Paleontologists have revealed the fossilized remains of a curious creature that is not only one of Earth's oldest animals, but may even be the first to have ever been mobile. Dubbed Quaestio ...

Trace fossils, the preserved records of biological activity, provide a unique window into the interactions between ancient organisms and their sedimentary settings. By recording behaviours such as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Using 3D imaging, a study revealed evidence of prehistoric fauna from the collection of Oregon's John Day Fossil Beds National ...

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

A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS) has made progress in studying the Shibantan biota in Yichang, Hubei Province, ...

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(CNN) — About 50 million years ago, a small bird waded along a lakeshore in what today is central Oregon. A worm wriggled at its feet. The bird appeared to probe the silty earth with its beak, once, ...