Some animals have been around since the time of the dinosaurs—and they’re still thriving today! Known as “living fossils,” these creatures have barely changed over millions of years and continue to ...

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What if one of the most iconic “living fossils” has been misleading evolutionary biology for decades? The African coelacanth, for a long time considered a key to the distant past, is now in the middle ...

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The sturgeon is an ancient and iconic species of fish. Long and bony, with a body covered in armored plates known as scutes, the sturgeon has been called a “living fossil” with evolutionary roots ...

In the first of a new series, curator Dr Neil Adams shares the stories and science of the fossil mammal collection.

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Experts will tell you that the Sunshine State has been underwater multiple times throughout its geologic history. One person who knows this firsthand is Patrick Chasteen, who takes guests to area ...

Something unusual keeps turning up in marine sediments. These are large crystals of magnetite, formed by biology rather than geology, and preserved fo.