Novel technique reveals greater diversity of meat-eating dinosaurs in Morocco
An international team of scientists has made an exciting breakthrough in the field of paleontology by using a combination of old and new methods...
Giant turtle fossil named after character from Stephen King novel uncovered
An international group of scientists, led by Dr. Gabriel S. Ferreira from the University of Tübingen's Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment, has...
Discovering dinosaur footsteps in Alaska’s ancient past
A remarkable discovery in the far northwest of Alaska has given scientists fresh insights into the era when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, connecting continents...
Why some living fossils haven’t changed for millions of years
Imagine animals that look almost exactly the same as their ancestors did millions of years ago, like they've been frozen in time while everything...
Titanosaurs were the biggest land animals Earth’s ever seen − these plant-powered dinos combined...
You’re probably familiar with classic sauropod dinosaurs – the four-legged herbivores famous for their long necks and tails.
Animals such as Brachiosaurus, Apatosaurus and Diplodocus...
Prehistoric marine predator unveils ocean evolution since the age of dinosaurs
In a recent discovery, paleontologists have unveiled a new species of marine lizard that roamed the oceans around 66 million years ago, during the...
The tale of timeless fishes
Once upon a time, in 1859, a man named Charles Darwin introduced the world to the idea of "living fossils."
These are creatures that seem...
Scientists unearth ancient ‘Chinese dragon’ fossil aged 240 million years
An international team of scientists from China, the U.S., and Europe has brought to light an extraordinary marine reptile, Dinocephalosaurus orientalis, known for its...
Discovery of a new mammal species
In a new study, archaeologists and paleontologists have discovered a new species of mammal from the Maastrichtian age, significantly larger than its contemporaries.
Published in...
A botanical Pompeii: we found spectacular Australian plant fossils from 30 million years ago
The Australian continent is now geologically stable. But volcanic rocks, lava flows and a contemporary landscape dotted with extinct volcanoes show this wasn’t always...