A revolutionary study from the University of Liverpool has upended fundamental assumptions about the fossilization process, potentially transforming how scientists approach the study of ancient life.

Most animals and plants never fossilize. For those that do, it's usually only hard parts such as bones and shells that preserve. However, in some exceptional cases, soft tissues such as muscles and ...

“A DNA strand, like me, is a blueprint for building a living thing” says the anthropomorphic double-helix Mr. DNA at the beginning of 1993’s Jurassic Park, “...And sometimes, animals that went extinct ...

For many years, it was widely believed that fossils no longer contained any original organic molecules as the fossilization process was thought to destroy them. Now, a groundbreaking study, led by the ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

A patch of farmland in New South Wales has turned out to be one of Australia’s most remarkable fossil sites. Hidden beneath ...

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A newly discovered sauropod species is going on display in the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles. Its fossilized skeleton is the only one found on the planet whose bones are green, according to ...

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