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Extinct Relative of Tennessee State Wildflower Discovered at Gray Fossil Site | WJHL

4 months ago Gary S. Besaw

GRAY, Tenn. (WJHL) - Incredible discoveries are being made every day at the Gray Fossil Site, but the most recent...

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Asia’s first mulberry fossil found in lignite mines in Rajasthan

5 months ago Gary S. Besaw

Scientists have unearthed Asia's first fossil record of mulberry from lignite mines in western Rajasthan.The discovery indicates the existence of...

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OSU study yields first in fossil research: seeds germinate from amber-covered pinecone

6 months ago Gary S. Besaw

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State University research has discovered the first fossil evidence of a rare botanical condition known as...

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Billion-year-old fossil sheds light on animal origin, scientists say

7 months ago Gary S. Besaw

SHEFFIELD, England — In the Scottish Highlands, scientists have unearthed an extraordinary fossil at least a billion years old. This...

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OSU fossil research leads to first description of grass in Baltic amber

8 months ago Gary S. Besaw

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Research on amber by the Oregon State University College of Science has produced the first definitive...

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Oregon State Fossil Research Leads to First Description of Grass in Baltic Amber

8 months ago Gary S. Besaw

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Amber research by the Oregon State University College of Science has produced the first definitive identification of...

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SteamPlant will host the Colorado fossil find that shook the world on September 19 – by Brooke Gilmore

8 months ago Gary S. Besaw

After a year of Zoom and outdoor lectures, the Collegiate Peaks Forum Series will reopen its lecture series with a...

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Meet the Colombian Mysteries of Fossil Plants

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Paleobotanist Camila Martinez at an excavation site in La Guajira, Colombia, in 2014. Christian Ziegler/Camila Martinez Camila Martinez, one of...

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CPFS hosts “Fossil that shook the world” | Free content

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After a year of Zoom and outdoor lectures, the Collegiate Peaks Forum Series will reopen its lecture series with a...

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CPFS: Colorado fossil shook the world | Free content

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After a year of Zoom and outdoor lectures, the Collegiate Peaks Forum Series will reopen its lecture series with a...

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Fossil leaves may reveal the climate of the age of the dinosaurs, the future of our warming planet

9 months ago Gary S. Besaw

WASHINGTON (AP) — Richard Barclay opens a metal drawer in the archives of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum containing fossils...

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Fossil leaves may reveal the climate of the last era of dinosaurs | Georgia News

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By CHRISTINA LARSON, AP Science WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Richard Barclay opens a metal drawer in the archives of the Smithsonian...

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Fossil leaves could reveal the climate of the last era of dinosaurs

9 months ago Gary S. Besaw

WASHINGTON (AP) — Richard Barclay opens a metal drawer in the archives of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum containing fossils...

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Huge 152 Million Year Old Wood Fossil Recovered From Utah Site

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An undated photo of crews working to dig up the 152 million year old 'Manwell Log' of the Morrison Formation....

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Fossil research shows cousins ​​of woodlice roamed Ireland 360 million years ago: new techniques used to recreate image of Oxyuropoda – the cousin of the garden woodlouse –

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Old cousins ​​of the woodlouse crawled across Irish lands 360 million years ago, according to a new analysis of a...

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Fossil pollen shows Earth’s vegetation is changing faster today than in the past 18,000 years

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To study past plant ecosystems and their evolution, a lake or other suitable environment is cored to retrieve layered sediments...

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A billion-year-old fossil could be the oldest multicellular animal on record

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A tiny fossil found in the Scottish Highlands could be a missing link in the evolutionary history of animals.Dated to...

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What Plant Fossils Reveal About Climate Change | Smithsonian Voices

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Fossil plants reveal information about the temperature and precipitation of past climates. Scientists are using what they learn from fossil...

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Scientists stunned to discover fossil plants under deep Greenland ice

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In the 1960s, US Army scientists dug nearly a kilometer of ice in northwest Greenland and extracted a tube of...

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Scientists find ancient plant fossils in Cold War-era specimen from Greenland; Paint the grim picture of future warming | The Weather Channel – Articles from The Weather Channel

1 year ago Gary S. Besaw

The research provides strong evidence that Greenland is more susceptible to climate change than previously thought and is at risk...

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A Top-Secret Cold War Military Project Has Discovered Perfectly Preserved Fossil Plants Beneath Greenland Ice

1 year ago Gary S. Besaw

Frozen ground that was collected in Greenland during the cold war by a secret military operation hid another secret: buried...

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Fossil plants deep in Greenland ice sheet warn of future melt

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Fossil plants deep in Greenland ice sheet warn of future melt Vegetation covered the area in the recent geological past...

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“Pompeii of Prehistoric Plants” Reveals the Secret of Evolution – Spectacular Fossil Plants Preserved in Volcanic Ashfall

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Ash from a volcanic eruption 300 million years ago has helped preserve an ancient forest, including the foliage of newly...

