New Baby Dinosaur Discovered in Korea
A tiny dinosaur no bigger than a turkey has captured scientists’ attention, and hearts. Researchers from the University…
Marsupials Previously Thought Extinct for 6,000 Years Discovered: ‘A once-in-a-lifetime discovery’
Photograph Carlos Bocos, licensed CC 4.0. Int. via inclusion in Flannery et al., 2026. Rec. Aust. Mus. 78(1):…
Weird-Looking Marsupial Found Alive After 6,000 Years of Alleged ‘Extinction’
Field researchers call them “Lazarus taxa,” species once presumed extinct that suddenly appear to have risen from the…
Grant Garmezy Molds a Full-Size Dakotaraptor from Molten Glass — Colossal
Dakotaraptor, a fossilized skeleton of which was discovered a little more than 20 years ago by paleontologists in…
Top predators still prowled the seas after the biggest mass extinction
Artwork of a Hybodus shark, a predator that evolved in the late Permian and survived the mass extinction…
773,000-year-old Moroccan cave fossils reveal human and neandertal evolutionary split
A set of ancient human fossils found on Morocco’s Atlantic coast now sits on one of the tightest…
132-million-year-old dinosaur tracks could solve ‘dark period’ puzzle
Two groundbreaking dinosaur track discoveries are changing the outdated image of the Jurassic period in South Africa; it…
Late Jurassic predators likely fed often on baby dinosaurs
The Morrison Formation is a notable rock layer from the Upper Jurassic period, recognized for its variety of…
‘Extraordinary’ trove of ancient species found in China quarry
Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have…
Giant prehistoric kangaroos were likely able to hop, fossil study suggests
For a long time, scientists thought there was a hard limit to hopping. Go beyond a certain body…
When Greece Was Home to the World’s Heaviest Venomous Snake
What fascinates scientists most is how Laophis grew so large in a cooling climate. File photo. Credit: Broobas,…
67 million-year-old fossil reveals the origin of freshwater fish hearing
A tiny fossil fish from Alberta is forcing scientists to rethink a story that has sat quietly in…