Modern Nautilus and Allonautilus species inhabit deeper waters than their extinct ancestors did over 500 million years ago.

At first, the day looks like a classic fossil beach hunt: rough waves, shell layers, cliff falls, and the hope of finding a shark tooth. Then a small fragment changes everything. They identify it as ...

This research shows how close examination of even microscopic fossils can reveal large-scale patterns such as ocean ...

Snail shells are often colorful and strikingly patterned. This is due to pigments that are produced in special cells of the snail and stored in the shell in varying concentrations. Fossil shells, on ...

Construction at a high school uncovered millions of fossils dating back nearly 9 million years. The fossils include unique species of fish that had never been found in the area before. The discovery ...

Snail shells are often colourful and strikingly patterned. This is due to pigments that are produced in special cells of the snail and stored in the shell in varying concentrations. Fossil shells, on ...