Collagen-eating microbes spread into oxygen-rich seas as animals diversified, and that shift may explain why Ediacaran fossils are so common.

Newswise — MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (01/12/2026) — A new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities challenges previous classifications paleontologists use to determine how the ...

A new study published in Palaeontology has confirmed that X-ray computed tomography (XCT scanning) can be used to monitor decomposing organisms without altering the natural decay process—a vital step ...

Kyle and Natalie drive onto a washed-out Florida dirt road of limestone and explain that limestone is built from trillions of marine organisms. They search the road for intact fossils and pause to ...

Scientists have found that X-Ray scanning reveals secrets of fossil formation without disturbing the decay of buried carcasses A new study published in Palaeontology has confirmed that X-ray computed ...

Many of today's everyday items are destined to become fossils after millions of years, but scientists have suggested that some of the most surprising of them might be wind turbine blades. University ...