What can fossilized poop tell us about prehistoric life? A surprising amount, it turns out. A new study, published in the journal Geobiology, reveals that ancient feces—known as coprolites—can ...

A study of fossilized feces, known as coprolites, from 540 million years ago found fecal matter likely played a significant role in an explosion of biodiversity in the early Cambrian period.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Using fossilized feces and vomit samples from Poland, scientists have reconstructed how dinosaurs came to dominate the Earth millions of years ago. Researchers aren’t sure whether ...

In this episode of Teach Me in 10, Dr. Selina Brace from Natural History Museum, London, explores how advances in sequencing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cambrian Explosion fossilized feces may have moved nutrients through ancient oceans, helping complex marine ecosystems expand.

In a new study, fossilized droppings suggested that ancient ground squirrels ate the meat of much larger animals, including mammoths, bison and saber-toothed cats. By Kate Golembiewski During the ...

A new fossil park is being developed in Columbus, Mississippi, within the existing Propst Park. The park will allow the public to search for fossils from 84 million years ago, including dinosaur bones ...

Fossilized feces may have helped transform Earth’s early oceans, feeding a cycle of nutrients, larger animals and more complex ecosystems during one of evolution’s most dramatic bursts of ...