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…
Adaptive ecosystem restoration to mitigate zoonotic risks
Jones, K. E. et al. Global trends in emerging infectious diseases. Nature 451, 990–993 (2008). Article CAS PubMed …
Scientists Just Found the Oldest Dome-Head Dinosaur Ever
Artist’s illustration of Z. rinpoche. Credit: Masato Hattori In Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, researchers uncovered a remarkably complete fossil…
Fossil From 310 Million Years Ago Rewrites the Story of Fish Evolution
Life reconstruction of Platysomus, with open mouth showing toothplate on the floor of the mouth supported by gill…
Scientists Discover Ancient New Ichthyosaur Species in Germany
A commissioned artwork by Andrey Atuchin illustrates Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis on a belemnite battleground. Credit: Andrey Atuchin Researchers have…
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…
Newly Discovered Megaraptor Still Had an Ancient Crocodile in Its Mouth
Scientists in Patagonia just revealed their research on the Joaquinraptor Casali, a newly discovered megaraptor with Freddy Kruger-style…
New Dinosaur Species Identified in Wales
Close-up of two teeth of GSM 6532, showing fine preservation of serrations along the posterior carina. Scale bar…
Mastodon Migrations With the Glaciers Ice Revealed in New Paper
Giant elephants were more diverse than we had appreciated, it turns out. A new study published Friday in…
New Species of “Living Fossil” Fish Found Hiding in Plain Sight After 150 Years
Reconstruction of a large mawsoniid coelacanth from the British Rhaetian. Credit: Daniel Phillips Researchers found dozens of Triassic…
Scientists Just Cracked an 85 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Egg Mystery
Egg clutch sampled for chronological studies. Credit Dr. Bi Zhao Researchers dated dinosaur eggs directly for the first…