Browsing: Fossils

January 21, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmMystery tower fossils may come from a newly discovered kind of lifeTowering Prototaxites ruled Earth before trees—and…

December 16, 20252 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmAncient Bees Burrowed Inside Bones, Fossils RevealBones of now extinct species became a haven for bee babies…

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03552-0New evidence answers the question about whether some fossils are Tyrannosaurus rex juveniles or a different species, with implications for…

Fossilisation is rare. Most living things disappear without trace, recycled back into planet Earth.But in some environments the DNA from living things binds to the soil…

Nature, Published online: 01 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02972-2Little is known about the early history of lizards, snakes and their kin. New fossil discoveries reveal a complex evolutionary…

September 5, 20253 min readStorm-Tossed Baby Pterosaurs Died with Broken Wings, Fossil Evidence SuggestsAbout 150 million years ago storm winds snapped bones in the wings of…

My friend Michael Waldman, who has died aged 83, was a palaeontologist and an inspiring teacher of geology. He discovered one of the most productive and…