New Fossil Discovery Sheds Light on Tyrannosaurus Rex’s Earliest Known Relative
Restudy of fossils collected in New Mexico digs up key clues about T. rex’s origins in North America. A new study published in Scientific Reports…
Restudy of fossils collected in New Mexico digs up key clues about T. rex’s origins in North America. A new study published in Scientific Reports…
Newly discovered fossils of Timorebestia, large predatory worms from over 518 million years ago, have been found in Greenland, shedding light on early ocean predators…
Nanotyrannus was a smaller, longer-armed relative of T. rex, with a narrower snout. A new analysis of fossils believed to be juveniles of T. rex…
Paleontologists, led by David Gold, are uncovering the evolution of early life through chemical traces in ancient rocks and genetic studies. They’ve discovered that changes…
Microfossils dating back half a billion years have been discovered by a scientist from the University of Leicester. A scientist from the University of Leicester…
Researchers nicknamed the fossil “Turtwig” after a Pokemon that’s half-turtle, half-plant. From the 1950s to the 1970s, a Colombian priest named Padre Gustavo Huertas collected…
These tracks pre-date the oldest bird bone by around 60 million years. Ancient animals were walking around on bird-like feet over 210 million years ago,…
New analysis settles long-standing confusion about the age of a key fossil. Modern hippos first dispersed in Europe during the Middle Pleistocene, a geological epoch…
Fernando Muñiz, a research academic from the University of Seville, participates in a discovery that represents a unique opportunity in the fight against climate change….
There are seven existing species of sea turtles, with the genus Lepidochelys comprising two of them: the olive ridley and the Kemp’s ridley. Despite being…
Free-thinking computers reverse-engineered the fossil record to identify the causes of a cataclysm. To address the long-standing debate about whether a massive asteroid impact or…
A recent study on the newly discovered Qianlong shouhu, an early Jurassic sauropodomorph, suggests that the earliest dinosaur eggs had leathery shells. This finding, derived…
Extinct marine creatures discovered hidden in Thai sanctuary. Ten newly discovered species of trilobites, which have been hidden for 490 million years in a little-studied…
New study by NHMU utilizes cave data to set standards for understanding modern climate effects on mammal populations. Scientists from the Natural History Museum of…
Scientists know very little about conditions in the ocean when life first evolved, but new research published in the journal Nature Geoscience has revealed how…
A new eagle and vulture have been discovered in fossil deposits. Australia’s only vulture, and a fearsome extinct eagle, are among the earliest recorded birds…
Cycads, ancient plants once prevalent during the Mesozoic Era, have mostly gone extinct, with a few species surviving in tropical and subtropical areas. Researchers have…
Researchers from Utrecht University and the Natural History Museum Maastricht discovered dietary preferences among mosasaur species by examining tooth wear marks, using 3D scanning techniques….