This Famous ‘Fossil’ Is Just a Painted Rock
Sorry to all fans of Tridentinosaurus antiquus, thought to be a remarkably preserved 280-million-year-old lizard. A new paper published in Paleontology posits that the early reptile fossil is in fact…
Alien-Looking Fossil Trees Uncovered in Canada: ‘Unlike Any of Those That Live at the Present’
An illustration of the specimen (with simplified leaves), human silhouettes for scale.Illustration: Tim Stonesifer You won’t be-leaf the shape of this ancient tree. A team of researchers found a 350-million-year-old…
An unknown company has a plan to change smartwatches forever
The Diesel On Fadelite X Mad Dog Jones smartwatch Andy Boxall / DigitalTrends “If you’re not in smartwatches today, especially as a traditional watch manufacturer, then we are the way…
Oldest Fossilized Skin Discovered, Clocks in at 300 Million Years Old
Researchers believe they’ve found the oldest known fossilized skin, hidden away in a limestone cave system in Oklahoma. The skin sample dates to the early Permian Period, between 289 million…
1.75-Billion-Year-Old Fossils Are Oldest Record of Oxygenic Photosynthesis
The story of life on Earth can’t be told without photosynthesis, the process by which plants (and some other lifeforms) convert sunlight into chemical energy. Now, a team of researchers…
The Best Places to See Fossils in the United States
The site of Rancho La Brea now sits smack dab in the middle of Los Angeles, but it remains one of the most important fossil sites in the country. Over…
Sexing Dinos: Paleontologists Seek Fossilized Hormones
How can you tell if a dinosaur is female or male? It’s one of the most basic aspects of biology and yet, for the most part, it continues to be…
Could DNA Have Survived 6 Million Years Inside a Turtle Shell?
A team of paleontologists studying the fossilized shell of a sea turtle from the Miocene Epoch found something surprising: preserved bone cells that they believe may contain ancient DNA, the…
Paleontologists Find Trilobite’s Last Meal in 465-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Stomach
Here’s something to chew on: a fossilized trilobite from the Ordovician Period, which is so well preserved that a team of paleontologists was able to identify its last meal, now…
Fossil’s new Gen 5E smartwatch is smaller on your wrist and cheaper to buy
Fossil has launched the Gen 5E smartwatch, which comes in a new 42mm case size and in new 44mm designs, all at a lower $249 price than the existing Gen…