Imagine digging in your garden and coming across something unexpected: a fossil! Here's what you should do to identify it and ...

For the first time, a giant alatoconchid bivalve fossil has been discovered by researchers in Central China's Hubei Province, offering crucial new evidence for understanding one of Earth's major ...

Learn what the ancient history of these sea creatures could tell us about biodiversity on ancient and modern Earth. Abigail Eisenstadt The National Museum of Natural History’s newest curator in the ...

The fossil record may not be perfect, but it passed a critical test with flying colors, according to a study by University of Chicago paleontologist Susan M. Kidwell that will be published in the Feb.

The eight bivalve life habit groups-(1) epifaunal suspension feeders, (2) borers, (3) deep-burrowing siphonate suspension feeders, (4) infaunal nonsiphonate suspension feeders, (5) infaunal mucus tube ...

Scientists have identified a new ichnospecies from the shell of an extinct marine turtle fossil, the first known species coexisting on living marine vertebrates. While paleontologists have a wealth of ...

A new large-data study of bivalves and gastropods in the Atlantic Ocean suggests laziness might be a fruitful strategy for survival of individuals, species and even communities of species. If you've ...