed’ unearthed in Prince George’s County park 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Two years ago, another team of researchers reported that fossilized human footprints found near White Sands, New Mexico, dated back to 21,000 to 23,000 years ago — though some researchers dispute these dates. Pendants made from giant sloths suggest earlier arrival of people in the Americas 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z A fossilized leg bone bearing cut marks made by stone tools might be the earliest evidence that ancient humans butchered and ate each other’s flesh. Early Human Ancestors Ate Each Other for Food, Fossil Leg Bone Suggests 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Geochemists and paleontologists look to fossilized traces of these sterols as evidence for the presence of eukaryotes in ancient ecosystems. How did cholesterol evolve? Oil trapped in ancient rocks hides clues 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Researchers estimated its neck length by comparing its fossilized vertebrae with a smaller sauropod species' skeleton. Science News Briefs from around the World: June 2023 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z The new fossilized molar will be on display from Friday to Sunday each week. Woman finds mastodon molar on California beach 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z A tourist spotted a gigantic fossilized tooth on a beach near Santa Cruz over Memorial Day weekend and posted a photo of it on social media. A Conversation With Gavin Newsom About the ‘California Effect’ 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z The 1.45-million-year-old hominin bone, described in Scientific Reports on 26 June, features cuts similar to butchery marks found on fossilized animal bones from around the same time. Early Human Ancestors Ate Each Other for Food, Fossil Leg Bone Suggests 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z But they also found significant quantities of fossilized protosteroids, suggesting the organisms that relied on them had not yet gone extinct. How did cholesterol evolve? Oil trapped in ancient rocks hides clues 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z “People from Aptos find all kinds of stuff washed up on that beach, like horse teeth or fossilized sand dollars,” she said. Santa Cruz beachgoers find 5,000-year-old mastodon tooth over the Memorial Day weekend 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Hidden beneath the states’ tobacco farms are fossilized beaches that mark shorelines left during the warm periods between past ice ages, when sea levels were higher than today. Major U.S. geological survey aims to uncover minerals critical for batteries and microchips 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Victoria Sjoholt Engelschion, a doctoral researcher at the Natural History Museum in Oslo, came across bits of bluish ichthyosaur bones when she was making computed tomography scans of clumps of fossilized clams from the area. X-Ray Vision Brings New Life to a Fossil Flattened by Time 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Paleobotanists collect fossil specimens in the field and place them in the context of the geological sediments and other fossilized organisms surrounding them. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Carbon compounds contain energy, and many of these compounds from plants and algae have remained stored as fossilized carbon, which humans use as fuel. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z “When this tooth was fossilized, sea levels were 300 feet lower than they are today. Elephants and mammoths could walk out to the Channel Islands,” Thompson said. Santa Cruz beachgoers find 5,000-year-old mastodon tooth over the Memorial Day weekend 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The result is that Chablis is heavy with limestone and fossilized oyster shells. There’s nothing quite like an authentic French Chablis, a true original 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z In the initial scans, Oda’s fossilized bones leaped off the X-rays. X-Ray Vision Brings New Life to a Fossil Flattened by Time 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The fossilized trilobite resembles a footprint, with a rounded front end and ridges extending across the body. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, as technology is refined, the analysis of DNA from fossilized plants will provide invaluable information on the evolution of plants and their adaptation to an ever-changing environment. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z A cave wall discovery originally identified as a 550-million-year-old fossilized Dickinsonia sea creature is actually residue from a present-day beehive, researchers say. Science News Briefs from around the World: May 2023 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z Many of these evolutionary oddballs were delicately etched into the ash-colored stone, where soft-body features such as gills, digestive tracts, optic nerves and neural tissue—which rarely fossilize—were easily visible. 462-Million-Year-Old Fossil Trove Holds Miniature World of Marine Creatures 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z My mom emigrated from South Korea in 1967, bringing a set of flavors, techniques and recipes that would fossilize from that moment. Perspective | Bulgogi meatballs defy tradition, but their flavor remains Korean 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z Photo shows a fossilized leaf that is more than ten inches long, brown and feather-shaped. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Geologists discovered 92 fossilized nests filled with 256 titanosaur eggs—one of the largest dinosaur hatcheries ever found, researchers say. Science News Briefs from around the World: April 2023 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z That includes igneous rock to date the crater and sedimentary rock and clays that may contain biosignatures, perhaps even fossilized evidence of microbial life. NASA’s Perseverance Rover May Already Have Evidence of Ancient Martian Life 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z The sacs' presence can be detected from indentations and cavities in fossilized bones, even when the soft tissues are long gone. Dinosaurs' Air Sacs Evolved Many Times and Let Them Take Over the World 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z The only thing that could drive the dinosaur lip debate to extinction may be a fossilized face. Imagine T. Rex. Now Imagine It With Lips. 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Dinosaurs laid eggs, and a number of nests containing fossilized eggs have been found. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z No other fossilized remains of the sauropod have been excavated, leaving scientists with only those couple vertebrae to examine. It’s Not a Stretch: This Dinosaur Had a 50-Foot Neck 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z While cartilage is rarely fossilized, the Cleveland Shale has yielded the cartilaginous bodies of sharks that lived alongside Dunkleosteus. Dunk Was Chunky, but Still Deadly 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z For instance, we can see signatures of ancient life in the form of microbial mats, which are sheets of dead, fossilized microbes that form in sediment or on the surfaces of rocks. Did evolution occur before life even existed? New study sheds light on how amino acids "evolved" 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z But a research team has drawn clues about sounds the extinct creatures could have made from what might be the first known fossilized larynx of a dinosaur. What Sounds Did Dinosaurs Make? 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Due to the fragility of bird bones, they do not fossilize as well as other vertebrates. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z During the initial excavation, paleontologists uncovered a fossilized rod of bony tissue several feet long. It’s Not a Stretch: This Dinosaur Had a 50-Foot Neck 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z In 1864, Canadian geologists announced the discovery of Eozoon canadense, the “dawn animal of Canada,” a wavy, striated set of rock patterns they claimed came from the fossilized shells of giant cellular organisms. We Regret the Fossil Error. It Wasn’t the First. 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z The researchers found evidence of animals at all levels of the food chain and write that even though they did not find fossilized algae, they infer that it was part of the ocean’s food system. Fossil study challenges assumptions about the ‘Great Dying’ 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z Dr. Clarke and her colleagues found a fossilized syrinx from around 67 million years ago in an ancient bird. What Sounds Did Dinosaurs Make? 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Part b shows a fossilized bird, with feathers visible. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But even with the tracker, it would take them time to confirm their hunch — Key Largo is essentially a giant fossilized coral reef with a labyrinth of underground pockets and caves. As pythons in Florida try to hide, they face a new enemy: possums with GPS collars 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z The churn of the tide cracked open several of these 57-million-year-old boulders, revealing bits of fossilized bones inside. The Biggest Penguin That Ever Existed Was a ‘Monster Bird’ 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z A new species of fossilized caecilian, a worm-like amphibian, has been found in Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park. Fossilized amphibian dating back 220 million years found in Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z But so far, no one has found a fossilized syrinx in a non-avian dinosaur. What Sounds Did Dinosaurs Make? 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Photo shows a fossilized leaf, which looks much like a modern teardrop-shaped leaf with multiple, branching veins. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. De Cupere studies everything including bones, teeth and shells as well as coprolites, or fossilized feces, and animal prints. 10 Mummified Crocodiles Emerge From an Egyptian Tomb 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Dr. Tennyson and his colleagues identified the fossilized remains of two large penguins. The Biggest Penguin That Ever Existed Was a ‘Monster Bird’ 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z A team of researchers recently rediscovered one particularly stunning amber inclusion stashed away in overlooked museum collections for 150 years: a nearly 40-million-year-old fossilized flower. See the Largest Flower Ever Found Encased in Amber 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Most methods for determining burial depth — analyzing the color of fossilized pollen, for instance — only work at sites subsequently entombed under a mile of stone. It’s Turtles All the Way Down in the Fossil Record 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Photo shows a rock marbled brown and black with multiple indentations and irregular, pockmarked features containing fossilized corms and rhizoids. