<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Daily Express :: Fossils Feed</title><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><description>Simply The Best 7 Days A Week</description><language>en-gb</language><image><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><url>https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/logorss.gif</url><title>Daily Express</title></image><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:27:58 +0100</pubDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>CakePHP</generator><managingEditor>news@express.co.uk</managingEditor><webMaster>news@express.co.uk</webMaster><item><title><![CDATA[Major scientific discovery of fossil 'treasure trove' pushes animal origins back 4 million]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/151/285x214/2189813_1.jpg"/><br><br>Researchers have recovered more than 700 fossil specimens.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Jennifer Pinto]]></author><category>Science</category><media:keywords>Animals, Fossils, evolution, Ediacaran fossils, Cambrian explosion, animal origins, Yunnan Province discovery, Yunnan discovery</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/151/590x/2189813_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[These animals ranged from worm-like stalked feeders to early relatives of modern starfish]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/151/237x141/2189813_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[These animals ranged from worm-like stalked feeders to early relatives of modern 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discovery, Sahara Desert fossil, University of Chicago paleontologists</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/151/590x/2174698_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paul Sereno with the fossil]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Keith Ladzinski/Cover Images]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/151/237x141/2174698_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paul Sereno with the fossil]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Keith Ladzinski/Cover Images]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idyllic beach with ancient fossils, shipwrecks and abandoned quarry]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/199/285x214/2172064_1.jpg"/><br><br>Saltwick Bay near Whitby is renowned for fossils including ammonites and dinosaur footprints, historic shipwrecks like the Admiral Von Tromp, and spectacular sunrises on the dramatic Yorkshire coast.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Emilia Randall]]></author><category>UK</category><media:keywords>Fossils, Shipwrecks, Beach, Saltwick Bay, Whitby</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/199/590x/2172064_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Stunning sunrise on the beach at Saltwick Bay on the North Yorkshire coast btween Whitby and Robin Hoods Bay]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty Images/iStockphoto]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail 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tall]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/285x214/2161307_1.jpg"/><br><br>One of the scientists behind a new breakthrough paper on the organisms said they "are life, but not as we now know it".<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:40:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Chris Samuel]]></author><category>UK</category><media:keywords>Science (section), Fossils, Edinburgh, discovery, form of life, Prototaxites, University of Edinburgh, National Museums Scotland, Rhynie chert, Rhynie Chert, Extinct evolutionary branch</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/590x/2161307_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An artist's impression of what the strange form of life would have looked like.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[PA]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail 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