A new study published in Palaeontology has confirmed that X-ray computed tomography (XCT scanning) can be used to monitor ...

Scientists confirm CT scanning doesn't interfere with natural decomposition processes, opening new windows into understanding how fossils form.

Mississippi has changed over millions of years and everything from sea monster to dire wolf fossils can be found here.

Animals rich in protein reduce oxygen faster during decay, creating mineral-forming environments which helps preserve their ...

Most people picture the time of dinosaurs as a steamy, tropical world. But during the Late Cretaceous period, northern Alaska ...

A jawbone fossil from a previously unknown hominin ... Because it emerged from the ocean, there was no way to study the surrounding sediment and determine an age, so the only way to guess at ...

Scientists have found that X-Ray scanning reveals secrets of fossil formation without disturbing the decay of buried carcassesA new study published in ...

A fossilized creature found in a South African roadside quarry 25 years ago finally has an official name. The small, ...

Newly discovered species of extinct fish shows striking similarities to unrelated modern-day predators, suggesting certain traits have emerged multiple times and remained consistent over hundreds of ...

The humerus, pulled from a well-preserved ancient layer of sediment, belonged to a new extinct species ... of raptors and as a result would have been relatively common in the fossil record,” according ...

The fossil is about 50 cm long and has 46 almost ... Our analyses of the chemistry of the shales—the sediments on the sea bed where this animal and others lived, now turned to rock—shows ...