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Existing knowledge about tyrannosaur behavior comes mostly from fossilized bitten bones and a few scarce tracks. Tiny Tyrannosaurs Used the Buddy System 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z The Chuska Mountains stretch northward, overlooking sandstone cliffs, mesas and canyons, in a landscape dotted with piñon pine, juniper and the fossilized remnants of long-gone oceans. This school district is ground zero for harsh discipline of Native students in New Mexico 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z At just more than an inch across, the fossilized flower may not sound particularly large. See the Largest Flower Ever Found Encased in Amber 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z So long as the objects don’t heat up again, they will retain what is effectively a fossilized magnetic field. Archaeologists Devise a Better Clock for Biblical Times 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z The mystery has haunted paleontologists for decades: What explains a fossilized mass death event in the rocks of the West Union Canyon in Nevada? Something About This Mysterious Fossil Graveyard Was Fishy 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Shark conservation work in Panama is being informed by the study of fossilized shark scales, which reveal how the cartilaginous fish have responded to human intervention over time. Using Fossils to Bring a River Covered in Concrete Back to Life 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z Though Foals albums can sometimes feel like the fossilized amber of an early 2010s rock soundscape, live performances invigorate the band and serve as its best context. Review | At the Anthem, an electric look back by British indie band Foals 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z For now scientists continue to hunt for modern analogues and fossilized examples of early prototeeth. Ancient Sawfish Help to Illuminate Our Teeth’s Scaly Origins 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Why do scientists find fossilized intestines, for example, but never a fossilized liver? Scientists Ruin Delicious Seabass to Probe Why Some Organs Don’t Fossilize 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z The airport doctor in the 1990s worried about his physical and mental health, and described him as “fossilized here.” Iranian who inspired ‘The Terminal’ dies at Paris airport 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Hill and Behrensmeyer scanned the ground for dung but instead spotted fossilized elephant footprints and raindrop impressions hardened in an exposed layer of volcanic ash that fell 3.66 million years ago. Fossils Upend Conventional Wisdom about Evolution of Human Bipedalism 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z On the banks of Little Whanganui River, on New Zealand’s remote West Coast, the fossilized ribs and vertebrae of a whale have been embedded in a shelf of sandstone for about 23 million years. In New Zealand, a 23-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is Carried Away by Parties Unknown 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Today, evidence of the predators’ feast can still be seen in the dino’s fossilized remains, which include remarkable “mummified” skin. Remarkable Dinosaur Mummy Has ‘Glittering’ Skin Gouged by Ancient Crocs 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Instead, mummy is a catch-all term for fossilized imprints of soft tissue, especially skin, that doesn't readily form under most conditions. How to mummify a dinosaur: New findings reveal exceptionally intact dinosaurs 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Anecdotally, the team heard a number of stories from colleagues finding more patches of fossilized skin in the field than they expected, particularly when excavating hadrosaurs. ‘Dino Mummy’ Reveals There May Be More Skin in the Fossil Game 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Historically, reports of scientists finding fossilized brain tissue have been controversial because it was once thought that nervous tissue couldn’t fossilize, Live Science previously reported. Penis Worm’s Ancient Cousin Fossilized with Its Doughnut-Shaped Brain Intact 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Similarities were observed between Sue's healing and the healed breaks in other fossilized bones as well as healing bone seen around holes made in the skulls of ancient Inca people in Peru. What caused holes in Sue the T. rex's jawbone? Scientists are stumped 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Bite marks left on bones can fossilize quite clearly, and once the team started searching for such marks in earnest they found distinct imprints of crocodilian teeth on Dakota’s bones. Remarkable Dinosaur Mummy Has ‘Glittering’ Skin Gouged by Ancient Crocs 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Recognizing this pathway sheds light on "why fossilized skin, though still uncommon, is not exceptionally rare in the dinosaur fossil record," the authors conclude. How to mummify a dinosaur: New findings reveal exceptionally intact dinosaurs 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z When they split one rock open, they found fossilized fish heads looking back at them. Fish fossil catch from China includes oldest teeth ever 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Notably, this is the first time fossilized nervous tissue has been found in a so-called Orsten-style fossil, the authors added. Penis Worm’s Ancient Cousin Fossilized with Its Doughnut-Shaped Brain Intact 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z When those fossilized creatures were living, this area was blanketed by a balmy bay and was home to sharks that sported swordlike spines, coelacanths and the oldest known ancestor to vampire squids. The ‘Alien Goldfish’ Finds a Home 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The deflated dino would then have been buried and fully fossilized at a later date, and would end up looking like the mummified Dakota specimen as it appears today. Remarkable Dinosaur Mummy Has ‘Glittering’ Skin Gouged by Ancient Crocs 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z The cache is also an inventory of rocks from the rover’s 13 kilometers of exploration, extending from the crater floor where it landed to the edge of a fossilized river delta. Mars rover nears milestone in ambitious plan to to return first rocks from another planet 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Scientists in Australia have unearthed beautifully preserved fossilized hearts and other internal organs of ancient armored fish in a discovery that provides insight into the evolution of the bodies of vertebrates - including humans. Nepal landslide kills 14, 10 missing - officials 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z Scientists uncovered something unexpected in the fossilized embryo of a worm-like creature from the Cambrian period: the remains of a tiny, doughnut-shaped brain in the primordial animal’s head. Penis Worm’s Ancient Cousin Fossilized with Its Doughnut-Shaped Brain Intact 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z According to Dr. Whalen, that may be because these seagoing slugs lacked easily fossilized features like shells, which made them more maneuverable in the water. The ‘Alien Goldfish’ Finds a Home 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z There’s also a lingering question as to why so much of the fossilized dinosaur skin that’s been discovered belongs to duck-billed dinosaurs, Pickles said. Remarkable Dinosaur Mummy Has ‘Glittering’ Skin Gouged by Ancient Crocs 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z In the quest for past life, however, the fossilized river delta has always been the main attraction because of how sediments might preserve telltale signs. Mars rover nears milestone in ambitious plan to to return first rocks from another planet 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z He and his team found their fossilized heart in a fish from Brazil dating back 113 million years. The Oldest 3-D Heart from Our Vertebrate Ancestors Has Been Discovered 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z On Earth, a biosignature might be the discarded shell of a clam, the fallen feather of a bird, a fossilized fern embedded in sedimentary rock. The Search for Intelligent Life Is About to Get a Lot More Interesting 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z An international group of scientists working in Canada uncovered a fossil of a hadrosaur, a duck-billed dinosaur, complete with rare fossilized skin. Researchers discover duck-billed dinosaur fossil jutting out of a Canadian hillside 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z He is 35-15 after 50 games with an offense that looks fossilized. AP Top 25 Takeaways: Bryce saves ‘Bama; A&M, ND Sun Belted 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Maryland has even bought railroad cars of fossilized oyster shells from Florida to help with its oyster restoration programs in the Chesapeake Bay, where oyster populations have plummeted from historic levels. Oyster shells sell for top dollar as biologists scramble to protect shellfish beds 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Burning coal and petroleum also releases stored solar energy: These fuels are fossilized plant and animal matter. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z However, viruses do not fossilize, so researchers must conjecture by investigating how today’s viruses evolve and by using biochemical and genetic information to create speculative virus histories. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The scientists said it is rare for skin, a soft tissue early to decay after death, to last long enough to be fossilized. Researchers discover duck-billed dinosaur fossil jutting out of a Canadian hillside 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z This polished cross-section of a fossilized colony of stromatolites dates to the Precambrian Era. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z About 85 million years after this stegosaurus fossilized, the last dinosaurs went extinct. Bones, sweat and years: What it takes to dig up a dinosaur 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The skeleton is made of soft cartilage that doesn’t fossilize well, Pimiento said. Giant sharks once roamed the seas, feasting on huge meals 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Carbon compounds contain especially high energy, particularly those derived from fossilized organisms, mainly plants, which humans use as fuel. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The survival of the fossilized skin in good condition has also given researchers hope for other fossilized soft tissue, such as internal organs. Researchers discover duck-billed dinosaur fossil jutting out of a Canadian hillside 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Its fossilized remains were dug up over the past decade near a dam in Patagonia in Rio Negro province's La Buitrera paleontological zone. Remains of small armor-plated dinosaur unearthed in Argentina 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Countless fossilized dinosaurs disappeared this way before humans decided to collect and study them. Bones, sweat and years: What it takes to dig up a dinosaur 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z A fossilized skull’s eye socket gives scientists a good idea of eye size. If T. Rex ’s Beady-Eyed Glare Terrifies You, It Should 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z While excavating at the Suncor Millennium Mine in Alberta in 2011, they stumbled upon the fossilized remains of a Nodosaurus, a heavily armored creature dating to about 110 million years ago, according to National Geographic. Diner accidentally discovers dinosaur footprints at restaurant in China 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z To fossilize the tissue so well, the hadrosaur corpse would have had to have been covered up quickly. Researchers discover duck-billed dinosaur fossil jutting out of a Canadian hillside 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z The paleontologists used a process known as laser-stimulated fluorescence to detect the fossilized tissues, including a wing membrane and webbed feet. Little Pterosaur Could Have ‘Pole-Vaulted’ into Flight from the Water 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Such imagery, however, leaves much to be desired—for all but the very closest views, rocks devoid of biosignatures versus ones teeming with fossilized microorganisms may be almost indistinguishable. New Instrument Could Spy Signs of Alien Life in Glowing Rocks 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Although the ear canal, because it’s made of soft tissue, doesn’t often fossilize, the bony tubes that encompass these canals do, and can be used to infer canal shape. Our ancestors became warm-blooded later than we thought 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Carbon compounds contain energy, and many of these compounds from dead plants and algae have fossilized over millions of years and are known as fossil fuels. