Dinosaur eggs sometimes hold surprises. In eastern China, two fossil eggs were found in red sandstone layers and later cut ...

Two nearly spherical dinosaur eggs recovered from eastern China have drawn international attention not because of what they ...

At first glance, these fossil clams looked ordinary. But once opened, they revealed something completely unexpected. Calcite crystals had formed inside over millions of years. This video captures the ...

Two dinosaur eggs, each about five inches (13 centimeters) across and almost perfectly round, have surprised scientists in eastern China. Instead of fragile shells packed with embryonic bone, the ...

Pennsylvania may not be the first place that comes to mind when thinking of gemstone mining, but the Keystone State has a surprising diversity of beautiful natural gemstones that can be found across ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Carbon dioxide usually floats away into the sky, but a tiny soil bacterium has a different plan. Under the right conditions, it converts the gas into solid limestone. The trick belongs to Bacillus ...

The differences between the biogenic and abiogenic calcite in dinosaur eggshells: In the PLM images (A and E), biogenic calcite is dark, while abiogenic calcite is bright; On the IPF maps (B and F), ...

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Carbonate rocks record the oldest forms of life on Earth, and their geologic reconstruction requires multiple methods to determine physical and chemical processes before conclusions of ancient ...