Single Vertebra Hints at Oldest Known Iberian Dinosaur
A fossil theropod vertebra about the length of a thumb, found in the Algarve region in southern Portugal,…
Charting how ‘green madness’ means Californians pay more
California boasts some of the highest retail electricity rates in the country, second only to Hawaii, despite being…
Jurassic Crocodile Relative from Morocco Had Needle-Thin Teeth
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of teleosaurid thalattosuchian based on two specimens found in eastern…
Jurassic Fossil Shows Mammal-Like Throat Evolved Far Earlier Than Thought
Megacauda sungei, a furry, otter-size mammaliaform that lived in what is now Inner Mongolia, China, some 165 million…
Tooth study shows T. Rex was warmblooded, with human-like temperature
Using chemical clues in Tyrannosaurus rex teeth, scientists have shown that this massive predator was warm-blooded – with…
Giant Fossil Turtle Found in Peru was Among Largest Freshwater Turtles Ever Known
Roughly 10 to 15 million years ago, an extinct species of side-neck turtle called Chelus colombiana inhabited the…
Dinosaur-Era Mammal Swam Like Platypus and Replaced Its Teeth Multiple Times
Dongoconodon platycauda, a small eutriconodontan mammal that lived alongside dinosaurs in what is now northeastern China paddled through…
First Animals May Have Appeared 200 Million Years Earlier than Their Oldest Fossils Suggest
The oldest undisputed animal fossils, from the Ediacaran biota, are about 574 million years old, but chemical traces…
New Feathered Dinosaur Suggests Flight Evolved More Than Once among Birds’ Closest Relatives
Norellraptor barsboldi, a new species of small microraptorine dinosaur from the 120-million-year-old rock beds of China’s Liaoning province,…
120-Million-Year-Old Fossil Pushes Back Origin of Marsupial Lineage
A new species of deltatheroidan mammal from China may be the oldest confirmed ancestor of marsupials yet found,…
Amateur paleontologist finds nearly complete 70-million-year-old massive Titanosaur while walking his dog
Credit: Damien Boschetto. It looked like any other day for 25-year-old Damien Boschetto, who was out and about…
Researchers Reconstruct Face of Oldest Known Homo sapiens
Scientists have created a digital facial approximation of the Jebel Irhoud hominin, whose remains are dated to about…