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A fossil is any preserved remains, trace, or impression of any once-living organism from a past geologic age. Examples of fossils include exoskeletons, bones, shells, or stone imprints of animals or microbes. The totality of fossils is known as the fossil record. Credit: Shutterstock
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JUN 07, 2017Plants & Animals
Dinosaur researchers continue to go back and forth about what dinosaurs might have looked like back in the day, and it&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 05, 2017Plants & Animals
Scientists now think that the dinosaurs had feathered bodies rather than reptilian like the Jurassic Park movies made th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 30, 2017Plants & Animals
Paleontologists seem to discover new fossils almost every other day across the lands of Earth, but sometimes it’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 29, 2017Videos
When we talk about efficiency in terms of power sources, what we are really trying to determine is the ratio of the usef ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 29, 2017Plants & Animals
Paleontologists help depict the history of the ancient world one fossil at a time, and now a new fossil is telling the s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 27, 2017Videos
If you are the average person living in the United States, according to the EPA you generate about 1600 pounds of waste ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 26, 2017Videos
Fossils can tell us a lot about dinosaurs, but it's a heck of a job to rearrange all the bones to create a structure of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 24, 2017Videos
It's raining acid? Acid rain refers to precipitation that is more acidic than normal rain (which itself has a pH of 6, s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 15, 2017Earth & The Environment
Did you buy your mother flowers yesterday? While those sweet-smelling roses may bring a smile to your mother’s fac ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 12, 2017Plants & Animals
Given the nature of various whale species today, which have varying appetites ranging from krill to larger fish dependin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 11, 2017Plants & Animals
The dinosaur eras of Earth were filled with numerous types of creatures. While scientists agree that many dinosaurs were ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 10, 2017Earth & The Environment
Remember back when the number was 350? 350 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was the absolute ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 10, 2017Plants & Animals
Dinosaur fossils found in the Henan province of China during the mid 1900’s are telling the story of a newly-ident ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 09, 2017Earth & The Environment
The future for the environment is looking even grimmer as news that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt decided not to renew ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 08, 2017Plants & Animals
From time to time, plant experts save small vacuum-packed specimens of plants to preserve their structures well beyond t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 02, 2017Videos
When it comes to finding alternatives for fossil fuels, it could be argued that the auto industry has been a little late ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 28, 2017Earth & The Environment
Most knowledge about climate history comes from organic information such as tree ring width, pollen and fossils of organ ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 26, 2017Earth & The Environment
A recent discovery at the bottom of the sea has scientists all in a flurry: evidence of what could possibly be the oldes ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 24, 2017Earth & The Environment
Researchers are working to digitally preserve the bodies of lemurs that have died so future students and scientists ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 18, 2017Videos
Skiing is a great hobby, a good way to keep in shape and something many people like to do on their vacations. For a spec ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 16, 2017Immunology
How did our ancient ancestors wipe out a primordial virus 11 million years ago? Could modern humans harness this techniq ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 14, 2017Earth & The Environment
Algal biomass production is taking flight in the biotech world and recent results from the Tokyo Institute of Technology ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 13, 2017Infographics
When you consider global temperatures, extreme weather patterns, or de-habitation, it’s clear that climate change ...APR 13, 2017Plants & Animals
Fossils discovered in Southern Tanzania back in 1933 told a story of an animal that walked the Earth before the dinosaur ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUN 07, 2017
Plants & Animals
Dinosaur researchers continue to go back and forth about what dinosaurs might have looked like back in the day, and it&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 05, 2017
Plants & Animals
Scientists now think that the dinosaurs had feathered bodies rather than reptilian like the Jurassic Park movies made th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 30, 2017
Plants & Animals
Paleontologists seem to discover new fossils almost every other day across the lands of Earth, but sometimes it’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 29, 2017
Videos
When we talk about efficiency in terms of power sources, what we are really trying to determine is the ratio of the usef
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 29, 2017
Plants & Animals
Paleontologists help depict the history of the ancient world one fossil at a time, and now a new fossil is telling the s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 27, 2017
Videos
If you are the average person living in the United States, according to the EPA you generate about 1600 pounds of waste
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 26, 2017
Videos
Fossils can tell us a lot about dinosaurs, but it's a heck of a job to rearrange all the bones to create a structure of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 24, 2017
Videos
It's raining acid? Acid rain refers to precipitation that is more acidic than normal rain (which itself has a pH of 6, s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 15, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Did you buy your mother flowers yesterday? While those sweet-smelling roses may bring a smile to your mother’s fac
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 12, 2017
Plants & Animals
Given the nature of various whale species today, which have varying appetites ranging from krill to larger fish dependin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 11, 2017
Plants & Animals
The dinosaur eras of Earth were filled with numerous types of creatures. While scientists agree that many dinosaurs were
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 10, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Remember back when the number was 350? 350 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was the absolute
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
Dinosaur fossils found in the Henan province of China during the mid 1900’s are telling the story of a newly-ident
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 09, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The future for the environment is looking even grimmer as news that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt decided not to renew
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
From time to time, plant experts save small vacuum-packed specimens of plants to preserve their structures well beyond t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 02, 2017
Videos
When it comes to finding alternatives for fossil fuels, it could be argued that the auto industry has been a little late
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 28, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Most knowledge about climate history comes from organic information such as tree ring width, pollen and fossils of organ
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 26, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A recent discovery at the bottom of the sea has scientists all in a flurry: evidence of what could possibly be the oldes
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 24, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Researchers are working to digitally preserve the bodies of lemurs that have died so future students and scientists
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 18, 2017
Videos
Skiing is a great hobby, a good way to keep in shape and something many people like to do on their vacations. For a spec
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 16, 2017
Immunology
How did our ancient ancestors wipe out a primordial virus 11 million years ago? Could modern humans harness this techniq
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 14, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Algal biomass production is taking flight in the biotech world and recent results from the Tokyo Institute of Technology
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 13, 2017
Infographics
When you consider global temperatures, extreme weather patterns, or de-habitation, it’s clear that climate change
...
APR 13, 2017
Plants & Animals
Fossils discovered in Southern Tanzania back in 1933 told a story of an animal that walked the Earth before the dinosaur
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard