A 450-million-year-old fossil of an ancient creature related to the modern-day spider was recovered encased in fool’s gold in upstate New York. The new species is distantly related to arachnids ...

The density of pyrite also means the fool's gold material thoroughly filled in tiny areas where the arthropod's body once lay in sediment − including internal body parts, scientists said.

You may think you’ve struck it rich before the gold stones disappointingly flake apart in your hands. The stones are made of iron pyrite, commonly called fool’s gold, and look deceptively ...

Named Lomankus edgecombei, the arthropod is a remarkably bright golden color because it’s preserved in three dimensions by iron pyrite — a mineral better known as fool’s gold. The fossil ...

A newly discovered 450-million-year-old fossil arthropod was found entirely preserved in pyrite–aka fool’s gold. The newly named species Lomankus edgecombei boasts a leg coming out of its head called ...

With Election Day around the corner, hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent by candidates and outside groups across the U.S. vying to influence Senate races. Democrats hold a thin ...

That was the case for Luke Parry, a paleobiology professor at Oxford University, who announced this week that he had unearthed a fossil in New York state that is perfectly and beautifully preserved in ...

A newly discovered 450-million-year-old fossil arthropod was found entirely preserved in pyrite–aka fool’s gold. The newly named species Lomankus edgecombei boasts a leg coming out of its head ...