All that glitters isn’t usually gold, and the same is true for 183 million-year-old fossils found in the Posidonia Shale. Moreover, while the researchers used to think the shiny gold coating on ...

Fossil insect traces reveal ancient climate, entrapment, and fossilization at La Brea Tar Pits Date: July 3, 2013 Source: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Summary: The La Brea Tar Pits ...

Microbial activity in the bones, the presence of bacterial forming microbial carpets, has also been detected, and this may have encouraged the fossilization process.

The amber substance in Fringe was created by Walternate and isn’t a natural substance, but it does garner some of its traits from the real world science of resin and fossilization. When dealing ...

An arresting photograph showing acougar lying serenely at the bottom of a lake has circulated widely online, with many believing it captures the first steps in the animal’s fossilization. While ...

Rotting Flesh Offers Insight on Fossilization To learn more about decay and fossilization, researchers conduct unorthodox experiments—like dissecting decomposing animals in the lab.

Recommend a good book or online article on the physical processes of fossilization. In all the science books I've read, "fossil" is the one of the most vaguely defined terms. 3 billion year old ...

Future civilizations trying to find traces of how today's population lived are likely to find "technofossils" made up of plastic bags, cheap clothes, and aluminum cans, The Guardian reported. This ...