Ammolite comes from the fossilized shells of extinct squidlike critters called ammonites. Scientists knew the secret to the fossils’ flamboyant appearance lay somewhere in their layers of nacre, or ...

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A shelled fossil discovered in an amateur’s collection may harbor the first direct evidence of prehistoric sharks eating ammonites some 150 million years ago. The palm-sized ammonite, an extinct ...

Typically, telescopes are synonymous with bringing far-off objects close, but the newest member of the solar system was discovered using wide-field imaging. The Subaru Telescope has spotted a distant ...

At IFLScience, we often like to talk about the Mantelpiece Of Dreams, a line-up of rare geological trinkets we’d like to ...

In Ammonite, Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan play two women who embark on a romantic relationship in England in the 1800s Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan are joining their star power in their latest ...

An oddly shaped fossil in Hokkaido turned out to be a new species of ammonite, spiral-shaped marine creatures from ancient times, researchers said. The newly identified ammonite, classified as a ...

Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan star in a quiet, restrained, unromantic story of a woman who excelled despite poverty and a scant education. The film world loves to discover a new director with a ...