Snail shells are often colorful and strikingly patterned. This is due to pigments that are produced in special cells of the snail and stored in the shell in varying concentrations. Fossil shells, on ...

Barry Hughes, a volunteer in the Condon Fossil Collection, opens a drawer containing the head of a saber-tooth tiger and ...

Professor Loren E. Babcock examines the key processes of fossilization in paleontology, highlighting the critical role of ...

Ocean acidification caused a mass extinction of marine life 66 million years ago, research into tiny shell fossils has shown. This could have implications for the current climate crisis, which is also ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Fossils are everywhere in Kansas but there are some places where your chances of finding a link to the past are greater than others. The Sunflower State is home to numerous types of ...

Construction at a high school uncovered millions of fossils dating back nearly 9 million years. The fossils include unique species of fish that had never been found in the area before. The discovery ...

Snail shells are often colourful and strikingly patterned. This is due to pigments that are produced in special cells of the snail and stored in the shell in varying concentrations. Fossil shells, on ...

For decades, students at San Pedro High walked over millions of ancient fossils hidden beneath the concrete. During a recent construction project, workers discovered the massive collection, which ...