Tag: fossils

Ancient plant fossils reveal seeds and pollen from the age of dinosaurs

Fossils hidden in an attic for a century offer a rare glimpse into the reproductive biology of trees that lived alongside dinosaurs.

Top 10 of 2024: Helium, a medieval gauntlet, and the oldest animals on Earth

Here is the list of the most read articles on Science Norway during the last year.

Oldest animals on Earth found in northern Norway

Researchers in Finnmark, Norway’s northernmost county, might also have found the answer to what happened to the first animal-like organisms – when our planet turned into a ‘snowball’ 600 million years ago.

Unique find: The oldest fossil of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere

This vertebra was sent from New Zealand to Norway. It turned out to be quite special.

Do dinosaur bones turn to stone?

What is a fossilised bone actually made of? Palaeontologist Lene Liebe Delsett explains.

In the olden days, many believed that fossils came from dragons and giants

ASK A RESEARCHER: Who actually discovered the first fossil?

These bones could rewrite the history of life

Everyone believed that the mighty ichthyosaurs arose in the wake of the Earth's biggest catastrophe. But a new Norwegian discovery suggests instead that these ancient lizards already existed — and survived the inferno 252 million years ago.