According to The Geology Society, Everest’s summit is formed on the floor of the Tethys Ocean. Around 225 million years ago, the Indian plate sat far south of Asia, separated by this broad ocean basin ...

A close-up of a preserved Trilobite fossil. Credit: University of Texas at San Antonio Ancient fossils are revealing unexpected chemical survivors, challenging long-held assumptions about how ...

Archaeologists in northern Spain have uncovered a remarkable artifact that bridges 450 million years of history: a trilobite fossil deliberately modified and used as an amulet during the Roman Empire.

If you scaled Mount Everest, you'd probably be surprised to find fossilised marine creatures – including trilobites, crinoids and brachiopods – on Earth’s highest peak. Their presence hints at how the ...

Most shark fossils are just teeth—their cartilage skeletons usually decay long before they can fossilize. But in northwestern Arkansas, a series of geological sites known as the Fayetteville Shale has ...

I was strolling down Main Street, minding my own business, when I spotted a shop that stopped me cold, polished agates gleaming in the window like they were up to something. Little did I know, this ...