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Either way, be sure to pass through the Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park right off I-90 to see the fossilized remains of the ginkgo tree in its natural habitat. Washington state’s best prehistoric road trip through time | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Intact fossilized coral reefs are excellent up indicators because of their large size and easily distinguishable top and bottom. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z A four-inch fossilized tooth, found nearly 9,500 feet above sea level in the Swiss Alps, may have come from the largest-known marine reptile. News Briefs from around the World: July 2022 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z The fossilized skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex relative that roamed the Earth about 76 million years ago will be auctioned in New York City this month, Sotheby’s announced Tuesday. A 76-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton to go on sale 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Long-term storage of organic carbon occurs when matter from living organisms is buried deep underground and becomes fossilized. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Methods include looking for the fossilized remains of the ancestors of modern cold-intolerant plants, which shift toward or away from the equator as climatic conditions change. Feathers May Have Helped Dinosaurs Survive Their First Apocalypse 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Index fossils, fossilized life forms specific to a particular environment and/or geologic time period, are an example of biological facies. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Paleontologists can investigate dinosaur diets by looking at geochemical isotopes—versions of elements with different numbers of neutrons—found in fossilized bones. Dinosaur Diets May Help Explain Dramatic Diversity 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z In 2015, an amateur fossil hunter in Sioux County, the northwest corner of Nebraska, noticed a staggering number of fossilized teeth and jaw bones sitting atop the ant hills on his property. They Uncover New Fossils, but They Also Bite 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z “Intuitively, I thought it was a fossilized panda thumb,” Dr. Wang said. Fossil Helps Scientists Get a Handle on Panda Thumbs 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Using a novel technique called paleoproteomics, an international team of researchers studied proteins extracted from shards of fossilized eggshell. Bits of an extinct bird’s eggshells may be clue to why megafauna vanished 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Scientists debate whether this was a manifestation of a true evolutionary pattern of diversification, better preservation from easier to fossilize creatures, or simply an artifact of a more complete recent rock record. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z In recent years, more fossilized material — like teeth and jaw fragments — began to surface in the Junggar Basin, helping identify the beast. Giraffes May Be Long-Necked for Fights, Not Just Food 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z It fossilized lying on its side rather than on its back or belly like most Olenoides fossils. Sex Life of One of Earth’s Earliest Animals Exposed 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Unlike the fossilized bear’s straight thumbs, modern panda’s pseudothumbs are curved inward like a hook. Fossil Helps Scientists Get a Handle on Panda Thumbs 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z An Australian paleontologist had previously deemed such shell notable for the huge eggs that were its source and hypothesized that only one bird, known by its fossilized bones, was big enough to have laid them. Bits of an extinct bird’s eggshells may be clue to why megafauna vanished 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Paleomagnetism is the study of magnetic fields frozen within rocks, basically a fossilized compass. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The team tried extracting ancient DNA from the fossilized shells, but their efforts came up empty. Egg-eating humans helped drive Australia’s ‘thunder bird’ to extinction 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Perhaps most telling were the fossilized fish unearthed at the site in 2019, which caught many scientists by surprise. Discoveries shed new light on the day the dinosaurs died 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z But a lack of fossilized panda paws has made it difficult to decipher when the strange trait originated. Fossil Helps Scientists Get a Handle on Panda Thumbs 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Against these familiar backdrops, the dinosaurs feel just as alive as any bird or rhino or tiger that we’d see today — even though all that’s left of them are a few fossilized remnants. Apple TV’s Prehistoric Planet looks so good it feels like a real nature documentary 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z At Elephant Butte Reservoir in New Mexico, a bachelor party stumbled across a fossilized mastodon skull that is millions of years old. Bodies Pulled From Parched Lake Mead Stir Wise-Guy Ghosts of Las Vegas 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Importantly, nine of the arthropod’s rarely fossilized appendages were preserved in detail. Before There Were Birds or Bees, This Is How Trilobites Made Babies 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Thus, researchers started by studying both fossilized palms and their living counterparts today, observing how these plants evolved as a result of the Palaeocene megaherbivore gap. When dinosaurs died, Earth's plants were left with big shoes to fill 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z A rare and nearly complete fossilized skeleton of one of these long-extinct species was recently discovered by paleontologists at the San Diego Natural History Museum. Rare fossil of ancient dog species discovered 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z All the known fossilized Tiktaaliks represent adult fish, so researchers hope to discover other earlier stages that could illuminate its life history, such as whether it undergoes metamorphosis. Started Out as a Fish. How Did It End Up Like This? 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Operators plan to comb the fossilized delta sediments for rocks that could contain organic molecules indicative of past martian life. News at a glance: A Mars rover’s trek, a collider’s restart, and a funder’s apology 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z After each hike, she would pore over her phone identifying bugs, differentiating mushrooms, trying to understand how she could come across fossilized sand dollars in Scotts Valley, 560 feet above sea level. She set out to walk every street in Santa Cruz and walked into the story of her life 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z The fossilized bird’s talons are outstretched, one of its wings is spread wide and its sharp beak is turned back over its shoulder. Fossil Holds Clues to How Some Owls Evolved Into Daytime Hunters 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z In fact, the angle of scratches on Neandertal teeth has long been used to determine whether fossilized individuals were left- or right-handed. Groovy Monkey Teeth Pose a Tool-Use Mystery 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z In roadcuts and mineshafts, scientists had already glimpsed fossilized remnants of the slimy microbial mats thought to have covered the ancient rivers, beaches, and estuaries. Earth’s oldest living landscape spotted in South African rock cores 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Judging from the seeds in fossilized dung, Joshua trees were once dispersed across desert landscapes with help from elephant-size giant ground sloths. California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Additional fossilized remains that the scientists found were the remains of a turtle, skin from a triceratops, a pterosaur embryo inside its egg, and perhaps a fragment on the impactor itself. "Beyond our wildest dreams": Scientists find fossil from dinosaur that died the day the asteroid hit 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z There are more than 200 fossilized tracks on the site from at least 10 types of animals from the period. Construction damages 112 million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Utah 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Towle noticed that the markings his team found bore a striking resemblance to wear patterns found on fossilized human teeth. Groovy Monkey Teeth Pose a Tool-Use Mystery 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Later this month, NASA’s Perseverance rover will reach a fossilized river delta and begin to drill cores. Earth’s oldest living landscape spotted in South African rock cores 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Given Kusama’s larger-than-life reputation, the delicate works on paper read like artifacts from some primordial era, fossilized traces of her artistic thinking, in which her hand — rather than her brand — is on view. Yayoi Kusama is back at the Hirshhorn. Here’s what you need to know. 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Visit the open-air dinosaur site to view more than 1,000 fossilized tracks dating from about 155 million years ago. In France’s Jura region, dinosaur fossils have left a footprint on the wine industry 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z When an ancient octopus died in these waters, its soft, squishy body was buried and pristinely fossilized. Fossil of Vampire Squid’s Oldest Ancestor Is Named for Biden 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Now, paleontologists at the American Museum of Natural History and Yale University have studied the fossilized remains and named the unusual 10-armed creature in honor of U.S. Newly discovered octopus ancestor had 10 arms 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z The cores the team has already extracted, from deposits 200 meters below the surface, are rich in fossilized slimes. Earth’s oldest living landscape spotted in South African rock cores 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z A microscopic analysis of fossilized feces revealed specks of the metal, which likely accumulated about 500 million years ago as dung-dwelling bacteria extracted it from the surrounding water. Science News Briefs from around the World: March 2022 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z The fossilized object had many structures that indicate it came from a once-living microorganism. A bizarre Martian rock looks just like coral 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z The fossilized chambers of a phragmocone are divided by mineralized sheets, which are very distinctive and generally well-preserved, Whalen said. Fossil of Vampire Squid’s Oldest Ancestor Is Named for Biden 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Neither, according to a new analysis of fossilized footprints. How did one of the world’s biggest dinosaurs walk? Footprints offer clues 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z In the absence of prehistoric DNA, dinosaur paleontologists must rely on the anatomical details of fossilized bone — which can be found at different growth stages or varying levels of completeness. They Want to Break T. Rex Into 3 Species. Other Paleontologists Aren’t Pleased. 