Fossils preserved in Dominican amber reveal a new family, genus and species of microinvertebrate from the mid-Tertiary period, a discovery that shows unique lineages of the tiny creatures were living ...

MR. DE RANCE'S note relating to the above subject in. NATURE, p. 294, mentions that “Heer has determined a magnificent flora of more than 350 species from these northerrt tertiaries, and that he at ...

Tiny fossils trapped in amber have revealed a previously unknown creature that lived 30 million years ago that scientists are calling the "mold pig." Researchers say the fossil suggests a new family, ...

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A paleobiologist uncovered a never-before-seen microinvertebrate in Dominican amber. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If you can't ...

Ever wonder what the Earth looked like before humans came along and added pollution and man-made destruction to the mix? The 3D interactive website called Ancient Earth Globe lets you glimpse the ...

THE work consists of translations from the German originals of two memoirs, published respectively in 1883 and 1886, with explanatory notes on the geology by the Survey officers. Ettingshausen's ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The vascular plant emerged around 400 million years ago and started Earth's ...

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A new study claims that the origin of bees is tens of millions of years older than previously believed. The supercontinent of Gondwana had bees before it broke apart into Africa and South America. A ...