Two Australopithecus Species Co-Existed in Ethiopia 3.4 Million Years Ago
In 2009, paleoanthropologists found eight bones from the foot of an ancient human ancestor in 3.4-million-year-old sediments at…
Early Long-Necked Marine Reptile Unearthed in China
The exceptionally long neck of Lijiangosaurus yongshengensis contained 42 cervical vertebrae, according to a research team led by…
New Species of Triassic Armor-Plated Reptile Unearthed in Brazil
A new genus and species of pseudosuchian archosaur has been identified from the fossil remains found in southern…
Dinosaur Eggshells Help Paleontologists Determine Age of Fossil-Bearing Rocks
Scientists from Stellenbosch University and elsewhere have used advanced uranium-lead (U-Pb) dating and elemental mapping to measure trace…
A 480-million-year-old fossil changes what we know about the origin of parasites |
For a long time, scientists believed that parasitic relationships between marine species developed much later in Earth’s history.…
Ancestors of Asian Forest Tortoises Evolved in Europe, New Fossil Discovery Suggests
Paleontologists from the Institute of Paleobiology at the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona…
Rhinos Lived in High Arctic 23 Million Years Ago
Paleontologists have identified a new Early Miocene species of the rhinocerotid genus Epiaceratherium from the fossilized remains found…
This 70-million-year-old fossil still glows with shifting colours; scientists finally know why |
Beneath the shale beds of southern Alberta lies one of Earth’s most extraordinary natural treasures, a gemstone that…
Nanotyrannus is Distinct Dinosaur Lineage, New Research Shows
Paleontologists have examined an exceptionally well-preserved, near somatically mature tyrannosaur skeleton from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.…
New Species of Sauropod Dinosaur Identified in Museum Drawer
A fossil braincase and partial skull roof from Carnegie Museum of Natural History has been reassessed and reclassified,…
Tax fossil fuel profits to reduce exposure to energy price…
Fossil fuel companies made over €180bn in profits in the EU in the two years following Russia’s invasion…
Fossil of Carnivorous ‘Swamp Monster’ Found in Brazil
Paleontologists have uncovered the fossilized lower right canine of a large proborhyaenid sparassodont in the Taubaté Basin of…