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z When T. rex stalked its prey, every trilobite that ever fossilized was already in the ground. A Reverse Journey through Geologic Time, a Tale of Wild Horses and Interspecies Kinship, and More 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Scientists recently pinpointed the season of the disaster and linked it to springtime in the Northern Hemisphere, after analyzing fossilized animals that died minutes after the impact. “Frozen in Place” Fossils Reveal Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Struck in Spring 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z So says a new high-resolution study of fossilized fish bones, which pinpoints the season of the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction to the Northern Hemisphere spring. Springtime was the season the dinosaurs died, ancient fish fossils suggest 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z The mystery centers on two fossilized winged fruits discovered by fossil hunters on Sucia Island. Plant fossils found in San Juan Islands like ‘finding a penguin in North America’ 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z It wasn’t until the birth of the Rockies some 75 million years ago that these fossilized craters were exhumed. Evidence of giant asteroid strike may be buried under Wyoming 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Now, researchers have unraveled how a gigantic, newly discovered sponge garden gets around the lack of nutrients: by feeding on the fossilized remains of other underwater invertebrates that lived thousands of years ago. These sponges survive the deep sea by feeding on remains of long-dead animals 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Fish skeletons — even after fossilizing — retain records of an animal's growth, which depends on seasonal food availability. “Frozen in Place” Fossils Reveal Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Struck in Spring 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Samples the team collected suggest that thesponges were brimming with bacteria, including symbiotic microbes that appeared to help the animals acquire and process nutrients from the fossilized remains of their predecessors. Surprise Fossil-Munching Sponges Found in Arctic Seafloor Wasteland 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z The findings suggest the fossilized plants’ family may have been more common than previously thought. Plant fossils found in San Juan Islands like ‘finding a penguin in North America’ 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Although the stargazer fossil was not a new find, the authors more recently were able to use improved technology to peer inside both the braincase and the fossilized pellets without destroying either. Why Did a Fish Have Fossilized Feces Where Its Brain Once Was? 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z This suggests the animals were pulling nutrients from the fossilized layer below them, essentially eating the 1000-year-old dead invertebrates with help from their symbiotic bacteria, the team says. These sponges survive the deep sea by feeding on remains of long-dead animals 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Synchrotron scans also revealed signs of cell growth fluctuations in the fossilized bones, taking place over seven years. “Frozen in Place” Fossils Reveal Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Struck in Spring 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Heidi Meyer, a biologist studying deep-sea sponge grounds at Norway’s University of Bergen, was intrigued by the discovery that these deep-sea sponges were feeding on fossilized detritus. Surprise Fossil-Munching Sponges Found in Arctic Seafloor Wasteland 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z He saw tire tracks in layers of soil that he knew covered ichnofossils, which are fossilized traces of biological activity. Dinosaur prints in Utah are feared damaged by construction equipment 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z They include evidence of creatures burrowing into fossilized remains, shark fossils with shark bite marks on them, shark-bitten coprolites, and whale fossils that indicate they were scavenged. Why Did a Fish Have Fossilized Feces Where Its Brain Once Was? 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z The former tube worms likely sprung up around gaseous vents that were active thousands of years ago but then closed, leaving the fossilized husks ready for the taking by the hungry sponges. These sponges survive the deep sea by feeding on remains of long-dead animals 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Most arthropods with fossilized brains come from sites that are half a billion years old, where it is rare to get a good look at an animals’ visual processing system. This Ancient Crab Had Unusually Huge Eyes 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Only recently had the fossilized remains been found, a throwback to when dinosaurs ruled the Earth and gigantic marine reptiles, colloquially referred to as “sea dragons,” marauded the oceans. A Naturalist Stumbled on an Ichthyosaur Skeleton, the Largest in U.K. History 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z At around 32 feet with a skull weighing more than 2,000 pounds, the fossilized marine reptile is the largest and most intact prehistoric specimen ever found in the United Kingdom. U.K. scientists unearth 32-foot ‘sea dragon,’ with skull that weighs more than a ton 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Raja-Schoob points to amber — fossilized tree resin that might encase an insect, lizard, or even a dinosaur tail — as a particularly egregious example. Colonialism still influences the earth sciences today — and that’s a big problem for research 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z That is precisely where, why and how you “butt in” on decency’s behalf, not just a maybe-or-maybe-not-gay kid’s: “Hey. Stop. ‘Gay’ is for real human beings, not fossilized jokes.” Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Friend who tells homophobic jokes has a son who might be gay 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z The findings, published Thursday in Scientific Reports, reveal one of the fastest known sets of fossilized dinosaur footprints. Footprints show some two-legged dinosaurs were agile 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The archaeologists concluded that this “makes it unlikely” that the fossilized prints belonged to a bear. Prints Long Thought to Be Bear Tracks May Have Been Made by Human Ancestor 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z When anthropologists uncovered five of its fossilized footprints nearly 50 years ago, they couldn’t say whether this ancient biped was a hominin, a bear, or some other ape. Ancient footprints suggest famed human ancestor ‘Lucy’ had company 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z In some you can even see fossilized mollusks. Saint Francis had a vision. Or was it just a dream? The Glasgow marchers’ goals were both necessary and achievable, but they knew all too well that fossilized COP summits have failed the world 25 times since 1995, and COP26 would be no different. To keep fossil carbon out of the air, just stop pulling it out of the Earth 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Physical examination of fossilized footprints confirm the results. Footprints show some two-legged dinosaurs were agile 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Scientists can find evidence of paleofires by studying charred tree rings, by analyzing sediment in ancient lakes or by examining molecules in fossilized charcoal. Antarctica Was Once a Land of Fire and Not Ice 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Published in the journal Polar Research, the research draws on fossilized charcoal from James Ross Island off the continent’s northeastern tip. Fossilized charcoal shows once-temperate Antarctica was often hit by wildfires 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z When the researchers sequenced microbial remnants in the fossilized feces, they found evidence of bacteria that produce high amounts of amylase. Fossilized Poop Shows How Ancient Dogs Adapted to People 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z For more than 50 years, the giant fossilized footprints have been one of the most tantalizing finds in Australian paleontology. Fearsome Dinosaur That Stalked Australia Was a Timid Plant Eater 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z They reported finding glassy debris formed by the intense heat of the asteroid’s impact buried directly alongside and inside of fossilized fish. Dinosaurs thrived until the moment asteroid hit, excavators of controversial site claim 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Lucy is named for the fossilized human skeleton discovered in Ethiopia in 1974, which provided key insights into human evolution. NASA launches its Lucy spacecraft to study the Jupiter Trojan asteroids 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Tiny fragments of fossilized charcoal unearthed on James Ross Island provides evidence that those plants burned in wildfires. Fossilized charcoal shows once-temperate Antarctica was often hit by wildfires 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Perri notes that the new research demonstrates how much can be learned from fossilized animal excrement, a historically untapped and underappreciated resource from human settlements. Fossilized Poop Shows How Ancient Dogs Adapted to People 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z As the miners excavated coal the fossilized tracks, each larger than a dinner plate, took shape in the darkness. Fearsome Dinosaur That Stalked Australia Was a Timid Plant Eater 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The Trojan Source The mission is named after the famous fossilized skeleton “Lucy,” a pre-human ancestor discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 that was found 40 percent intact. NASA is sending a spacecraft on a 12-year journey to explore swarms of asteroids around Jupiter 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Earlier excavations in the White Sands park have uncovered fossilized tracks left by a saber-toothed cat, dire wolf, Columbian mammoth and other ice age animals. Oldest human footprints in North America found in New Mexico 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Along the edges of a vanished ice age lake are the fossilized tracks of people who lived among the mammoths, giant ground sloths and other Pleistocene mammals of ancient New Mexico. Footprint Discovery Hints at Humans in the Americas More Than 20,000 Years Ago 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z For Bennett, though, the fossilized traces of two children playing in the mud still count as art in his book. Kids’ Fossilized Handprints May Be Some of the World’s Oldest Art 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z They declared it to be Eubrontes, a genus of fossilized footprints left by upright carnivores. Fearsome Dinosaur That Stalked Australia Was a Timid Plant Eater 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Now, fossilized plaque from the teeth of more than 50 Bronze Age skeletons suggests an unlikely weapon powered their expansion: milk. Milk fueled Bronze Age expansion of ‘eastern cowboys’ into Europe 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Now he wants to know what pores in the fossilized ginkgo leaves can tell him about the atmosphere 100 million years ago. Fossil leaves may reveal climate in last era of dinosaurs 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z However, the fossilized brain of Euproops danae, which is kept in a collection at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, required a different set of conditions to be preserved. This Brain Remained Intact in a 310 Million-Year-Old Fossil 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z The supermajorities required to amend the Constitution have not fossilized the document. Opinion | Ideas for New Amendments to the Constitution 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z You might remember the fossilized mussel shells at the Solo River in Indonesia at the site of Java Man. Cynthia Barnett is listening to seashells — and what they're prophesying doesn't bode well 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z The soft tissue was first to fossilize, encasing the 3-D network of collagen-like fibers that formed the sponge’s skeleton. 