Numerical ages estimate the date of a geological event and can sometimes reveal quite precisely when a fossil species existed in time. Third, magnetism in rocks can be used to estimate the age of ...

Ammonite fossils, an example is shown here, are sea creatures that became extinct about 65 million years ago. Fossil remains have been found in rocks of all ages. Fossils of the simplest organisms ...

Tap, chip, tap, chip, tippity tap tap tap... Eureka! "We actually split it!" Lakes Middle School seventh grader Alex Terry ...

Ammonite fossils, an example is shown here, are sea creatures that became extinct about 65 million years ago. Fossil remains have been found in rocks of all ages. Fossils of the simplest organisms ...

It's not uncommon to find the fossil imprints of seashells in the rocks lining streambeds here in upstate New York. Today we're looking deeper into this natural phenomenon and in the process ...

Palaeontologists first discovered the imprint of the theropod dinosaur in a tidal rock platform in Flat Rocks, Victoria in 2006. The area is a famous dinosaur fossil area where thousands of fossil ...