At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

Dr. Luis Buatois (Ph.D.) traces a series of hexagons with his finger, following the path carved by tiny organisms millions of years ago that have long since left these unique fossils in their wake.

The bones were found in May 2009 by a Chinese amateur fossil hunter at a construction site in Taipinggang, Sihui city, Guangdong province, and he donated them to a local museum. After cleaning and ...

“Numerous unique fossils” have been found in the park, but this one apparently has experts stumped. Park officials didn’t say how the fossil came to their attention. Evidence of human ...