The Field Museum in Chicago and the Foundation for Scientific Advancement reported that sediment-encased maturation of pine resin produces a hardened, translucent substance that closely mimics natural ...

Fossil plant cuticles represent the chemically resilient outer layers of leaves, composed primarily of cutin, cutan and epicuticular waxes. Over geological timescales these biopolymers undergo ...

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Exceptionally preserved fossils from China reveal that bryozoans were already thriving during the Cambrian explosion.

Research teams have developed a new approach to identifying the chemical composition of preservation fluids in historic jars without opening them. The teams were from the Science and Technology ...

More than 100 million years ago, a flying reptile called a pterosaur flew over the oceans hunting squid and fish. Much more recently, one of its wing bones was discovered in Brazil, transformed over ...

An analysis of a 30,000-year-old fossil vulture from Central Italy has revealed for the first time that volcanic rock can preserve microscopic details in feathers - the first ever record of such a ...

Paleontologists hope that an amber-like material, made with living tree resin, will shed light on the prehistoric fossilization of the real stuff. By Richard Fisher Amber is coveted the world over as ...

A 113-million-year-old pterosaur wing bone has been found in northeastern Brazil. The fossil, described in a study published in iScience, doesn’t just preserve bone structure; it also contains ...

Beneath the dry farmland of New South Wales lies a hidden window into a lost rainforest teeming with life from 11-16 million years ago. At McGraths Flat, scientists have uncovered fossils preserved in ...