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Was This Sea Creature Our Ancestor? Scientists Turn a Famous Fossil on its Head.
New York Times· 2 hours agofossil ran along the animal’s back. Over the past 500 million years, vertebrates have evolved into a...
University of Alabama professor: Microscopic fossils tell the tale of climate change
The Tuscaloosa News· 8 hours agoTotten, a microbiologist studies microscopic fossils of sea creatures found in the layers of sea...
550 million-year-old sea sponge fossil find fills gap in its family tree
Interesting Engineering· 6 days ago“If you extrapolate back, then perhaps the first ones were soft-bodied creatures with entirely...
Fossil-hunting diver makes stunning ancient find off Florida coast: 'Very rare'
Fox News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAlex Lundberg, a scuba diver and fossil hunter, found an ancient mastodon tusk in Manasota Key,...
University of Alabama professor plays key role in study of 'Doomsday Glacier'
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoThose are questions that University of Alabama associate professor Rebecca Totten is helping to...
Today’s lesson: How to identify dinosaur footprints
The Columbian· 7 hours ago“To have this in our own backyard,” Mayor Guyleen Castriotta said, “you can’t beat it.” The Friday afternoon field trip was the result of Northglenn High...
Delaware may adopt a state cocktail. Here are 7 other state symbols you might not know
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 9 hours agos a guide where you can watch them Wilmington kids select Delaware state fossil The state dinosaur...
Bizarre egg-laying mammals once ruled Australia—then lost their teeth
Ars Technica· 4 days agoOnly two types of monotremes, the platypus and echidna, still exist, but more monotreme species were...
Team finds 'missing' 550 million-year-old sea sponge
Futurity· 5 days agoResearchers have discovered a 550 million-year-old sea sponge fossil, filling in a gap in the evolutionary family tree of one of the earliest animals. At...
Long Island professor discovers new dinosaur in Zimbabwe: ‘Big career moment’
NY Post via Yahoo News· 4 days agoStony Brook University professor Kimi Chapelle played a pivotal role in finding fossils of this...