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…
Fossil Remains of ‘Weird’ Creature with Twisted jaw and Sideways Teeth Discovered
An interpretation of the strange creature Tankya – credit, Vitor Silva / SWNS The fossilized remains of a…
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…
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,…
Cave of Wonders: Where Prehistoric Bees Made Nests in the Bones of Animals Eaten by Colossal Owls
– credit, Lazaro Viñola López via SWNS Burrowing bees generally prefer to make their nests in the open,…
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…
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 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…
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…