This video shows a virtual reconstruction of one of the remarkably well-preserved trilobite specimens that were smothered by an ash flow more than 500 million years ago. You Should Really Think ...

The unique fossilization process has led to the 3D preservation of trilobite fossils, according to the researchers.

In the popular imagination, the volcanic eruption that buried the ancient city of Pompeii alive, in just 25 hours, is often depicted as an apocalypse with no survivors. Popular TV shows like ...

Much like the people of Pompeii, this fate preserved them in exceptional detail ... still attached to the trilobites' ...

Trilobites are one of the most common fossils we know, but normally only their hard exoskeleton is preserved. Now, ...

It has been thousands of years since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius left the Roman city of Pompeii in ruins, but the ancient archaeological site continues to offer new findings. An ornate "blue ...

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of more than 200 survivors from the infamous eruption of Mount Vesuvius that swallowed up the Roman city of Pompeii in 79AD. University of Miami professor ...

The city represent a moment frozen in time. That time is 79AD. Pompeii was a bustling Roman port on the Bay of Naples and a centre of commerce and culture. The moment is August 24, when its ...

The fossils, which are more than 500 million years old, were collected in the High Atlas of Morocco and are being referred to by scientists as "Pompeii" trilobites due to their remarkable ...

Researchers detailed their findings in a study published Thursday in the journal Science how these ancient marine arthropods, were rapidly entombed in volcanic ash — in a process akin to what happened ...

A 500-million-year-old find reveals previously unknown features of the sea creatures responsible for some of palaeontology’s ...