fossilized
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A rich collection of living and fossilized corals is present in the Galapagos Islands, the volcanic archipelago off the west coast of Ecuador, right at the heart of the eastern Pacific El Nino zone.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
"Gus" is one of the world's most complete T. rex skeletons -- with 183 fossilized bones -- and was discovered on a cattle ranch in South Dakota in 2021.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
It’s an auction record for a fossilized dinosaur skeleton, beating a 150-million-year-old Stegosaurus that sold for $44.6 million two years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Made from amorphous silica, a form of silicon dioxide found naturally in foods and the fossilized remains of microscopic organisms, the engineered nanoparticles appear to attack prostate cancer in multiple ways at once.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Other bones and fossilized footprints were found in the Connecticut River Valley of New England after a farm boy named Plinus Moody spied ancient tracks on a rock ledge at South Hadley, Massachusetts.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
