Fossils are so common in Pennsylvania Bluestone that Glass often points out prehistoric plant fragments and ancient tide ...

A new study of ancient fossil trails pushes the origins of complex life deeper into Earth’s history, before the Cambrian Period began.

Grooves in rock formations of Jaisalmer are believed to be trails of marine worms that once wriggled along ocean floor, says ...

Two recent papers, however, have shed light on what fungi were up to before 400 million years ago, the age of the oldest, non-controversial fungal fossils. In May, a team of researchers published ...

Tiny fossils reveal how water flow shaped the early marine ecosystem TOI Science Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Jun 19, 2025, 20:00 IST Share ...

Recent studies have traced the ancestry of a nearly complete skull, discovered near Harbin, Heilongjiang province, to the Denisovan lineage. As one of the closest known relatives to modern humans ...

Fossilised whale along with other marine invertebrate fossils. Credit: Shiladri S. Das Scientists have discovered fossilised vertebrae and ribs of a whale on the bank of a dried, seasonal river in ...

They then rapidly spread to many regions around the world including what is now the UK. But despite being their closest relatives, the first known fossils of pterosaurs don’t appear until around 20 ...

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts has once again captured hearts, this time exchanging vows in a lavish second wedding ceremony with his wife, Bryonna “Bry” Burrows. The NFL star ...

Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF), the not-for-profit foundation of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), has announced the recipients of this year's Abe Burrows ...

But hard evidence remained elusive. Until now, the oldest known lepidopteran fossils dated back only to 201 million years ago, leaving a frustrating 40-million-year gap in the record.

In a 2005 Science paper, Schweitzer’s team reported transparent, flexible structures in the fossil that appeared to be blood vessels, some containing dark red spheres that looked like blood cells.