890-million-year-old fossils may be oldest sign of animal life on Earth, Canadian geologist says 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Tiny, wormlike structures embedded within a fossilized Canadian reef may have been formed by the skeletons of ancient sea sponges some 890 million years ago, a controversial study argues. Do these fossilized structures belong to Earth’s first animals? 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z This year’s field season also turned up a giant fossilized leaf unknown to the scientists. On a trek for Arctic dinosaur footprints in Alaska preserve 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z When Kinsland and his colleagues analyzed a layer about 1500 meters underground—one associated with the time of the impact—they saw fossilized ripples. Giant tsunami from dino-killing asteroid impact revealed in fossilized ‘megaripples’ 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Scientists in northern China discovered a fossilized “monkeydactyl,” which appears to be the only known pterosaur with thumbs. In Case You Missed It 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z Elizabeth Turner, a professor at Laurentian University in Ontario, chanced upon the fossilized structures in rock formations while doing field work as a graduate student in the country’s remote northwest more than two decades ago. 890-million-year-old fossils may be oldest sign of animal life on Earth, Canadian geologist says 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z For these reasons, the samples may contain the fossilized remains of 890-million-old sponges, Turner argues today in Nature. Do these fossilized structures belong to Earth’s first animals? 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Fiorillo dreams of taking his exploration inland to search for the fossilized skeletal remains of the very same hadrosaurs who once roamed the region’s beaches. On a trek for Arctic dinosaur footprints in Alaska preserve 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Terrence Deacon, a professor of biology anthropology at the University of California–Berkeley, told Salon he thinks the fossilized skull might be an early Denisovan. Not everyone is convinced "Dragon Man" is a new species of archaic human 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Instead, paleontologists got most of their information about insect evolution from unlucky ones trapped in amber, or fossilized tree resin. This ancient beetle is the first new species discovered in fossilized poop 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z The earliest animals appeared much later, but exactly when is still the subject of debate because of a lack of fossilized evidence. 890-million-year-old fossils may be oldest sign of animal life on Earth, Canadian geologist says 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z These beetles, ambassadors of a long-lost lineage, now represent the first ever insect species described from a piece of fossilized excrement. Searching 230-Million-Year-Old Poop, Scientists Find a New Beetle 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Over the course of the next week, the scholars would not only discover dozens of new dinosaur tracks but also collect samples of fossilized plant material and organic matter. On a trek for Arctic dinosaur footprints in Alaska preserve 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z It described some microfossils from the early Jurassic, including arm plates of a fossilized brittle star with the very same snouted openings. These Brittle Stars Have Thousands of ‘Pig Snouts’ on Each Arm 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z To discover whether coprolites could indeed preserve insect remains, Uppsala University paleontologist Martin Qvarnström and colleagues examined fossilized droppings from Poland that has previously been associated with the Triassic period, some 230 million years ago. This ancient beetle is the first new species discovered in fossilized poop 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Much of Trump’s speech seemed a fossilized version of the 2020 campaign trail. Republican leaders say they want to focus on the future, but Trump is far from done with the past 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z Suspended in fossilized dollops of golden tree resin, these ants, spiders and beetles look like they could have been crawling around just moments ago. Searching 230-Million-Year-Old Poop, Scientists Find a New Beetle 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z The latter fragrance, in a smooth-contoured bottle, was a blend of pure musk and animality, primal as the fossilized DNA of our species preserved in amber. The Fragrances That Changed the Field 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z I don’t want to fossilize the bad old ways of cable TV in what should be our brand-new world of entertainment. Why Is New TV So Much Like Cable? 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z She was working on some ancient sites in Britain and was surprised by what isotope studies of fossilized chicken bones suggested about the birds’ diet. Humans Have Been Sharing Food With Animals for Centuries. Why Is That? 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z They noted that fossilized animal remains found in the cave - elephant, rhinoceros and giant deer, among others - shed light on the flora and fauna of the area and its climactic history. Archaeologists discover remains of 9 Neanderthals near Rome 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z Dung that fossilizes, against all odds, is likely to hide new clues about these ancient ecosystems, Qvarnström adds. Searching 230-Million-Year-Old Poop, Scientists Find a New Beetle 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z They noted that fossilized animal remains found in the cave – elephant, rhinoceros and giant deer, among others – shed light on the flora and fauna of the area and its climactic history. Archaeologists discover remains of 9 Neanderthals near Rome 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z The rover’s primary mission is to hunt for signs of fossilized life and pack soil samples into cigar-sized tubes to leave scattered around the Martian surface. Acing its fourth flight on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity will advance to a new testing round 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z According to Ma, researchers made this discovery by using micro-CT scans that allowed them to see through the rocks and use computers to recreate models of the pterosaur's fossilized limbs. Pterosaurs with thumbs? Scientists say yes, a "monkeydactyl" once existed 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z Their finding was done with fossilized materials under a CT scan, as Cariad Williams — a Ph.D. student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who co-authored the paper — told Salon. Bone scans reveal how the largest flying animal to ever live supported its weight 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z A fossilized track of 10 footprints in the Alps points to a crocodilelike animal that was at least four meters long and lived shortly after the Permian mass extinction. In Case You Missed It 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z The fossilized bones include skulls, skull fragments, two teeth and other bone fragments. Archaeologists discover remains of 9 Neanderthals near Rome 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z Brains almost never fossilize, so researchers must scrutinize impressions in the skull left behind by the brain’s grooves, folds, and bulges. Our earliest ancestors weren’t as brainy as we thought, fossil skulls suggest 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Also in January, paleontologists informed the world that they had found fossilized soft tissue which for the first time ever gave scientists an up-close look at dinosaur butts. Scientists just discovered a dinosaur so massive it is literally named "one who causes fear" 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z Whole trees are almost never preserved in the fossil record, so Jaramillo and his colleagues turned to fossilized pollen and leaves for insights. The Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Created the Amazon Rain Forest 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z But it is difficult to draw sweeping conclusions from a single fossilized bone, let alone one untethered from the skeleton and no longer held aloft with long-lost soft tissues. Neanderthals Listened to the World Much Like Us 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z The pile of fossilized bones was discovered 20 years ago on a rocky slope near Moab. 9-ton rock full of dinosaur bones still yielding fossils 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z But when people are honest, they tend to admit that fossilized remains of ancient microorganisms aren't what gets them excited in the search for alien life. Astronomers hone a new way of searching for alien civilizations in the stars 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Perseverance’s primary mission is to search for evidence of past life, captured in the delta mudstones and other rocks likely to preserve organic molecules—or even fossilized life. After dramatic landing, Mars rover will probe ancient lake for clues to planet’s wet past 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z On Earth, such sediments have preserved evidence of ancient life in the form of fossilized mats of microscopic pond scum called stromatolites. NASA rover Perseverance lands on Mars in mission to search for past life 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z If it ends up on or near the fossilized delta, then the fine-grained clay-bearing mudstones buried there would be a natural target. ‘Touchdown confirmed!’ Perseverance landing marks new dawn for Mars science 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Among other key assignments is unleashing a Mars helicopter that reconnoiters the immediate environs around its chosen landing site, an ancient lake-delta system that might harbor signs of fossilized microbial life. As Perseverance Approaches Mars, Scientists Debate Its Sampling Strategy 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z As Charles Darwin noted in "On the Origin of Species," the farther back in time you go, the less fossilized creatures resemble modern creatures. The enduring mystery of Critchfield’s spruce 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z Or maybe, with luck, Perseverance’s advanced cameras will be the first to glimpse evidence of fossilized Martians. Why are people so dang obsessed with Mars? 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Curiously, the fossilized ammonite is missing its arms, leaving unresolved one of the outstanding mysteries of ammonite anatomy. This Ammonite Was Fossilized Outside Its Shell 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z We’re not even quite sure about their diets: While their hardy exoskeletons fossilized easily, the creatures’ guts, which might reveal a last meal, are much harder to find. They Put the Bite in Trilobite 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z Now, a new study modeling muscle in fossilized thumbs suggests that about 2 million years ago, our ancient ancestors evolved a uniquely dexterous appendage while our other close relatives remained … all thumbs. Your amazing thumb is about 2 million years old 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z She experimented with devices like chili pepper roasters and bingo ball cages, before customizing one, to gently tumble fossilized bricks of fabric from Rwanda until they broke into separate garments. Preserving Brutal Histories, One Garment at a Time 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z After landing in Jezero crater, near a fossilized river delta, the rover will collect rock samples for eventual return to Earth. The science stories likely to make headlines in 2021 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z In no time the skull is found, and along with it "deposits of partially fossilized and unfossilized organic material," according to the narrator, the existence of which "clearly points to a recent deposition." Mark Meadows has skeletons in the closet — dinosaur skeletons, to be precise 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z Only very particular, and relatively gentle, environmental circumstances allowed pterosaurs to become fossilized clearly enough to study. Pterosaur Origins Flap into Focus 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z A new entertainment technology, TV, was emasculating cinema as a cultural force, and film studios had started to fossilize into bottom line-oriented businesses. Hollywood’s Obituary, the Sequel. Now Streaming. 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z The nonprofit organization Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences said in a statement on Tuesday that it acquired the fossilized animals with private funds. North Carolina museum to get fossils of ‘dueling dinosaurs’ 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z The stone shatters to reveal a fossilized relic within: an ammonite, an extinct mollusk with a telltale spiral pattern. Review: Kate Winslet gives her best performance in years in the striking, passionate 'Ammonite' 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Coils, spark plugs, computer chips, and a two-mile walk home, our fossilized public transportation, elementary school recess hour, kids whirling joy, the all-familiar neighborhood. Poem: Gemini 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Researchers analyzing the fossilized bone recently found strange, oblong forms in channels that once were blood vessels. Gruesome ‘Blood Worms’ Invaded a Dinosaur’s Leg Bone, Fossil Suggests 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z She says the viability of this process—somewhat analogous to more common cases of insects preserved in amber, a fossilized tree resin—opens up more possibilities for finding evidence of ancient life. Rare Fossil Reveals Cicada Entombed in Opal 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z They hoped to see whether it matched the anatomy of feathers that were still connected to other fossilized Archaeopteryx specimens. First Fossil Feather Ever Found Belonged to This Dinosaur 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z The research compared the feather, discovered in 1861, with the fossilized remains of other archaeopteryx feathers. Famous feather definitely belonged to this terrifying Jurassic-era dinosaur 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Indeed, opals are naturally formed, fossilized colloidal crystals of silica particles, and the sparkle of opals is caused by the energy gaps described above. Elusive photonic crystals come a step closer 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z To him, the fossilized objects found in Brazil look like nematodes. Gruesome ‘Blood Worms’ Invaded a Dinosaur’s Leg Bone, Fossil Suggests 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Within hours of passing through, the humans’ and animals’ footprints dried out and eventually fossilized. These 120,000-year-old footprints offer early evidence for humans in Arabia 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Perhaps the most famous example was the supposed discovery of fossilized bacteria in a Martian meteorite back in 1996, which prompted a speech by then-President Bill Clinton. Discovery of noxious gas on Venus could be a sign of life 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z The fossilized skull of the 80-million-year-old previously unknown species of titanosaur shows the horn in remarkable detail. Largest dinosaur ever had 'rhino-like horn' at birth, research reveals 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Experts discovered the fossilized skull in the Mongolian mountains. 400M-year-old 'armored' fish may change the history of sharks as we know it 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z NASA's Perseverance rover, which recently left Earth on its way to the Red Planet, will perform a number of tasks on Mars, including looking for fossilized evidence of extraterrestrial life. NASA baffled by mysterious ridges on Mars 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z NASA's Perseverance rover, which recently left Earth on its way to the Red Planet, will perform a number of tasks while there, including looking for fossilized evidence of extraterrestrial life. Bacteria could have traveled from Mars to Earth, changing what we know about how life formed, study says 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z “Further, behavior like pack hunting does not fossilize so we can’t directly test whether the animals actually worked together to hunt prey.” 'Jurassic Park' was wrong: Raptors didn't hunt in packs 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Despite the incredible findings, the fossilized skull was almost lost to science, LiveScience reports. Largest dinosaur ever had 'rhino-like horn' at birth, research reveals 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Most tumors occur in soft tissue that doesn't willingly fossilize, so there is little evidence of cancer in fossil records, according to Reuters. Dinosaur diagnosed with malignant cancer for the first time: researchers say 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z To answer her question, Stegner and colleagues looked at how vegetation shifted in locations across North America, using fossilized pollen to determine which species of plants were present at any given time. Humans have altered North America’s ecosystems more than melting glaciers 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z The fossilized remains were excavated from the Bighorn Basin in Wyoming in 1990, and are one of the most complete fossils of owls from the Paleogene era ever found. Massive, prehistoric owl with 'hunting feet' discovered 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Tucked in the Andes in central Ecuador, the burrow contained not only the remains of a fossilized owl but also its prey. Ancient owl in Andes was a formidable predator — and a cannibal, report says 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Another activity for dino-obsessed kids is to create “fossilized footprints,” said Victoria Arbour, Ph.D., a paleontologist at the Royal B.C. A Paleontologist’s Guide to Playing with Your Dinosaur-Obsessed Kid 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z As well as searching the river bed and lake shore for signs of fossilized life, Perseverance will test whether astronauts could produce oxygen from the red planet’s atmosphere. NASA has launched the most ambitious Mars rover ever built: here’s what happens next 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z In March, a study was published that looked at the fossilized teeth of a hadrosaur and concluded that its journeys were short, roughly 50 miles. Fossilized remains of a baby dinosaur discovered in Alaska may alter how they're viewed 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z The rover, which was recently renamed Perseverance, will attempt to detect if there is any fossilized evidence of extraterrestrial beings, in addition to other tasks. NASA pushes back Mars rover again, citing 'launch vehicle processing delays' 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z But so were fossilized bones of other owls. Ancient owl in Andes was a formidable predator — and a cannibal, report says 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z On her museum tours, she shows children examples of actual fossilized T. rex teeth. A Paleontologist’s Guide to Playing with Your Dinosaur-Obsessed Kid 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z That’s exciting because on Earth, ancient carbonate rocks hold some of the oldest known evidence of life, including fossilized bacterial mats known as stromatolites3. NASA has launched the most ambitious Mars rover ever built: here’s what happens next 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Paleontologists discovered the fossilized bones of these ancient waddlers, some of which were as large as 5-feet-tall, at Waipara, North Canterbury. New Zealand 'monster penguins' had Northern Hemisphere doppelgangers, researchers say 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Towering in front of it, in all likelihood, will be a 60-meter cliff of mudstone: the edge of a fossilized river delta. NASA’s new rover will collect martian rocks—and clues to planet’s ancient climate 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z But the find is the first of its kind among fossilized owls. Ancient owl in Andes was a formidable predator — and a cannibal, report says 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Prior to that, the space agency will send the Perseverance rover to the Red Planet next month in hopes of detecting any fossilized evidence of extraterrestrial beings, in addition to other tasks. Space expert says 110 people is 'minimum number' to start life on Mars 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z But when Dr. Norell found them, there were no fossilized eggshell fragments. Life Hatched From Soft Eggs, Some a Foot Long, in Dinosaur Era 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z They lived and hunted alongside dinosaurs, and based on the low frequency of fossilized track evidence, they were not a dominant species of the era. Tracks Hint at a Crocodile Ancestor That Walked on 2 Legs 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Daily growth rings on a 70-million-year-old fossilized mollusk indicate that Earth turned faster at the time, squeezing 372 days into each year. In Case You Missed It 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z The researchers looked at fossilized eggs of two dinosaurs, Protoceratops, and Mussaurus for their study. Early dinosaur eggs may have been 'soft like a turtle's,' study says 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Their new study of the Protoceratops clutch helps explain why dinosaur eggs are relatively rare—many laid soft-shelled eggs that were unlikely to fossilize. Researchers say they've solved the mystery of the missing dinosaur eggs 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z The earliest fossilized footprints of a human being were found at a saltwater lagoon in South Africa. Book Review: The surprising science of walking 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z The rover, which was recently renamed to Perseverance, will attempt to detect if there is any fossilized evidence of extraterrestrial beings, in addition to other tasks. NASA delays launch of next Mars rover 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Scientists said on Wednesday the fossilized stomach contents of the dinosaur, called Borealopelta markmitchelli, were preserved in exquisite detail with its skeleton, revealing what was on the menu for its last meal. Fossilized stomach contents show armored dinosaur's leafy last meal 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z It captures a startling transformation: Healthy fossilized spores, coated in distinctive symmetrical spikes, suddenly grow misshapen, their spikes dilapidated and uneven. No asteroids or volcanoes needed: ancient mass extinction tied to ozone loss, warming climate 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z The halos around the Protoceratops and Mussaurus eggs both showed a fossilized version of this “soft eggshell” fingerprint. Researchers say they've solved the mystery of the missing dinosaur eggs 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z The fossilized remains are approximately 70 million years old, near the end of "the age of the dinosaurs," the statement said. Fossil of terrifying megaraptor, with 14-inch claws, discovered in Argentina 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z In 2019, for example, researchers discovered the fossilized remains of a herd of dinosaurs in an opal mine in the Australian outback. Unusual 'toothless' dinosaur discovered in Australia 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z The Perseverance rover will attempt to detect if there is any fossilized evidence of extraterrestrial beings, in addition to other tasks. Martian rock samples could bring extraterrestrial viruses to Earth, expert warns 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Its ribs contain fossilized soft tissue, suggesting the animal was alive when it was buried in a mud flow. My, what big teeth and strange bones you have. Scientists discover a creature that roamed south of the equator 66 million years ago. 