Life reconstruction of the dinosaur Struthiosaurus austriacus from the Late Cretaceous of Austria. Credit: © Fabrizio De Rossi Fossil braincase provides new surprising insights. German…
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Spider fossil found in new fossil site. Credit: (c) Michael Frese New Australian fossil site offers details of verdant landscape 15 million years ago. A…
Life reconstruction of a close-to-hatching oviraptorosaur dinosaur embryo, based on the new specimen “Baby Yingliang.”Credit: Lida Xing Over the last 100 years, many fossilized dinosaur…
Life reconstruction of a close-to-hatching oviraptorosaur dinosaur embryo, based on the new specimen “Baby Yingliang.”Credit: Lida Xing A 72 to 66-million-year-old embryo found inside a…
Fossilized section of the giant millipede Arthropleura, found in a sandstone boulder in the north of England. Credit: Neil Daves The largest-ever fossil of a…
Original artwork from scientific illustrator Emiliano Troco depicting a Brontosaurus (likely the most famous sauropod dinosaur) acting as an ecosystem engineer in a warm and…
Springtime, the season of new beginnings, ended the 165-million-year reign of dinosaurs and changed the course of evolution on Earth. Credit: Florida Atlantic University/Getty Images…
An artist’s rendition of Quetzalcoatlus northropi, a type of pterosaur and the largest flying animal that ever lived on Earth. Quetzalcoatlus stood about 12 feet…
Effigia Life Reconstruction. Credit: Mark Witton A TriassicThe Triassic is a geologic period and system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the…
An adult and two juvenile individuals of the dinosaur Tethyshadros insularis showing the different appearances exhibited by immature and mature specimens in the ancient environment…
Life reconstructions of Kyhytysuka sachicarum from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia. Credit: Dirley Cortés A new 130-million-year-old swordfish-shaped marine reptile fossil sheds light on the…
The first fossil evidence of a rare botanical condition known as precocious germination in which seeds sprout before leaving the fruit. Credit: George Poinar Jr.,…
Artistic reconstruction of a Mussaurus patagonicus nest. Credit: Jorge Gonzalez Fossilized remains of sauropodomorphs – large, long-necked herbivores that lived during the MesozoicThe Mesozoic Era…
Kyoto University examines the lack of size diversity in rabbits and hares. Next to cat videos, watching small and cuddly rabbits is probably one of…
Artistic reconstruction of Cretapsara athanata: The immortal Cretaceous spirit of the clouds and waters. Credit: Artwork by Franz Anthony, courtesy of Javier Luque (Harvard University).…
Life reconstruction of herbivorous dinosaurs based on 220-million-year-old fossil footprints from Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Credit: Anthony Romilio “Raptor-like” dinosaur discovered in an Australian mine, actually…
Cretapsara athanata: The first crab in amber from the dinosaur era. Credit: Xiao Jia (Longyin Amber Museum) Discovery provides new insights into the evolution of…
Tracks in the sand: One of over 50 footprints of predecessors of early humans identified in 2017 near Trachilos, Crete. Dating techniques have now shown…
Artistic reconstruction of Paradoryphoribius chronocaribbeus gen. et sp. nov. in mosses. Credit: Original art created by Holly Sullivan Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are…
Footprints found at White Sands National Park in New Mexico, providing the earliest evidence of human activity in the Americas. Credit: Cornell University Newly discovered…