Earth science

Rare fossilized feathers reveal secrets of paleontology hotspot during Cretaceous period

January 17, 2023 // 0 Comments

by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Fossil STM 15-36, photographed by Xuwei Yin at the Shangdong Tianyu Museum of Natural History. Photograph courtesy of the [...]

WWII shipwreck has leaked many pollutants into the sea, changing the ocean floor around it

October 18, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Suzanna Burgelman, Frontiers science writer Torn deck plating of the V 1302 John Mahn that was damaged by the bomb that hit amidships. Image: Flanders Marine [...]

Traces of 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill still detectable in 2020

August 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

By K.E.D. Coan, science writer Image: Breck P. Kent/Shutterstock.com Small amounts of highly weathered oil residues from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster were still [...]

Last of the giant camels and archaic humans lived together in Mongolia until 27,000 years ago

March 25, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Camelus knoblochi would have dwarfed the modern domestic Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus, which also has two humps. Image [...]

5 fascinating Frontiers articles you may have missed in January 2022

February 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Colm Gorey, Science Communications Manager A newly born desert tortoise. Image: K. Kristina Drake/ USGS. At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a [...]

AI breakthrough could revolutionize how we research dinosaur fossils

January 27, 2022 // 0 Comments

By Peter Rejcek, science writer Image credit: Natalia van D / Shutterstock.com The use of x-ray computed tomography has greatly improved the ability of paleontologists to [...]

Secret to speediness of ancient bipedal reptile has been revealed

August 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

By Clarissa Wright, Frontiers science writer Close-up of a reptile eye, but not the ancient Eudibamus cursoris. Image Aedka Studio/Shutterstock.com The Early Permian marked a [...]

Biogeoscience Chief Editor is the Recipient of the 2021 R. Berner Lectureship

July 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

Dr. Alexandra Turchyn We are honored to announce that Dr. Alexandra (Sasha) Turchyn, Co-Chief Editor of the Biogeoscience section of Frontiers in Earth Science is a recipient [...]

Jingmai O’Connor: ‘I think people imagine we spend far more time digging up fossils than we actually do’

February 22, 2021 // 0 Comments

Jingmai O'Connor crossing her arms and leaning on a table while looking at fossilized remains of a bird.

By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science writer/Jingmai O’Connor Jingmai O’Connor, associate curator of fossil reptiles at Chicago’s Field Museum. Image: Jesse Goldberg [...]

Strange creatures accidentally discovered beneath Antarctica’s ice shelves

February 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

Prior research has suggested that the watery depths below the Antarctic ice shelves are too cold and nutrient poor to sustain much life. But a new study from British [...]

Scientists propose three-step method to reverse significant reforestation side effect

February 10, 2021 // 0 Comments

By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science writer Image: Farid Suhaimi/Shutterstock Reforestation efforts using a monoculture of a fast-growing tree species, while effective, [...]

Why we cannot ignore the place of viruses on the ‘Tree of Life’

February 3, 2021 // 0 Comments

By Dr Hugh Harris, APC Microbiome Ireland/University College Cork Image: Corona Borealis Studio/Shutterstock One particular virus has come to dominate our lives. Now Dr Hugh [...]