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Dolly Parton lends her name to a 460 million year old fossil plant

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NASHVILLE, TN - JANUARY 30: Dolly Parton performs during The Gift Of Music concert at Ryman ... Auditorium on January...

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MP begins the process of developing its second National Fossil Park

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The Madhya Pradesh government has started the process of developing a second national fossil park in Dhangaon state, Mandla district,...

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Breaking News – Fossil plants could help Rhodes University PhD researcher solve 200-year-old puzzle

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Paleobotanist Aviwe Matiwane on site (Onder Karoo, South Africa), in search of fossil plants. PINK PREVEC Andrew Wight, Australian science...

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Fossil plants could help this South African solve a 200-year-old puzzle

2 years ago Gary S. Besaw

Paleobotanist Aviwe Matiwane on site (Onder Karoo, South Africa), finding fossil plants. Rose Prevec Paleobotanist Aviwe Matiwane is working in...

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NYC replaces fossil power plants with storage and renewables, solar boom stalls in Texas – pv magazine USA

2 years ago Gary S. Besaw

Also on file: an overview of the link between photovoltaic systems and bird mortality, Sunverge was chosen to manage a...

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Early Devonian fossil provides first evidence of advanced reproductive biology in land plants

2 years ago Gary S. Besaw

A plant species that grew about 400 million years ago (Early Devonian period) produced a spectrum of spore sizes, which...

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Fossil Plants Provide Clues to Changing Environments of Tennessee’s Past | News

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The Gray Fossil Site in Gray, Tennessee is famous for preserving remnants of a 5 million year old Appalachian ecosystem....

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Filling the Fossil Record with Mushrooms – The Lumberjack

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Madison Lalica opens up 400 million year old fossils Madison Lalica is a junior botany student studying ancient fungi in...

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Fossil research reveals new species of turtles a

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image: Map of North America in Cenomanian times (96 million years ago) showing the four families of turtles newly discovered...

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Ancient Plant Fossil Records Show — ScienceDaily

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The heady aroma of magnolia blossoms and lotus blossoms might have invaded your nostrils if you had walked 56 million...

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New fossil find pushes back evidence of insect pollination to a time when pterodactyls still roamed the skies

3 years ago Gary S. Besaw

Here is an artist's impression of A. burmitina feeding on eudicot flowers. Credit: Illustration by Ding-hau Yang A new study...

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New fossil pushes physical evidence for insect pollination to 99 million years: News at IU: Indiana University

3 years ago Gary S. Besaw

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A new study co-led by researchers in the United States and China has pushed back the earliest...

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‘Amazing’ fossil find reveals how mammals thrived after dinosaurs died

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The date he opened the skull is etched into paleontologist Tyler Lyson's brain: September 10, 2016.Prior to this discovery, Lyson...

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Three former CC students involved in an extraordinary fossil discovery

3 years ago Gary S. Besaw

Ben Lloyd '19 working with the NOVA team in the field. Three Colorado College alumni - one of whom won...

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New Fossil Treasure Documents Life Recovering on Earth After Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Impact

3 years ago Gary S. Besaw

Search | Science | UW News Blog October 24, 2019 CGI rendering of Taeniolabisan ancient mammal, from the PBS NOVA...

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Discover past climates through paleobotany

3 years ago Gary S. Besaw

Paleontology has long offered scientists insight into the mysteries of prehistory. Through excavations of colossal skeletons, petrified insects and fossilized...

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Kansas fossil hunters brave Antarctica in search of rare plants

4 years ago Gary S. Besaw

December is summer in Antarctica, but on the mountaintops where a team of scientists are studying plants from one of...

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Fossil leaves provide clues to ancient Australian habitat

6 years ago Gary S. Besaw

Fossil leaves provide clues to ancient Australian habitat by Adityarup "Rup" Chakravorty Tuesday April 19th, 2016 Heather and scrubland cover...

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ASU Paleobotanist Shares His Love of Fossil Plants on National Fossil Day

7 years ago Gary S. Besaw

October 14, 2015 When you think of fossils, dinosaurs or other ancient animals may come to mind.But for paleobotanist Kathleen...

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Controversy erupts over first flower fossil

7 years ago Gary S. Besaw

A small flower pressed between layers of sandstone for more than 160 million years could be the oldest flower fossil...

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Fossil Leaves Reveal Effect of ‘Impact Winter’

7 years ago Gary S. Besaw

Fossil Leaves Reveal Effect of 'Impact Winter' by Timothy Oleson Friday January 30th, 2015 In an analysis of fossil leaves...

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Exciting Discovery: Over One Hundred Genera of Eocene Fossil Plants | Paleontology

10 years ago Gary S. Besaw

A survey of the extensive Middle Eocene fruit and seed collections at the Messel Fossil Site in Germany revealed 140...

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Fossil hunting in Ethiopia’s Mush Valley

11 years ago Gary S. Besaw

Bonnie F. Jacobs A fossil frog with preserved bones and soft parts. Bonnie F. Jacobs, a paleobotanist at Southern Methodist...

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