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The City of Houghton is contemplating moving orthocone fossils to the north side of the Portage Lake District Library from ...
At my kindergarten graduation circa 2005, I stood watching my friends confidently announce their future dreams. One by one, ...
Around 252 million years ago, Earth was nearly lifeless, with nearly all life forms wiped out. This event, known as the ...
Ancient carbon surges depleted ocean oxygen and stalled marine life, and new research warns today’s emissions could cause a ...
During the Mesozoic Era, various amphibian groups coexisted with dinosaurs, including early relatives of modern frogs, salamanders, and caecilians. Frogs in particular had already evolved their ...
In the constant flux of evolution, some species stand as remarkable exceptions—living fossils that have remained virtually unchanged for millions of years. These evolutionary stalwarts have found ...
The dinosaurs first appeared on Planet Earth around two hundred and forty five million years ago. That's a staggeringly long ...
An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists understand the extinct animals and the world around them as a supercontinent broke up.
“It’s absolutely amazing. It’s beyond what I’ve ever seen. There’s so much there, it would be impossible to collect them all. The fossils we’ve already found will take decades to study.” ...
The tropical teeth are more proof that Templeton was a pre-historic Hawaii. What is also important about the Templeton site is that Saint’Onge is finding fossils from both water and land animals. That ...
Members of the public are invited to learn about prehistoric creatures through hands-on activities this summer in a series of fossil exploration events. The events, hosted by the National Park ...