What do the ginkgo (a tree), the nautilus (a mollusc) and the coelacanth (a fish) all have in common? They don't look alike, and they aren't biologically related, but part of their evolutionary ...

A fossil of the world's oldest tadpole, which coexisted with dinosaurs in the Middle Jurassic about 165 million years ago, is pictured next to a 3D-printed representation of the tadpole and of a ...

One in a billion bones becomes a fossil — even fewer turn into opal. In a pocket of north-western New South Wales, two pioneering women are uncovering relics of our deep past. In a small room ...

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The oldest known tadpole fossil, which belongs to this species, was found in the Patagonia region of Argentina. Gabriel Lío While in search of dinosaur fossils, a team of Argentine and Chinese ...

Scientists have discovered the fossil remains of the world's oldest tadpole. It was found in the South American country of Argentina and dates back around 160 million years ago, to the Jurassic ...

Its memory, however, would be immortalized in the most glorious of ways: 450 million years later, scientists have uncovered its fossil, and they were shocked to see that it glitters like gold.

All that glitters is not gold. But in the world of fossil discovery, a golden glitter is plenty of cause for celebration − even if it's not real. That was the case for Luke Parry, a paleobiology ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image provided by Mariana Chuliver shows the oldest-known tadpole fossil found in Patagonia, Argentina ...

Tadpoles have been wriggling in the world’s ponds for at least 161 million years. A newly detailed fossil finding pushes the record for earliest known tadpoles back an additional 30 million ...