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…
Anacondas Reached Their Enormous Size 12 Million Years Ago and Never Looked Back » Explorersweb
For as long as humans have known them, anacondas have been giants. The colossal snakes average four to…
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…
Anacondas Are the Rare Prehistoric Giants That Never Shrank, Ssssstudy Reveals
During the Middle to Upper Miocene period (12.4 to 5.3 million years ago), giant animals walked—and slithered—the Earth…
Dinosaur eggshells are accurate timekeepers of fossil age, study finds
Layers of rock can tell the story of life on Earth, but only if you know when each…
Europeans support large carnivore recovery while opposing both further population growth and hunting
After the cessation of centuries-long eradication efforts throughout Europe, large carnivores have made a remarkable return over the…
360 million-year-old sea predator found to be smaller and much stronger than once thought
About 360 million years ago, a huge armored fish patrolled a shallow sea that once covered what is…
AI uncovers Earth’s earliest life from 3.3 billion years ago
Deep in some of Earth’s oldest rocks, traces of ancient life still linger, even when every cell has…
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…
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.…