Collecting fossils

There are some things of yesterday that might also be in use today where after some years, they will definitely turn into fossils. While some might either be in museums, some might be in your garage, buried in the past. This is what Jeff Klarin and Rebecca Johnson created from cement in the studio of [...]What Future Fossils Might Look Like Ewandoo See Original Post At ewandoo.com  

The South Florida Museum in Bradenton, Florida has a variety of exhibits that offers something of interest to everyone. Located just a short one hour drive southwest of Orlando, the museum includes a planetarium, aquarium with live manatees, recreation of ...  

We were one of the lucky families to go on Press Day. Did we want the dino-tastic, dino-licous, dino-mite time to end? Heck no! Did we know what time it was? OOOHHH yeah—- it was  time to get our craftasaurus on and make our own fossils! The experience ...  

It all started over Christmas break. My family, along with my wife’s parents, was spending the day at the Field Museum in Chicago. In typical fashion, everyone was far ahead of me as I slowly perused the exhibits and tried to read them all.  

KERI: About 6km from Valpoi town, on the way to Ponda, a team of archaeological researchers recently discovered 65-million-year-old mega flora fossils on the left bank of the Mhadei river in Khotode village of Sattari taluka. Akhilesh Kumar of ...  

An international team of scientists in the University of Leicester’s Department of Geology has found a solution to a research problem involving fossils right next door - in the University’s Chemistry Department. Many objects, including fossils, can reveal a huge amount of scientific information when studied using the high power magnification of electron microscopes, but in order to study tiny fossils or microscopic details of larger fossils in...  

jfruh writes "You might think that flat files, VAXen, and punch card readers are things of the past — and you're right, for the most part. But here and there, these fossilized technologies have found places where they can survive in production use." Read more of...  

Those swift and scary raptor dinosaurs that took a turn in the 1993 sci-fi movie Jurassic Park seem to have their real-world roots in the American Southwest. Fossils unearthed near Utah's Arches National Park have led Utah Geological Survey ...  

This little feller is Agriarctos beatrix, which roamed the forests of Spain some eleven million years ago. It represents the earliest known member of the giant panda's evolutionary subfamily, and it was pretty much just ridiculously adorable. Agriarctos ...  

Dr. Robert McCord, Curator of Paleontology at the Museum ... years ago on what were believed to be wooded lands during this period of time and later died off apparently because of the earth’s climate changes. Interest in the local site ...  

Paleontologists from Utah and North Carolina have uncovered the 130-million-year-old fossilized remains of a coyote-sized raptor in Utah's Arches National Park. The raptor is the latest in a rapidly growing family of sharp-toothed, clawed ...  

"Like Godzilla, it's a primordial beast that found its way to the modern era," Fine said. Now 43, he's been collecting fossils since age 4, and said he saw part of this one on a hillside off Kentucky 17 nearly a year ago. "Most fossils around here are ...  

The almost certainly painful death is perfectly preserved in arare fossil skeleton , one of many unique items that will go on display in the Houston Museum of Natural Science's $85m (£54m) dinosaur hall when it opens on 2 June. Paleontologists ...  

SYDNEY: Scientists said Monday a new fossil discovery suggested Australia’s dinosaurs were cosmopolitan globe-trotters, unlike the “unique weirdos” of its current wildlife. Paleontologist Erich Fitzgerald said an ankle bone fossil found 87 kilometers ...  

Noting that "plant fossils are not uncommon in Illinois coal mines," the Illinois State Geological Survey explains that the earlier Herrin coal seam find stood out for its numerous fossils and "excellent preservation." The ancient forests in ...