Tiny fossils from Hokkaido are revealing a surprisingly mobile ancient ocean during a warmer world. A team led by researchers at Kumamoto University has identified a new genus of microscopic ...

Our Earth’s atmosphere was not always the safe haven it is today. New research, informed by ancient ocean fossils, provides a glimpse into a time when our planet’s atmosphere was inhospitable and ...

Marine fossils discovered near the summit of Mount Everest reveal that the world’s highest mountain was once part of an ancient ocean floor before tectonic collisions lifted the Himalayas.

In 2015, a fossil treasure trove, comprising 30,000 teeth and bones, was discovered on the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen. After years of work, paleontologists have identified these fossils as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Foraminifera, like the one seen here, are considered the gold standard for analyzing conditions of the ancient ocean, as their ...

Scientists and climbers have found fossils of ancient animals above 8,000 meters above sea level. These fossils include remains of trilobites, crinoids, and brachiopods. These fossils not only provide ...

Limestone cliffs and cave systems hold clues to a prehistoric ocean.

Whether you love spiders or can't be within 10 feet of them, you probably think of them crawling around on land. And based on the fossil record, most researchers would probably say the same thing. For ...

A lost cache of 250-million-year-old fossils from Australia has rewritten part of the story of life after Earth’s worst mass extinction. Instead of a single marine amphibian species, researchers ...

Bountiful remains of foraminifera reveal how organisms responded to climate disturbances of the past Tim Vernimmen, Knowable Magazine Studying foraminiferan fossils can help us understand how the ...

A recent study has made microscopic fossils messengers from a warmer world, showing that the tropical Pacific Ocean could be much more stable—and robust—than previously thought. Analyzing nitrogen ...