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New twist in debate over whether bryozoans cropped up during Cambrian explosion or later

A team of scientists digitally reconstructed the internal soft tissues that had long since rotted away. 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — In the summer of 2020, India Wood was hiking the countryside somewhere off Interstate 70 between Edwards and Wolcott.

Scientists have created the first map of Earth's surface changes during the last 100 million years.

Imagination involves creating a mental image of something that is not present for your senses to detect or even something that isn’t out there in reality somewhere.

The latest chapter in the removal of a 23-million-year-old whale relic sparks further fury.

City Comment: The loss of ARM to the US was inevitable

When you think about human evolution, there’s a good chance you’re imagining chimpanzees exploring ancient forests or early humans daubing woolly mammoths on to cave walls. But we humans, along with bears, lizards, hummingbirds and Tyrannosaurus rex, are actually lobe-finned fish.

Once-abundant giant lacewing was believed extinct in eastern US but mislabelled specimen hints at surviving populations

Tourists discover one of the most complete fish fossils in Australia. Here's what was found in its belly.

The whole valley could be excavated in the search for ancient human remains