Scientists discover over 80 small horned dinosaurs
With fossils from more than 80 individual dinosaurs, Auroraceratops rugosus, an early horned dinosaur is one of the best represented dinosaur species ever found.
Many...
Scientists find new species of lizard in stomach of Microraptor
Scientists have discovered a new specimen of the volant dromaeosaurid Microraptor zhaoianus with the remains of a nearly complete lizard preserved in its stomach.
Their...
‘Dinosaur metal’ may help kill cancer cells
In a recent study, researchers found that a new compound based on iridium can attack the nucleus of cancerous cells when switched on by...
Some extinct crocodiles in dinosaur eras were vegetarians, says study
Scientists have found that multiple ancient groups of crocodyliforms—the group including living and extinct relatives of crocodiles and alligators—were not the carnivores we know...
Scientists find lots of strange microbes in dinosaur fossils
Bad news, Jurassic Park fans--the odds of scientists cloning a dinosaur from ancient DNA are pretty much zero.
That's because DNA breaks down over time...
1.2 billion years ago, a 1-kilometer asteroid smashed into Scotland
In 2008, scientists from Oxford and Aberdeen University made a startling discovery in the northwest of Scotland.
Near the village of Ullapool, which sits on...
Scientists discover new ‘king’ of fossils in South Australia
Fossils of a giant new species from the long-extinct group of sea creatures called trilobites have been found on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
The finding...
Scientists discover the biggest meteorite impact site in the UK
Scientists believe they have discovered the site of the biggest meteorite impact ever to hit the British Isles.
Evidence for the ancient, 1.2 billion years...
Amber ammonite offers rare glimpse of ancient sea life
The discovery of a 100-million-year-old ammonite—a distant relative of modern squid and octopuses—in amber is significant and surprising, researchers say.
Scientists say the lump of...
How sloths went from ground-dwelling giants to the small tree-climbers
Scientists have solved the evolutionary puzzle of how sloths went from enormous ground-dwelling giants to the small, famously-laidback tree-climbers of the modern day.
The study,...