Alycia Rode, a former postdoctoral researcher at Ohio State University and now an assistant professor of geological sciences at Ohio University, stands beside an unusual rock formation at Carapace Nunatak in Antarctica. Photo by Loren Babcock, courtesy of Ohio State University.

Closeup of an unusual rock formation in Antarctica where geologists found fossils of ancient arthropods. Photo by Loren Babcock, courtesy of Ohio State University.

Loren Babcock, professor of geological sciences at Ohio State University, and Alycia Rode -- a former postdoctoral researcher at Ohio State and now an assistant professor of geological sciences at Ohio University -- examine fossil arthropods they obtained from Antarctica. The two are part of a research team that has discovered why soft creatures such as the arthropod sometimes fossilize, even though they lack the mineral-rich bones, teeth, or shells that are normally required for the process. Photo by Jo McCulty, Courtesy of Ohio State University.

The sun over Carapace Nunatak in Antarctica. Photo by Loren Babcock, courtesy of Ohio State University.

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