And because smaller skeletons decompose and break apart more readily than big, sturdy dinosaur bones, small fossils are rare finds. Mammal jaws with teeth in them, especially, help paleontologists ...

At the heart of the study were rare butterfly fossils. These precious remains of early butterflies are difficult to find because the insects have thin, fragile wings and threadlike hairs ...

These findings remind us of the importance of fossils and that our understanding of natural history is constantly adapting to ...

Two incredibly rare fossils found on Scotland's Isle of Skye are rewriting our understanding of how mammals evolved. While modern small mammals live as little as a year, one of the first to roam ...

“While numerous fossils of feathers have been studied, fossil skin is much more rare.” In the study, a team from University College Cork and Nanjing University in China studied a rare ...

You can get in touch with Aristos by emailing [email protected]. Languages: English, Spanish A set of rare fossils has revealed a previously unknown and "absolutely unique" type of tree that ...

Recently exposed sandbars along the drought-stricken Mississippi River have caught the attention of fossil hunters, leading to two exceptional finds from a rare ice age species. Wiley Prewitt was ...

Museum Wales researchers found the fossils in rocks laid down under the sea more than 460 million years ago. Over 170 species, including rare soft-bodied animals, were discovered in 2020 on ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Rare fossils that likely came from extinct hippo-like mammals, which existed between 21 and 23 million years ago, were recently discovered by two different beachcombers ...