General view of lava surfacing on the Halema'uma'u crater of Kilauea volcano in Kilauea, Hawaii, U.S. September 29, 2021, in this st...
Carnotaurus Had Scaly Skin with No Feathers, Paleontologists Say
Close-up of the skin, with ridges marked. (Hendrick and Bell, Cretaceous Research) Scientists have analysed the well-preserved skin of one...
480-Million-Year-Old Spores of Early Land Plants Found in Australia
Fossilized spores from the Early Ordivician deposits of Australia. Image credit: Strother & Foster Spores found in 480 million-year-ol...
Pink Halite
Pink Halite from California Photo Copyright ©️ Artstonetics/IG Halite is a type of salt, the mineral (natural) form of sodium chloride (N...
Giant 'Swimming Head' Creature Lived in Our Oceans 500 Million Years Ago
Titanokorys gainesi carapace. Image credit: Jean-Bernard Caron, Royal Ontario Museum. Paleontologists have described the largest Cambrian...
'Flying Dragon' First-ever Remains of Prehistoric Winged Dinosaur
'Flying Dragon' First-ever Remains of Prehistoric Winged Dinosaur. Fossils of the dinosaur were unearthed by a group of scientists i...
Fossilized Insect Discovered Not in Amber, But in Opal
Fossilized Insect Discovered Not in Amber, But in Opal. Photo: (Brian Berger/Instagram/@velvetboxsociety) In a find unlike anything s...
The Geology behind Kidney Stone Crystallization
Section of a kidney stone. Credit: Mayandi Sivaguru and Bruce Fouke Rather than crystallizing all at once, kidney stones dissolve and re-...