The summit pyramid of Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth, is built from the remains of creatures that lived on an ancient seafloor roughly 470 million years ago. Limestone near the peak ...

The Ordovician is a geologic period of the Paleozoic Era that follows the Cambrian and precedes the Silurian, spanning roughly 485 to 444 million years ago. It is characterized by extensive ...

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.

The Burgess Shale in British Columbia is renowned for its exceptional preservation of soft tissues in fossils, including limbs and guts. While trilobites are abundant in the fossil record thanks to ...

A rare discovery in Galicia, Spain reveals a trilobite fossil transformed into a Roman-era amulet. This ancient relic, millions of years old, highlights how fossils were valued and repurposed for ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Step into a time capsule of stone and bone. From ancient ocean dwellers to prehistoric predators, this fossil collection holds stories that span millions of years. "Mass layoff" provision in Trump ...

Fig.1: Tempo and mode in the body size evolution of Cambrian-Ordovician trilobites. Changes in maximum size (red) and mean size (blue) for each time slice, with lines and shading representing the mean ...

Richard Fortey, head of palaeontology at the Natural History Museum - Alamy ​Richard Fortey, who has died aged 79, enjoyed a long career as head of palaeontology at the Natural History ...

Life reconstruction of Lomankus edgecombei, the golden fossil. Credit: Xiaodong Wang / CC BY 4.0 Paleontologists recently uncovered a striking golden fossil—encased in fool’s gold—scientifically known ...

Near a river in upstate New York (not pictured), a deceptive rock held something valuable inside. Hunter Reilly via Unsplash Walking along the Six Mile Creek there are rocks big and small glinting in ...