Scientists Discover a 99-Million-Year-Old Insect With a Bizarre Feature Never Seen in Living Species
The newly described species: Cretoduros noonoo. Credit: Dolev Fabrikant Like a bendy straw, an ancient insect’s folded mouthparts…
518-Million-Year-Old Fossil Challenges What We Thought Starfish Came From
Artist’s impression of Yujingia glutenotunica. Credit: Kaiyue He et al. A creature preserved for 518 million years hints…
New Gobi Desert Fossil Rewrites a Chapter of Mammal Evolution
Tamirkhan balcarceli (skull and partial hindlimb) – credit, Nicole Wong / © AMNH A remarkably well-preserved fossil from…
A 9-Million-Year-Old Tooth Just Challenged What Scientists Thought They Knew About the Atacama Desert
Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of a group of Cardiatherium, a genus of extinct, direct relatives of modern capybaras, pictured in…
Fossilized Vomit Reveals a Surprising Secret About Plesiosaur Behavior
Artist’s impression of plesiosaurs feeding on the sea floor. Credit: Lente ArtemieffUnusual fossils from an ancient North Sea…
Giant Crocodylians Ruled South America’s Ancient Food Chain
Reconstruction of Purussarus neivensis attacking Pericotoxodon platignathus. Credit: Miguel Hernandez Fossil bite marks suggest giant crocodylians, especially Purussaurus…
Construction Crew Uncovers Giant 20-Meter Dinosaur in Brazil
Artistic reconstruction of the new dinosaur from Maranhão state. It was 20 meters long and had a European…
‘Earliest evidence’ of elephant butchery at Olduvai Gorge shared in new study
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‘Earliest evidence’ of elephant butchery at Olduvai Gorge shared in new study
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Elephants are widely adored by many people today — but…
This 518-Million-Year-Old Creature Reveals How Spiders Got Their Bite
Artist’s impression of Urokodia. Credit: Xiaodong Wang Scientists from the University of Leicester and Yunnan University identified an…
Forgotten for 20 Years, This 240-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals a New Reptile Species
Part of the fossil was accidentally lost for more than two decades. Its rediscovery allowed the animal to…
Mystery Bones Found in Japan Belong to a Giant Salamander Unlike Any Known
A reconstruction of the Ajimu giant salamander, which is believed to have inhabited the lakes and marshes of…