paleontology

The most marine-centered event at GSA was also one of the loudest voices in the chorus for pro-ammonite games. The final night of the conference, I stumbled up to a Hyatt Regency ballroom for the long-awaited social event “Friends of the…

Berlin, Nevada, is a treasure chest for paleontologists. Just down the road from now-abandoned gold and silver mines, a rockbound collection of bones hints at an even richer past. The Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park is teeming with dozens of…

By MADDIE BURAKOFF - AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists discovered the oldest known DNA and used it to reveal what life was like 2 million years ago in the northern tip of Greenland. Today,…

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Supreme Court justices fired numerous questions Wednesday at a company that is challenging lawsuits alleging its workers were…

But harvesting the oysters was far from easy. At low tide, the oyster reefs are surrounded by viscous, sometimes thigh-high mud. The shells themselves are razor-sharp and covered with infection-causing bacteria. This made heavy gloves and…

Issued on: 22/12/2021 - 16:12Modified: 22/12/2021 - 16:14 Scientists on Tuesday announced the discovery of an exquisitely preserved dinosaur embryo from at least 66 million years ago…

The doom of the dinosaurs was good news for snakes. According to new research, snake biodiversity began increasing shortly after the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction—you know, the one brought about by a huge asteroid impact 66 million…

“That was very surprising to me,” says Bataille of these ranges, which were much larger than he’d expected. “It definitely asks the question: Why? What happened? Why is it doing this? Why is it moving this way and so fast?”This indication…