“This research shows beyond doubt that organic biomolecules, such as proteins like collagen, appear to be present in some fossils,” remarked Professor Steve Taylor of the University of ...

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These times call for statesmen, not publicity hounds. I’ve written this before, but it bears repeating: 2026 is going to be a critical year in Maine politics. We’ll have a nationally targeted ...

Known as “living fossils,” these creatures have barely changed over millions of years and continue to prove just how tough they are. Their ability to survive and adapt is nothing short of amazing.

A minor skirmish for the president has the potential to become calamitous for the governor — and our state. A direct confrontation between Gov. Janet Mills and President Donald Trump was not an ...

According to a new study, Walton-on-the-Naze is the best place to find fossils in the U.K. The resort town is filled with shark teeth, fossilized wood, and ancient plant artifacts. Places such as ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Fossil evidence indicates that tropical riparian ecosystems recovered rapidly after the end-Permian mass extinction, which occurred around 252 million years ago ...

Fossilized soft tissue is exceptionally rare in plesiosaur fossils. The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species. The ...

As detailed in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, the fossil could represent the oldest bird known to scientists and sheds light on the surprising diversification of birds during ...

Led by Miguel Marx, a doctoral student at Lund University in Sweden, an international team of researchers studied a rare plesiosaur fossil known as MH7, which remarkably retained traces of soft ...

That sinkhole in the state’s wooded Big Bend region filled with sediment over the next 500,000 years, until two hobby fossil hunters came along. In June 2022, Robert Sinibaldi and Joseph Branin ...