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Bizarre fossil turns out to be a 24-legged insect science somehow missed
How the Chosha praecursor insect may have looked. (Tihelka et al., Nature, 2026) As strange cases of mistaken identity go, ...
Strange 500-million-year-old marine fossils reveal a feeding strategy that still shapes oceans today
More than 500 million years ago, during what is known as the Cambrian period, the seas and oceans on Earth were filled with a myriad of marine animals, many of which have now become extinct. This ...
In early 2025, 12-year-old Ni Jingchen was out exploring with his parents in Beijing's Mentougou district when he noticed two ...
The fossil assemblage also includes Funisia, a stationary, tube-shaped organism found living in clusters. Researchers ...
Nearly 400 fossils unearthed in France's Montagne Noire region, some with soft tissue intact, reveal a diverse marine ...
A forgotten continent may have formed a bridge between Asia and Europe around 40 million years ago. Fossil records show the land once hosted distinct species like marsupials and hippo-like mammals.
A slew of fossils from Earth's earliest primates have been discovered in southwestern Wyoming. Scientists say the tiny ...
Jason Poole, Dinosaur Hall and Fossil Preparation Lab coordinator at the Academy of Natural Sciences, was mentioned in a June 24 Smithsonian story about the strange ways in which some fossils are ...
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