A Surprising Find in Ancient Squirrel Poop: Woolly Mammoth Meat
During the Klondike gold rush at the turn of the 20th century, prospectors learned that there was more…
Biodiversity loss will decrease the future creditworthiness of nations
Following recent innovations in the field of environmentally adjusted sovereign credit risk analysis31,56, a random forest classification model…
Ancient Goose Fossil Challenges Long-Held Theories About New Zealand Birds
A reconstruction of the St Bathans goose (Metechen luti). Credit: Artwork by Sasha Votyakova, © Te Papa CC…
Paleontologists Just Found the Peacock of the Dinosaur Era
How feathers evolved is somewhat of an enigma for scientists. But these typically soft, occasionally colorful appendages keep…
Scientists Discover 43-Foot Sea Reptile Twice the Size of a Great White Shark
The holotype for the newly described Tylosaurus rex is a giant specimen displayed at the Perot Museum of…
Scientists Discover Terrifying Giant Crocodile That Hunted Human Ancestors
Artistic Illustration of Lucy’s Hunter Crocodile. Credit: Tyler Stone, University of Iowa. A newly named crocodile species from…
The surprising reason why T. rex had short arms
For more than a century, Tyrannosaurus rex has carried one of paleontology’s most stubborn visual jokes: a giant…
The Two Million Years Rain Crisis That Helped the Dinosaurs Take Over
Artistic representation of a Middle-Late Triassic landscape of southern Brazil. A large Prestosuchus chiniquensis feeds on the carcass of a…
Shockingly Powerful Giant Octopuses Ruled the Seas 100 Million Years Ago
Ancient octopuses may have been giant predators that ruled the seas. Fossilized jaws show they had crushing bites…
Scientists Unearth Remarkable 150-Million-Year-Old Stegosaur Skull
Illustration of Dacentrurus armatus. Credit: Adrián Blázquez / Fundación Dinópolis A newly discovered stegosaur skull from Spain is…
Earth’s Crust Is Tearing Open in Africa, and It Could Form a New Ocean
Scientists have found that the crust beneath East Africa’s Turkana Rift is thinning to a critical point, signaling…
New Digital Tool Lets You See Where Your Backyard Was Millions of Years Ago
Millions of years ago, the land you’re currently sitting on was located at a completely different latitude. Your…