The Southern Maryland Chronicle on MSN

Rare Miocene Fossils Join CMM Holdings

Barry Norbeck donated thousands of documented fossil shells to the Calvert Marine Museum on Jan. 9, 2026, enhancing its Miocene collection with material from now-inaccessible sites along Calvert ...
The Providence Journal

On the hunt: Some of the best places to find sea glass and beach stones in Rhode Island

Walk the Rhode Island shoreline and you’re bound to find something that catches your eye trapped in the sand or tangled in the wrack line. I’m always on the lookout for interesting rocks, ones that ...
Noozhawk

Unusually Complete Whale Fossil Excavated on Gaviota Coast

A 1,500-pound whale fossil was found along the Gaviota Coast. The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History says the fossil is unique for how complete it is. Credit: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural ...
The Conversation

How we discovered a rare giant millipede fossil on a beach – and why it matters

Neil Davies does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Gizmodo

Could DNA Have Survived 6 Million Years Inside a Turtle Shell?

A team of paleontologists studying the fossilized shell of a sea turtle from the Miocene Epoch found something surprising and perhaps impossible: preserved bone cells that they believe may contain ...