Among some of the most spectacular fossils unearthed are those found in strange locations, and new research is now showing that the way these fossils were preserved is far from what scientists ...
Crack open Illinois’ prehistoric past at this hidden fossil spot, where ordinary rocks can reveal 300-million-year-old ...
The journey to the history-making discovery began 60 years ago, when palaeontologist Bruce Runnegar was a child visiting a ...
Scientists have discovered that anaerobic microbes played a vital role in preserving a 183‑million‑year‑old ichthyosaur fossil in striking three‑dimensional detail. The microbes produced sulfide ...
Pohlsepia mazonensis, a visually underwhelming fossil from Illinois, fundamentally broke our understanding of cephalopod evolution. Described in 2000 and hailed as the oldest known octopus in the ...