When paleontologists dig up a fossil from the ground, how do they figure out the age of the piece of history? It’s not as simple as you may think. To discover more about jaw-dropping finds–like the ...

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Not all fossils are mineralized bones. Some fossils are of feathers, such as the ribboned tail feathers of a tiny dinosaur. Others reveal ancient burrows, nests, teeth marks, and footprints. These are ...

These radioactive elements decay at known rates, effectively acting as a built-in clock that reveals precisely when the eggs were buried millions of years ago. This natural timekeeping mechanism has ...

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.