We have examined fossil bivalve shells to try to determine whether the obvious growth lines on the shells are related to tidal or other environmental phenomena. Although the study is continuing ...

Good places to find trilobite fossils: Torquay in Devon, Marloes Sands in Wales and Coniston in Cumbria. Two very famous sites are Wren’s Nest in Dudley and Girvan in Scotland. A piece of rock ...

Sometimes, in order to look to the future, it is necessary to take a look at the past. In the field of science, this idea is ...

The serendipitous discovery of an exquisitely preserved fossil near Gulgong in NSW provides a glimpse into the evolution of ...

brocksi fossils while exploring a research site known ... decided to split open a rock. He was shocked to find a nearly perfect fossilized fish inside, complete with soft tissue and an articulated ...

Caption Stewart Edie, curator of fossil bivalves at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. In a new study, Edie, Shan Huang of the University of Birmingham and colleagues ...