fossilized

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Using advanced imaging technology, researchers were able to reveal creatures that had remained trapped inside the fossilized tree resin for tens of millions of years.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Two of those specimens turned out to contain fossilized animals that were nearly impossible to see with the naked eye because the amber pieces were never polished.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Much of what we understand about dinosaurs comes from fossilized bones and teeth.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

Are they fossilized Martian microbes that lived billions of years ago when the planet next door was a wetter, warmer world?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

She found sea glass and a fossilized crab leg embedded in a concretion.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson