Fossilisation is the process by which organic materials like plants, animals, and other life forms, are preserved in the Earth’s crust over geological time. Fossils provide snapshots of ancient life ...

A surprising discovery in the feathers of a fossil vulture from central Italy has revealed that volcanic deposits can preserve delicate tissue structures in unprecedented detail, offering new insights ...

The Green Revolution’s success was underpinned by fossil fuels-based inputs — from fertilisers and diesel to crop protection ...

In 1859, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was postulated in “On the Origin of Species.” In this theory, Darwin suggested ...

A newly published experimental protocol, involving University of Bristol scientists, could change the way fossilisation is studied. In addition to directly studying fossils themselves, experimental ...

Increasing variation in the climate has been implicated as a possible factor in the evolution of our species (Homo sapiens) 300,000 years ago, as well as the more recent demise of our enigmatic ...

A fossil that appears to shine like gold has been quietly misleading scientists for decades. Found in black shale deposits in southwest Germany, these 183-million-year-old remains, mostly ammonites, ...

These photos from British designer Austin Houldsworth show the results of his machine, featured in our earlier story, built to fossilise a partridge (above) and a pineapple. The contraption, called 2 ...

Strong but light, beautiful and precisely structured, feathers are the most complex skin appendage that ever evolved in vertebrates. Despite the fact humans have been playing with feathers since ...

A surprising discovery in the feathers of a fossil vulture from central Italy has revealed that volcanic deposits can preserve delicate tissue structures in unprecedented detail, offering new insights ...

Volcanic deposits in central Italy have remarkably preserved the delicate tissue structures of a fossil vulture, including three-dimensional feathers, challenging previous fossilization theories. This ...