Ammonium fertilized early life on Earth

The key fossil examined in this study is a 3-million-year-old extinct species of field mouse from Germany.

Researchers identify reddish coloring in an ancient fossil

Microscopic view on marine plankton.

Plankton as a climate driver instead of the sun?

Spectacular rainbow obsidian blade

Colorful Obsidian : What is Obsidian? What are Obsidian Colors?

A mineral map of a cumulate mineral sample.

How Earth’s mantle is like a Jackson Pollock painting

An artist’s impression of Rhoetosaurus brownei, (c) Queensland Museum 2014. Credit: Konstantinov, Atuchin & Hocknull.

A high-heeled dinosaur?

The new heron species was described from two interlocking shoulder bones from the same individual: the scapula, top, and coracoid, a bone that is often useful for identifying bird species.

Museum volunteers discover new species of extinct heron at North Florida...

Granite Rocks

Granite Rocks : What Is Granite Rock And How Is It...

Bermuda has a unique volcanic past. About 30 million years ago, a disturbance in the mantle’s transition zone supplied the magma to form the now-dormant volcanic foundation on which the island sits.

From Earth’s deep mantle, scientists find a new way volcanoes form

Bedbug

Bedbugs evolved more than 100 million years ago “walked the earth...

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