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Her plans are now frozen in time, like the fossilized specimens she was hoping to analyze. When Coronavirus Closes Your Lab, Can Science Go On? 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z This rover will attempt to detect if there is any fossilized evidence of extraterrestrial beings, in addition to other tasks. Organic molecules found on Mars 'consistent with... life,' study says 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z On the basis of these facts, along with observations of the fossilized tongue, the authors suggest that Oculudentavis was a predator that mainly ate invertebrates. Tiny bird fossil might be the world’s smallest dinosaur 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Scientists from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford found the fossilized threads, which in some cases were as long as 12 feet, connecting strange organisms known as rangeomorphs. 500-million-year-old 'social network' helped sea monsters clone themselves 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The research looked at fossilized teeth of a hadrosaur and concluded that its journeys were short, roughly 50 miles. Dinosaurs may have traveled shorter distances than previously believed, new study suggests 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z I imagine it was like a paleontologist tracking the evolution of a mammalian species through changes in its fossilized teeth. Perspective | Roll with the punches: More complaints about how toilet paper has changed 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z As for how the cockroaches ended up fossilized in amber, scientists were not entirely sure. Dinosaur-age cockroaches found preserved in amber 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Paleontologists sometimes find preserved prey within a predator’s stomach or throat, or inside fossilized feces, called coprolites. Fossilized Tooth Captures a Pterosaur’s Failed Squid Meal 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z It is believed that the fossilized remains were transported to the crater on waves from a giant tsunami following the asteroid strike. Massive asteroid explosion that killed the dinosaurs benefited bacteria, study says 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z The Mars 2020 rover, expected to reach the Martian surface on Feb. 18, 2021, will detect if there is any fossilized evidence of extraterrestrial beings, in addition to other tasks. NASA's $2.5B rover is frozen on Mars 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z The Mars 2020 rover, which is slated to launch July 17, will detect if there is any fossilized evidence of extraterrestrial beings, in addition to other tasks. Mars’ water evaporating faster than previously thought 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z But humans have worked with amber, too, and if you weren’t interested in fossilized bugs, the show explored the many ways artisans fashioned amber. Perspective | In 1997, Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum was stuck in amber 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Finding fossilized versions of these slime molds is extremely rare, with only two confirmed reports of fruiting bodies found prior, both of which are between 35 million and 40 million years old. 100-million-year-old slime mold found perfectly preserved in amber 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z These are the once living, now fossilized biomasses such as coal and gas that we combust to power our industrial economies. The Australian fires are a harbinger of things to come. Don't ignore their warning | Steve Pyne 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z The Mars 2020 rover, which is slated to launch July 17, will attempt to detect if there is any fossilized evidence of extraterrestrial beings, in addition to other tasks. NASA 2020: Mars, return to the Moon and more 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z The earliest known fossilized trees have been discovered in an abandoned quarry in the United States. Daily briefing: Oldest fossil trees rewrite the history of forests 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z The 385-million-year-old rocks contain the fossilized woody roots of dozens of ancient trees. Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest forest—and its radical impact on life 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z The fossilized skull fragments and other bones were uncovered on the Indonesian island of Java in the 1930s. Scientists narrow age estimate for fossils of human ancestor 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z The researchers looked at fossilized marine mollusk shells from across the globe. Dinosaurs may have been poisoned before they became extinct, study reveals 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z What would possess the seemingly normal Ford clan to hold on to a fossilized dessert for five generations? Michigan family’s 141-year-old holiday fruitcake represents love 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z "I thought it was obviously a fossilized sea creature, possibly an ichthyosaur," Gopsill, 54, added. 65-million-year-old ‘ichthyosaur’ skeleton found on beach thanks to man's best friend 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z The tiny creatures are unlikely to fossilize, and even if they do they’re hard to spot. Even dinosaurs had lice, fossils entombed in amber reveal 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Meng adds that while different interpretations are common in paleontology, a close inspection of the fossilized ossicle clearly shows it is not fractured. Now Hear This: New Fossils Reveal Early Ear-Bone Evolution 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z The substance materialized over millions of years as fossilized organisms like zooplankton and algae were covered by stagnant water and further layers of these dead animals and plants. The environmental impact of a PlayStation 4 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z It isn’t every day that scientists dig up a dinosaur jaw—or unearth the remains of fossilized insects. ‘Remarkable’ fossil features an insect trapped in amber, stuck to a dinosaur jaw 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Due to launch in July 2020, the rover will land in Jezero crater near a fossilized river delta nearly 4 billion years old. Bold space mission to bring back rocks from Mars takes shape 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z He also said that other images show the "bees" appearing to live in caves, while other images "show a fossilized creature that resembles a snake." 'There has been and still is life on Mars,' expert claims, citing NASA photos 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z He was not yet 10 when he joined his father at a construction site in La Jolla, Calif., and began collecting fossilized clams and snails more than 30 million years old. Richard Cerutti, who unearthed a mastodon and other archaeological treasures, dies at 78 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z It’s unclear why there aren’t more bones in the partially fossilized skeleton. Research underway on prehistoric bones from Prineville site 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z He asked the justices for a narrow ruling based on just the fossils in this case, not a decision on all fossilized dinosaur bones, some of which aren’t valuable. Millions at stake in dinosaur fight: Are fossils minerals? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z A team of researchers claims the fossilized partial skeleton of a male ape that lived in the humid forests of what is now southern Germany bears a striking resemblance to modern human bones. Ancient upright ape 'Danuvius' that had human legs discovered by scientists 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z He was not yet 10 when he joined his father at a construction site in La Jolla and began collecting fossilized clams and snails more than 30 million years old. Richard Cerutti, whose mastodon discovery shook up the archaeology world, dies at 78 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z The fossilized teeth, some of which may be 2.5 million years old, were discovered in the city of Maderia, according to the Daily Mail, which cited local press. Megalodon teeth discovered in Mexico 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z The critical inflection in modern times occurred when humans began to burn fossilized rather than living biomass. California wildfires signal the arrival of a planetary fire age 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z "Modern societies are burning lithic landscapes - once-living biomass now fossilized into coal, gas and oil - which is aggravating the burning of living landscapes," writes Pyne, adding that climate change is not the only issue. California wildfires signal a ‘fire age,’ expert claims 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z He cracked it open and found inside part of a fossilized crocodile. Colorado Fossils Show How Mammals Raced to Fill Dinosaurs’ Void 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Sixteen mammal species were discovered, with skulls and other bones fossilized after being buried in rivers and floodplains. Post-apocalyptic fossils show rise of mammals after dinosaur demise 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z “He certainly does not matter in a Donald Trump Republican Party. I think he is a fossilized element of a party that is disappearing.” Newt Gingrich: Mitt Romney represents 'fossilized' version of GOP 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Modern societies are burning lithic landscapes - once-living biomass now fossilized into coal, gas and oil - which is aggravating the burning of living landscapes. California wildfires signal the arrival of a planetary fire age 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z When humans began to burn fossilized rather than living biomass, it set in motion a "pyric transition," he writes. California wildfires signal a ‘fire age,’ expert claims 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The research looks at newly discovered evidence from fossilized algae from millions of years ago, known as foraminifera. Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs turned oceans into acid, shocking study says 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z These appendages clearly overlap and link individuals in the fossilized chains, and perhaps allowed tactile or pheromone signals to be exchanged. Trilobite Fossils Show Conga Line Frozen for 480 Million Years 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z She and her colleagues ran the fossilized skull and antlers of M. giganteus through a scanner to create a three-dimensional model. It Had the Biggest Antlers Ever Found. Were They Weapons? 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z However, its fossilized appearance left the experts questioning whether it belonged to a modern grizzly or a more primitive species. Kansas sisters discover ‘ancient’ bear skull along Arkansas River 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Joshua trees were once dispersed across landscapes with help from elephant-sized giant ground sloths, a finding based on the abundance of seeds found in fossilized dung. Climate change may imperil Joshua trees; group seeks tougher California protections 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Hearts, however, “do not fossilize,” Dr. Lieberman says, so the best way to learn about their evolution would be not through excavations but via comparative appraisals of our organs with those of our erstwhile relatives. What Apes Can Teach Us About Our Heart Health 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Its fossilized footprints showed a limp, which was how paleontologists diagnosed the injury. The Veterinarian Will See Your Dinosaur Now 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z When the researchers artificially fossilized modern bones and eggshells, heating them under oxidative conditions in the lab, the modern tissues formed the same kinds of compounds, the team reported in Nature Communications in November 2018. Warm-blooded velociraptors? Fossilized proteins unravel dinosaur mysteries 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z The researchers tested the fossilized remains and found that they were approximately 370 million years old, according to a statement announcing the findings. 370M-year-old complete shark skeleton found for first time ever 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, another research team working in North Dakota reported finding the remnants of an ancient lake containing fossilized fish with tektites in their gills. A New Timeline of the Day the Dinosaurs Began to Die Out 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z If the pterosaur truly lived in the area where it became fossilized, was it a common species or a rare one? New Pterosaur Was Fossilized with a Ridiculous Grin 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z And over the past couple of decades, he and his colleagues have found dozens of these fossilized meteorites in a Swedish limestone quarry. Asteroid Dust Triggered an Explosion of Life on Ancient Earth 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z In 2005, he was part of a team at the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany, which developed an advanced genetic sequencing technology to read DNA extracted from fossilized bones. Why This Scientist Keeps Receiving Packages of Serial Killers’ Hair 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Combustion—setting fire to long-dead plants and animals, liberating the never-used energy stored in their fossilized corpses —is a convenient way to power an industrial society. Shut Up, Franzen 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Recently they discovered the fossilized remains of a herd of dinosaurs in an opal mine in the Australian outback. Day the dinosaurs died: Asteroid impact site reveals devastation from power of 10 billion A-bombs 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The fossilized skull of a giant predatory fish from Kansas is valued at $20,000, while a fossil garfish is valued at $18,000. Trailer with $100K in fossils reported stolen in Colorado 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z But when Birger Schmitz, a geologist at Lund University in Sweden, went hunting for rock dating back 466 million years, he wasn’t hoping to find fossilized nautiluses; he was looking for fossilized meteorites. Asteroid Dust Triggered an Explosion of Life on Ancient Earth 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Traditional plumes might be supplanted by burnt ostrich feathers, hand-dipped in acid to strip off the frizz, leaving the stark outline of spine, as of something fossilized. The Transformative, Talismanic Power of Feathers 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Both the organism and the trail it left lay undisturbed for so long that they fossilized. Ancient worm fossil rolls back origins of animal life 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The skull fossilized within the sandstone, to the delight of the scientists who discovered the cranium in 2016. This newfound 3.8-million-year-old skull is an ‘iconic’ specimen in humans’ evolution 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z A stingray and fish fossilized in limestone from Wyoming is believed to be 51 million years old. Trailer with $100K in fossils reported stolen in Colorado 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z They wanted something more difficult to find than fossilized meteorites: micrometeorites, which, like their larger siblings, carry the mineral chromite. Asteroid Dust Triggered an Explosion of Life on Ancient Earth 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z In this fossilized fecal matter was where they found remarkably well–preserved parasite eggs. Ancient Britons had giant worms in their kidneys, study shows 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z It inspired the notion that a dinosaur could be cloned from fossilized DNA, the basis for the book “Jurassic Park,” which was made into a movie. This week’s passages 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z It’s the technique that Hollywood used to revive dinosaurs from fossilized DNA in the 1993 movie “Jurassic Park.” Kary Mullis, quirky Nobel laureate whose DNA discovery changed the science world, dies 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Other fossilized finds include a pinecone-like structure with megaspores and some fossilized tree trunks used to estimate the height of the trees, Wang noted. 419 million-year-old fossilized forest discovered in China 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z A subset of that stretch shows a sharp increase in the grains from a particular category of meteorites, and another subset coincides with the arrival of the fossilized meteorites that have informed Schmitz’s previous research. Asteroid Dust Triggered an Explosion of Life on Ancient Earth 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The find is based on two fossilized legs of the bird. This may be the largest parrot that ever lived 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z How did hundreds of species vanish so abruptly, leaving us only their fossilized remains as clues that they ever existed? What Killed the Dinosaurs? 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z As for Alice’s future, Kjelland said he hopes the fossilized skull will rotate among locations, rather than sit in a private collection. California college student discovers 65-million-year-old Triceratops skull 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z And our evolutionary brethren the Neanderthals, through fossilized remains and genetic traces found in modern humans, are providing fresh insight into how our brains developed. The brain 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Researchers cannot study the brains of Neanderthals directly — the species is thought to have been extinct for around 40,000 years, and soft tissue doesn’t fossilize well. Neanderthal clues to brain evolution in humans 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z After his summer of fossilizing, Grinnell worked for his father’s securities-trading firm in New York and then as an aide to Marsh in New Haven. Review | The adventurer who helped preserve wild lands and Indian history 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z The fossilized tropes aren’t the only thing that color our vision. Remembering Jonathan Gold a year after his death 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z She is now completing her studies by describing a fossilized crocodile from Utah. The battle to rebuild centuries of science after an epic inferno 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Known as Vespersaurus, this bipedal carnivorous walked upright on both legs using its three-toe feet, but shifted its weight almost entirely to one toe, judging by fossilized footprints discovered in the 1970s. Mysterious carnivorous dinosaur likely walked on a single toe 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z The fossilized skull of the man who lived in the Paleolithic era was originally discovered in 1941 in a cave in South Transylvania, Romania. 33,000-year-old cold-case solved: New evidence reveals violent death 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z The answer may still be locked in the vestiges of an ancient lagoon that passed down its fossilized secrets from Jurassic time. Iconic Fossil Feather Probably Didn't Belong to Archaeopteryx 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z In 2017, a fossilized triceratops skull was found at a construction site in Thornton, Colorado. Mysterious dinosaur remains discovered in Colorado are from an adult triceratops, experts confirm 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z The fossilized Scotty skeleton, named after the celebratory scotch paleontologists drank after finding the bones, was first discovered in Saskatchewan, Canada, in the 1990s. Omaha’s Durham Museum set to feature new T. rex exhibit 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z Johnson and his colleagues dug up fossilized crocodiles, turtles, and palm trees. The Smithsonian’s renewed fossil hall sends a forceful message about climate change 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z You need just the right circumstances to fossilize something like a school of fish in place within a rock. A School of Fish, Captured in a Fossil 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z But today, their fossilized remains reign unchallenged over paleo-pop culture, the iconic king of all the dinos portrayed in movies, played with in kids’ bedrooms and displayed in museums. ‘The Nation’s T. rex’: How a Montana mom’s hike led to an incredible discovery 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z Paleoclimate scientists study their own slices of time and use their own specialized temperature proxies—leaf shape, say, or growth bands in fossilized corals—which often conflict. A 500-million-year survey of Earth's climate reveals dire warning for humanity 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z This is the first ammonite and one of the very first marine organisms ever found in amber; because the gemstone is fossilized tree resin, it traps mostly land organisms. Extinct squid relative entombed in amber for 100 million years 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z And there are “Hey, Mabel!” oddities: a fossilized biscuit from the siege of Vicksburg, a pocket journal split by a fatal bullet. Richmond’s new Civil War museum aims to shatter conventional views of the conflict 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z In the paper, Dr. Mizumoto and his colleagues acknowledged the possibility that the fish were already dead when they gathered, and not engaged in schooling behavior at the time they fossilized. A School of Fish, Captured in a Fossil 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z |
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