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At Agate Fossil Beds National Monument near the town of Harrison, Nebraska, visitors can view in the outcropping a curious spiral-shaped fossil called Daimonelix, also known as Devil's Corkscrew. ...
This is based on the knowledge that some modern fishes such as coelacanths and sharks have spiral-shaped intestines. It is difficult to find out exactly what animal produced a now-coprolite, however, ...
An ancient sea predator had a spiraling whorl of teeth that acted as a lethal slicing tool, according to new scans of a mysterious fossil. Helicoprion was a bizarre creature that went extinct some ...
The newest fossil is a spiral of teeth from a Helicoprion - a prehistoric shark-like creature that lived some 270 million years ago.
The fossilized food remains of the extinct predatory fish Saurichthys reflect its spiral-shaped intestine. The spiral valve in fossils from Southern Switzerland is similar to that of sharks and rays.
This fossil light reaches us today in the form of microwaves, due to the expansion of the Universe stretching its wavelength. It is considered major evidence for the Big Bang theory, offering a ...
A 3D model of a 407-million-year-old plant fossil has overturned thinking on the evolution of leaves. The research has also led to fresh insights about spectacular patterns found in plants.
An unusual arrangement of leaves in a 407-million-year-old fossilized plant is complicating scientists’ understanding of plant evolution. Most land plants living today have spiral patterns ...
Stargazers across Europe saw a strange and mysterious blue spiral in the night sky that was likely caused by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's launch.
Fossils, it seems, are a humble, hidden constant in the city's bustling ecosystem. ... Spiral porous rocks are perhaps the most conspicuous — they're what remains of prehistoric snail shells.
The Australian Energy Regulator has set a fixed exit fee for gas customers in Victoria as part of a series of moves designed to address the accelerating “death spiral” for fossil gas networks ...
If it takes 10-15 years for the vehicle fleet to cycle out, then that means Norway would remove ~6-10% of fossil cars from the road every year, replace them with electric cars, and thus reduce ...