A new study by the University of Minnesota challenges previous classifications paleontologists use to determine how the ...

Ph.D. candidate Michael Chiappone simulated real-world floods at the University of Minnesota’s St. Anthony Falls Laboratory.

A new study is challenging accepted ideas about how ancient soft-bodied organisms become part of the fossil record. Findings suggest that bacteria involved in the decay of those organisms play an ...

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Earth came into being roughly 4.5 billion years ago, and a new discovery in Canada indicates life developed not long after. Scientists studying ancient rock formations in Quebec have identified ...

A massive fossil measuring nearly seven feet long and more than three feet wide has been discovered near Covington, Kentucky, ...