Fossils are the remains or traces left behind by life forms that existed long ago and are normally found in sedimentary rocks. They are usually very small, like micro shells or pollen, and sometimes ...

Though you may be the most familiar with fossils that look like the Triceratops above, there are many different types of fossils that result from a variety of different forms of preservation. Fossils ...

He knew what it was as soon as he saw it: the signature sign of a bird landing. He’d seen hundreds of such tracks along the Georgia coast. He’d photographed them, measured them, and drawn them. The ...

Recently discovered microfossils date back half a billion years. Resembling modern-day algae, they provide insight into early life in our oceans. A scientist from the University of Leicester has ...

Virginia Tech paleontologists have made a remarkable discovery in China: 1 billion-year-old micro-fossils of green seaweeds that could be related to the ancestor of the earliest land plants and trees ...