Bringing light to fossils with photography

AUSTIN, Texas - From signs of soft tissue and the remains of million-year-old meals, to delicate fossilized anatomy lost in the surrounding rock, to paint and plaster artfully applied by human preparators - many fossils have scientifically important features that are hiding in plain sight. A research associate at The University of Texas at Austin is pioneering a new method for bringing these overlooked treasures into vivid detail.