A 30,000-year-old fossilized vulture, buried beneath volcanic ash in Italy, has unveiled an unexpected scientific breakthrough. Unlike typical fossils found in sedimentary rock, this specimen is ...

Despite seeming like a relatively stable place, the Earth's surface has changed dramatically over the past 4.6 billion years. Mountains have been built and eroded, continents and oceans have moved ...

The history of life on our planet is a long and winding path. Much of what we know about how life has evolved comes from fossils. The physical remains of organisms and the evidence of behaviors, such ...

A 30,000-year-old vulture fossil was found in volcanic rock. Scientists discovered microscopic feather details preserved in ...

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Dinosaur fossils dating back 66 million years have been unearthed on Hong Kong’s Port Island, marking a significant discovery for the city’s palaeoecology research. The fossils, believed to ...

Menu Local Geology History, Resources, and Facilities Geologic History of Southwestern Ohio At the Limper Geology Museum, you will be able to explore a large collection of local rock, mineral, and ...

Although dinosaurs lived many millions of years ago, we know that they existed because some of them turned into fossils when they died. Watch our animation to discover how this happened, and explore ...

Paleontologists now know that the Precambrian actually did swarm with living creatures, and it was swarming more than 3.85 billion years ago. The earliest evidence of life comes from the ...

Ammonites, echinoids, and brachiopods, oh my! During large periods of Earth's geological history, huge swaths of the United Kingdom were immersed beneath a prehistoric sea. Fast forward to today ...

A compound is a substance that contains two or more elements close elementA pure substance that is made from only one type of atom. Elements are listed on the periodic table. Elements cannot be ...