The Florida Museum isn’t the first institution to send fossils into space. Small fossils of a bat, several dinosaurs, a crinoid, a hominid and a trilobite have also made the journey there and back.

Some whittled down to just 30 percent of their original size, an adaptation to increasing temperatures known as the ...

Located in western Rutherford County, Snail Shell Cave is 13 miles of underground water passage through the limestone of ...

A shell of her own making. It tells a deeply human story about a hard-won route to happiness Memoir of a Snail’s rough-hewn but meticulous designs flood the screen with wonderful, hand-crafted ...

The Mount Pleasant-based eco-tour company and foundation Coastal Expeditions holds after-school programs, summer camps and ...

The Shellowship of the Ring: Two New Snail Species Named After Tolkien Characters Nov. 11, 2024 — Researchers have named two newly discovered freshwater snail species from Brazil after ...

Palaeontology is the study of prehistoric species, mostly ones that are extinct. It focuses primarily on fossil data, using a variety of physical, chemical and biological techniques to analyse them.

Discovery of 'Punk' and 'Emo' Fossils Challenges Our Understanding ... 2024 — Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion ...