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…
This Unusual Dinosaur Had A Sail Along Its Back To Increase Its Allure » TwistedSifter
James Brown/University of Portsmouth/Natural History Museum Just because dinosaurs roamed our planet over a hundred million years ago,…
How This Weirdly Spiky Dinosaur Has Challenged Everything We Thought We Knew About Ankylosaurs » TwistedSifter
Matt Dempsey If you thought that the T-Rex was the most formidable dinosaur, you might want to think…
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…
Oldest Ankylosaur Fossils Ever Found Show Massive Spiky Armor Unlike Anything Ever Seen Before » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock From our modern perspective, dinosaurs are pretty crazy and unique. They are often massive and generally look…
‘Teen’ fossil sheds light on mysterious dinosaurs
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. A “teenaged”…
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…
Scientists Discover New “Ghost” Species of Marsupial, Closely Related to the Kangaroo
Bettong illustration. Credit: Nellie Pease Scientists have discovered a new species of marsupial in Australia’s bushland, closely related…
50-Million-Year-Old Sea Turtle Unearthed in Syria Stuns Paleontologists
Carapace of Syriemys lelunensis: The genus name combines the Greek words Συρία (Suría) and ἐμύς (emús), i.e., “Syria”…
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…
Brazilian Scientists Solve 50-Year-Old Fossil Enigma With Discovery of New Plant Genus
Fossil of the prehistoric plant Franscinella riograndensis, found in the Paraná Basin and dated to approximately 296 million…