Rare Lizard Fossil Preserved in Amber
A tiny lizard forefoot of the genus Anolis is trapped in amber that is about 15 to 20 million years old. Credit: Jonas Ba…
A tiny lizard forefoot of the genus Anolis is trapped in amber that is about 15 to 20 million years old. Credit: Jonas Ba…
A man who died in Herculaneum during the historic Vesuvius eruption was found with an exploded skull and glass-like brain ti…
The fossils of four ancient armadillos the size of cars have been discovered by a farmer in Argentina. A farmer in Argenti…
Green seaweeds, which may have looked like this when they were alive, might be ancestors to all land plants Photo: Dingh…
A photo shows the cliffside in Japan's Chiba prefecture that's part of a line of sediment that recorded the geolo…
"Ice volcanoes" can be seen erupted on Sunday along the shore of Lake Michigan. (National Weather Service Grand…
Chalcanthite is a richly colored blue/green water-soluble sulfate mineral CuSO 4 ·5H 2 O . It is commonly found in the late-…
Fossilised 20 centimetre long hand claw of theropod discovered at Eric the West site on Victoria’s Otway Coast. Image cre…
Pat Choate, of Jacksonville, found a 3.29-carat brown diamond she named "Illusive Dream," calling it a dream co…
Smoky quartz, very common coarse-grained variety of the silica mineral quartz that ranges in colour from nearly black thr…
Fossil hunters find 'ice bird' from 46,000 years ago that looks like it died 'yesterday' Scientists have …
Continent Zealandia Recent seafloor drilling has revealed that the "hidden continent " of Zealandia -- a r…
100-million-year-old Discoscapa apicula. The bee is carrying four beetle triungulins. Credit: George Poinar Jr., OSU Coll…
The huge extinct freshwater turtle Stupendemys geographicus, Palaeontologist Rodolfo Sanchez lies alongside a carapace o…
Moss agate is a semi-precious gemstone that gets its name from the dendritic inclusions that resemble moss. It is a form of …