World's largest scorpion revealed by 415-million-year-old fossils

Fossil fragments found in the U.K. have been identified as remains of the largest scorpions ever. Measuring more than a meter ...
Los Angeles Times

Climate research funded by fossil fuel profits discredits universities and hurts the planet

Last month, more than 500 leading academics, climate experts and university affiliates called for an end to the fossil fuel industry funding university climate research. The reason: Faced with the ...
The Nation

Climate Research Shouldn’t Be Funded by Fossil Fuel Companies

Climate change activists during a Harvard vs. Yale game in 2019. (Erick W. Rasco / Getty Images) This story was produced for StudentNation, a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism, ...

Fossils discovered in the desert reveal a missing chapter in marine history

Scientists know far less about what happened to fishes in the seas during the first few million years after the dinosaur extinction ...
Purdue University

Purdue research: Fossils in ‘Cradle of Humankind’ may be more than a million years older than previously thought

The earth doesn’t give up its secrets easily – not even in the “Cradle of Humankind” in South Africa, where a wealth of fossils relating to human evolution have been found. For decades, scientists ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Marine Fossils Unearth Story About Panama’s Deep Past

New fossil mammals found in Caribbean Panama suggest ongoing marine interchange during the final stages of formation of the isthmus connecting North and South America Leila Nilipour Between 6.4 and ...
UVA Today

The Big Reveal in Fossil Research

Far from the public eye, clever hands and minds quietly make it possible to see and study dinosaurs and other prehistoric species. Those hands and minds belong to workers called “preparators.” While ...
The Nation

Students Tell Their Universities: Keep Fossil Fuel Companies Out of Climate Research

Members of Cambridge Climate Justice take part in the Fossil Free Research week of action on November 14, 2022. (Felix Armstrong) This story was produced for StudentNation, a program of the Nation ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Fossil-Fuel Money Is Warping Climate Research

A s the effects of climate change become daily more apparent, universities are busy declaring climate emergencies, divesting their financial assets in fossil fuel, and pledging to meet ambitious ...
The Conversation

The world’s oldest fossils or oily gunk? New research suggests these 3.5 billion‑year‑old rocks don’t contain signs of life

The Pilbara region of Western Australia is home to one of the most ancient surviving pieces of Earth’s crust, which has been geologically unchanged since its creation some 3.5 billion years ago. Some ...
Game Rant

All Research Tasks & Rewards in Pokemon GO's Fossil Research Day

Grace is a Guides Staff Writer from New Zealand with a love for fiction and storytelling. Grace has been playing games since childhood and enjoys a range of different genres and titles. From pick your ...