How dinosaurs’ extinction helped ants become farmers
When a huge asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago, it wiped out the dinosaurs and drastically changed the planet.
While the disaster caused plants...
How pterosaurs grew from tiny tree-dwellers to giant flying creatures
Paleontologists from the University of Leicester have uncovered key evolutionary changes that allowed pterosaurs, the first flying vertebrates, to grow to enormous sizes.
These prehistoric...
Why dinosaur collagen may have survived for millions of years
Scientists have been puzzled by the discovery of collagen, a protein found in bones and connective tissue, in dinosaur fossils that are up to...
Scientists discover extra set of legs in ancient trilobite fossils from New York
A recent study has revealed a surprising discovery about a species of trilobite, an ancient sea creature, found in upstate New York.
Researchers from the...
A 149 million-year-old pterosaur is Britain’s largest flying animal—scientists prove it from a finger...
Scientists have estimated the size of an extinct flying reptile called a pterosaur, based on fragments of a fossil finger bone discovered in southern...
Shocking discovery: Ancient birds with teeth ate fruit, not fish!
Scientists have made an exciting discovery that changes what we know about some of the earliest birds.
Fossils found in China show that a bird...
Scientists find large dinosaurs thrived near the south pole
A recent discovery of dinosaur tracks on Australia's southern coast reveals that large carnivorous dinosaurs, known as theropods, once thrived in polar regions.
These tracks...
Scientists discover how some giant pterosaurs flapped, while others soared
A new study has shed light on the flight abilities of ancient pterosaurs, revealing that while some of these giant creatures flapped their wings,...
Why dinosaur collagen may have survived for millions of years
Scientists have been puzzled by the discovery of collagen, a protein found in bones and connective tissue, in dinosaur fossils that are up to...
Scientists discover tiny horned dinosaur in Japan
An international team of scientists, including Michael Ryan from Carleton University, has uncovered a new species of horned dinosaur in Japan’s Tambasasayama City.
This well-preserved...