Fossils have been found that preserve soft tissue, showing that it had soft skin and webbed feet.

Specimens from China preserve soft tissue, including scales and webbing between the toes of the feet.

The tail itself has preserved soft tissue extending well beyond the margins of the skeleton.

It is important to preserve lean tissue, because it increases your basal metabolic rate.

Because the peat marsh preserves soft internal tissue, the stomach contents can be analyzed.

Read about fertility after cancer treatment, including a brief mention of preserving ovarian tissue.

"Preserving lean tissue and losing body fat - that's what you need to strive for," Bryant says.

Biologists already know how to preserve tissue this well.

He is also responsible for developing a liquid capable of preserving dead tissue for over 15 years.

Further, in attempts to preserve ovarian tissue, surgery may involve just the removal of the pregnancy with only a part of the ovary.