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The fossils being formed today will show how humankind disrupted life on Earth
Phys.org· 4 days agoFossils are an essential record of life on Earth that demonstrate long periods of stability,...
A Major Donation of Fossils Will Help Rebuild the National Museum of Brazil
The New York Observer· 7 days agoBurkhard Pohl, the Swiss-German owner of one of the world’s biggest collections of private fossils,...
Fossil captures starfish splitting itself in two – showing this has been happening for 155 million...
The Conversation· 3 days agoThe starfish, or asteroid, is part of a group of animals called the echinoderms or spiny skinned animals that also includes sea lilies, sea urchins and sea cucumbers. Starfish are among the ...
More Than 1,000 Fossils, Including Rare Dinosaurs, Gifted to Brazil's National Museum Following Fire
Smithsonian Magazine· 4 days agoSparked by an improperly installed air conditioning unit, the fire closed down the Rio de Janeiro institution—the oldest museum in Brazil. Among the fossils gifted to the ...
Here's how one paleontologist got DC an official dinosaur
NBC Washington· 1 day agoPaleontologist Peter Kranz doesn't necessarily expect to be a famous scientist ... although he...
Dusting Dinosaurs and Elephants: How Specialists Keep the Museum’s Largest Treasures Spotless
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 day agoThis makes sense from a storage perspective: The Smithsonian houses over 154 million objects, the...
Girl, 11, Helps Discover Largest Ever Reptile
newser· 6 days agoHis daughter, Ruby, kept her eyes to the ground and soon came across an even larger and better preserved fossil. This species—described in a study...
People Are Revealing The Creepy Or Downright Bizarre Discoveries They Made In A Friend's Home, And...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 18 hours ago"I used his kitchen tongs to pick everything up, threw them into bags, and hid them away. I take...
How the Promise of Nuclear Energy Draws the West to Mongolia
Time via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIt then built a pilot project to demonstrate feasibility, producing 11 tons of uranium over 18...
Study reveals when the first warm-blooded dinosaurs roamed Earth
CNN.com· 2 days agoWere dinosaurs warm-blooded like birds and mammals or cold-blooded like reptiles? Challenging the...