Scientific American talked with Gabbott and Zalasiewicz, authors of the book Discarded: How Technofossils Will Be Our ...

Apr. 8, 2025 — The idea that dinosaurs were already in decline before an asteroid wiped most of them out 66 million years ago may be explained by a worsening fossil ... Apr. 1, 2025 — More ...

Dubbed Dinosaur Choir, the craniums in question use fossil evidence to recreate the vocalizations of species that haven’t been heard in millions of years. You don’t need to be a musician to ...

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President Trump announced 25% tariffs on goods from countries purchasing oil and gas from Venezuela, effective April 2, as punishment for releasing the foreign terrorist gang, Tren de Aragua, into the ...

A new species of fossil from 444 million years ago that has perfectly preserved insides has been affectionately named "Sue" after its discoverer's mom. The result of 25 years of work by a ...

More research into Prototaxites fossils needs to be done to determine if they were fungi or a completely different type of life, and what caused them to go extinct millions of years ago.

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He enjoys visiting the La Brea Tar Pits, so he can watch the paleontologists through the glass windows, working in the Fossil Lab and imagining himself there one day. Today, he asked me, “Is there a ...

When the first Prototaxites fossil was unearthed in 1843, it was mistaken for an ancient rotting conifer. But trees didn’t yet exist during the Silurian period, so what exactly was this thing ...