Professor Loren E. Babcock examines the key processes of fossilization in paleontology, highlighting the critical role of ...

Once, long ago, a little reptile going about its business plopped itself down in the mud before getting up and carrying on ...

We know them in death. We know how they died, some of what they ate, how they grew, where they may have roamed, and even if they suffered from disease or injury. Preserved bones can tell us a lot, but ...

Insects are fragile, soft-bodied animals whose remains are difficult to preserve. Wings are often fossilized, but insect bodies, if present, are usually bits and pieces of the original prehistoric ...

Introduction: a user's guide / William Miller, III -- Memorial to Roland Goldring (1928-2005) / John E. Pollard -- The historical background of ichnology. The Wadden Sea, cradle of invertebrate ...

Researchers have uncovered 300-million-year-old reptile skin impressions in Germany, the oldest direct evidence of reptile ...

Researchers have discovered an exceptionally preserved fossil site in Massachusetts that provides a rare glimpse into terrestrial life from over 300 million years ago. The findings, published in ...