New Trove of Lichen Fossils Expands Total from 15 to 167
Botanical bonanza is also a trove of eye candy
Stories by Jennifer Frazer
![The Sea Cucumber That Became a Jellyfish [Video]](/blogs/cache/file/D493CEED-9BD2-4E18-8CA7164B22A98935_small.jpg)
The Sea Cucumber That Became a Jellyfish [Video]
Calling Cthulhu ...
Bacterial Hair on Undersea Volcano Unlike Any Seen Before
Discovery is proof entire Earth ecosystems still await discovery
![The Giant Shipworm, Revealed at Last [Video]](/blogs/cache/file/75CD111D-BE5B-4F7E-9273D70E606D7E6C_small.jpg)
The Giant Shipworm, Revealed at Last [Video]
An animal that eluded collection for hundreds of years bolsters deep-sea colonization hypothesis
Are These Trilobite Eggs?
Mystery of trilobite reproduction may at last be solved
![15-Million-Year-Old Pinecones Can Still Move [Video]](/blogs/cache/file/5241FB28-25B4-40ED-90A761330CCBE04A_small.jpg)
15-Million-Year-Old Pinecones Can Still Move [Video]
In 15 million years, you will not be moving anything
Pores Inside Bacteria Are Eerily Familiar
Freshwater bacteria from Australia surprise scientists with a suite of features unlike any seen before
![The Venus Flytrap Anemone Is Doubly Well Named [Video]](/blogs/cache/file/6F229642-42F2-4C5B-AD88736FFD9358F3_small.jpg)
The Venus Flytrap Anemone Is Doubly Well Named [Video]
Two alien, beautiful creatures are all in a day's work for deep-sea explorers
![The Mesmerizing Motions of Starfish Larvae [Video]](/blogs/cache/file/7BF4BEA9-AD85-41C6-99B18C694B3F2239_small.jpg)
The Mesmerizing Motions of Starfish Larvae [Video]
The flow patterns starfish larvae generate while going about their business have an otherworldly beauty
These Fins Are Made for Walking
The sea robin looks nothing like a robin—or anything else, really
Shellfish Bearing Tusks? It Happened
500 million years ago, such creatures were part of the community of oddballs famously found in today's Burgess Shale
Inside the U.S.'s Only Ocean Exploration Ship
Okeanos Explorer is like Houston, Cape Canaveral and the space shuttle all rolled into one
Why Do Dust Mites Seem to Shun the Western U.S.?
A new study fails to find evidence of dust mites in dust samples from most of the west. Are there really none out there?
Go West, Allergy Sufferers: Dust Mites Avoid Arid America
But don’t go too far west—the West Coast (like its eastern counterpart) is a mite utopia
![Life Is a Highway: Watch Bacteria Riding the Fungal Expressway [Video]](/blogs/cache/file/0E065532-9886-4993-99DE4C6F6FDD9575_small.jpg)
Life Is a Highway: Watch Bacteria Riding the Fungal Expressway [Video]
And they ride it all night long
Soil Fungi Serve as Bacterial Highways and Dating Services
Fungi give bacterial evolution a kick in the pants
![The Gorgeous and Bizarre Dandelion Siphonophore [Video]](/blogs/cache/file/307E0067-617D-4DB5-A80599264118792E_small.jpg)
The Gorgeous and Bizarre Dandelion Siphonophore [Video]
An ocean treasure to end the year right
![Asian Snails Can Club Predators with Their Shells [Video]](/blogs/cache/file/B784A431-E9E0-40B6-88C0D51FCDA38766_small.jpg)
Asian Snails Can Club Predators with Their Shells [Video]
Meek mobile home becomes butt-kicking bludgeon
![A Very Festive and Very Spiny Urchin [Video]](/blogs/cache/file/D38EAA7E-0CA0-450B-89D161C5ED640569_small.jpg)
A Very Festive and Very Spiny Urchin [Video]
Sea urchin? Or tree topper?
![Guillotined Acorn Worms Simply Regrow Their Heads [Video]](/blogs/cache/file/0E7E6ADB-24CD-4BD3-BAE7602597A45EC9_small.jpg)
Guillotined Acorn Worms Simply Regrow Their Heads [Video]
Studying the worms’ miraculous abilities could one day lead to treatments for dementia, paralysis and amputations
