Scientists from Oregon State University and the Natural History Museum in London have announced the discovery of the oldest known fossil of a gecko, with body parts that are forever preserved in life-like form after 100 million years of being entombed in amber. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Use this little app so you can create a color on the screen (or copy-paste CSS hex# color) and find out the name of the closest matching color. You can also select from the dropdown list of 1500+ colors and then play around. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

Officials found the fossil of a giant dinosaur jawbone while investigating a suspicious package on a bus in the mountains of Peru on Tuesday. The fossil, weighing some 19 pounds (8.7 kilograms), was found in the cargo hold of the bus, which was headed for the capital of Lima, and had been sent on the bus company's package service. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Australian scientists have found a remarkable 380 million year old fossil placoderm fish with intact embryo and mineralised umbilical cord. Video included. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Howard Falcon-Lang discovered this fossil near Dorchester Cape last August. Lang believes the fossil is the oldest known reptile evidence in the world. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

New evidence shows humans lived in North America more than 14,000 years ago, 1,000 years earlier than had previously been known. Discovered in a cave in Oregon, fossil feces yielded DNA indicating these early residents were related to people living in Siberia and East Asia. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

A whole site dedicated to color. I definetly bookmarked this. picked by LatueOfStiberty 2 years ago

Scientists have uncovered what they are calling the oldest full-body impression of a flying insect, possibly an ancient mayfly. "[The fossil] captures a moment in time over 300 million years ago when a flying insect just happened to land on a damp, muddy surface leaving almost a perfect impression of its body behind." picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

A newly found species small enough to fit in the palm of a hand is North America's oldest known primate, according to a new study. The fossil is 55 million years old. picked by MandolinOrange 9 months ago

Discovery of an exceptional fossil specimen in southeastern Morocco that preserves evidence of the animal’s soft tissues has solved a paleontological puzzle about the origins of an extinct group of bizarre slug-like animals with rows of mineralized armor plates on their backs. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

A 25-million-year-old fossil has revealed that a predecessor of Australia's iconic hopping kangaroo once galloped on all fours, had dog-like fangs and possibly climbed trees, scientists have reported. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

"The Old Masters of painting spent years of their lives learning about color. Why let all their effort go to waste on the walls of some museum when it could be used to give you a hand with color correction?" picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

The discovery of an extraordinary dinosaur "mummy" has dramatically increased our understanding of the creatures. The fossil is so well preserved that scientists have been able to reconstruct its powerful muscles, work out how fast it could run and, for the first time, form an idea of what dinosaurs actually looked like. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Norwegian researchers have discovered a second rare fossil in the Arctic of a pliosaur, a giant reptile described by experts as the "T-Rex of the oceans". picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Scientists have found hidden underwater traces of a city that existed at Alexandria seven centuries before Alexander the Great swept through Egypt during his quest to conquer the known world. (Theme pic not related) picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Scientists have found what is thought to be the first example of a two-headed reptile in the fossil record. picked by teaya21 2 years ago

The fossil evidence in hand, found in west-central India, predates the oldest previously known rabbits by several million years and extends the record of the whole category of the animal on the Indian subcontinent by 35 million years. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

This is really neat! You can search Flickr images by their color. I'm linking to the color combination I just searched, but you can delete them by clicking the little Oscar-the-Grouch-style trash cans on the color rectangles on the right. picked by imnotyoo 4 weeks ago

Today I acquired a set of color pencil devices. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

An astonishing collection of fossil animals from southern Australia is reported by scientists. The creatures were found in limestone caves under Nullarbor Plain and date from about 400,000-800,000 years ago. The palaeontological "treasure trove" includes 23 kangaroo species, eight of which are entirely new to science. picked by KingKoopa 2 years ago