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Scientists discovered a dinosaur tail preserved in amber, revealing soft tissue, feathers, and clues leading to an incredible theory.

Stunningly preserved fossils of reptilian footprints and underbellies discovered last year in the Italian Alps have helped ...

Today, Antarctica is a huge frozen continent, though it was once temperate enough to be covered in swampy forests. Now, a team of scientists has discovered fossilized tree resin—amber—on the continent ...

The specimen was preserved in pyrite, or fool's gold, making it easy to produce 3D models of the fossil using CT scans. Credits: Luke Parry/Yu Liu/Ruixin Ran (3D models). - courtesy Luke Parry/Yu ...

Ancient amber found in Antarctica uncovers a 90-million-year-old rainforest, revealing insights into its warm, prehistoric ...

Nestled in The Bahamas on Great Abaco Island is a blue hole, Sawmill Sink, that's filled with a trove of well-preserved fossils that show how much the island has changed since the last Ice Age.

Today, this ancient ecosystem, preserved in the Yixian Formation, offers some of the world’s most exceptional fossil specimens. For decades, scientists believed the preservation of these fossils ...