Decades old T. rex debate ends with stunning discovery
When you look at a fossil on display, you may envision the world 66 million years ago. You…
‘Dueling dinosaurs’ fossil upends ideas about T. rex
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. A complete…
Meet the Weirdly Wonderful ‘Frosty’ Rhino That Once Roamed the Canadian Arctic
When you think of rhinoceroses, chances are you think of regions like Africa and Asia, not North America.…
A Plant-Eating Croc? Newly Identified Species Demonstrates Crocodilian Versatility
Illustration by Dane Johnson, Museum of the Rockies – released to the press Measuring no more than 2…
From a 20-Foot Poop Pile, Scientists Uncover the Secrets of Giant Sloths
Ancient sloths lived in trees, on mountains, in deserts, boreal forests, and open savannahs. These differences in habitat…
What Dinosaur Teeth Reveal About Life 150 Million Years Ago
Photo of teeth in a jaw section of Giraffatitan from Tanzania (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, MB.R.2180.20.5). The light-coloured…
Beach walker stumbles upon new Australian ocean predator with ‘extremely sharp’ teeth
Fossilised body parts from a previously unknown Australian whale species have been discovered by a man during a…
Ancient stone tools suggest early humans inhabited Sulawesi more than a million years ago
Ancient humans lived on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi at least a million years ago — 800,000 years…
An Even Scarier Predator Hunted Giant ‘Terror Birds’ in South America
Sometime between 16 and 11.6 million years ago, a young caiman came upon a tasty snack in modern-day…
Triassic reptile’s bizarre crest shakes up feather evolution theories
Mammals these days have hair, birds have feathers and reptiles have neither. But the relative nakedness of today’s…