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…
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…
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…
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 Ancient New Ichthyosaur Species in Germany
A commissioned artwork by Andrey Atuchin illustrates Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis on a belemnite battleground. Credit: Andrey Atuchin Researchers have…
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…
Dinosaur hemoglobin may have been discovered in fossils
Key Insights Using a spectroscopy technique on dinosaur fossils has revealed the presence of hemoglobin in blood…
Extinct human relative practiced cultural burials 120,000 years ago
Paleoanthropologists have once again sparked a debate after suggesting that a long-extinct human relative may have buried its…
The Ancient Oxygen Flood That Let Life Conquer the Deep Ocean
An artist’s rendering of a prehistoric jawed fish from the Late Devonian called Dunkleosteus. These sorts of large,…