‘Extraordinary’ trove of ancient species found in China quarry
Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have…
Giant prehistoric kangaroos were likely able to hop, fossil study suggests
For a long time, scientists thought there was a hard limit to hopping. Go beyond a certain body…
When Greece Was Home to the World’s Heaviest Venomous Snake
What fascinates scientists most is how Laophis grew so large in a cooling climate. File photo. Credit: Broobas,…
Museum Kept Mammoth Fossils for 70 Years. They Turned Out to Be Something Else Entirely
In a case of mistaken identity, fossils from two whales were disguised as the backbones of a woolly…
67 million-year-old fossil reveals the origin of freshwater fish hearing
A tiny fossil fish from Alberta is forcing scientists to rethink a story that has sat quietly in…
Fossils offer clues to animal life millions of years ago
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Inside the bone-crushing mating rituals of dinosaurs
Features that paleontologists have long found sexy about dinosaurs were probably sexy to the dinosaurs themselves. Even feather…
Fossil skulls reveal how well extinct mammals could smell
We rely on smell more than most people may realize. Across mammals, scent guides feeding, warns of danger,…
Cave of Wonders: Where Prehistoric Bees Made Nests in the Bones of Animals Eaten by Colossal Owls
– credit, Lazaro Viñola López via SWNS Burrowing bees generally prefer to make their nests in the open,…
Mosasaur tooth fossil reveals giant sea reptiles lived in freshwater rivers
At the end of the Cretaceous Period, a type of giant reptile called mosasaurs occupied and dominated oceanic…
Fossil tracks in Italy record a turtle stampede from 80 million years ago
In the spring of 2019, free climbers scaling the risky cliffs of Monte Cònero on Italy’s Adriatic coast…
Meet The 42-Foot Snake That Ruled Earth After The Dinosaurs — A Biologist Explains
About 60 million years ago, long before humans and just after the dinosaurs vanished, a giant snake rose…