The discovery of Qianlong shouhu, a new dinosaur species, has led to the revelation that the first dinosaur eggs were likely leathery. This contributes significantly…
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A discovery of ten new trilobite species in Thailand, dating back 490 million years, provides unique insights into Earth’s geological history and the ancient supercontinent…
Dr. Tyler Faith, NHMU’s chief curator, examines elk bones inside Skeleton Cave in the Uinta Mountains, Utah. Faith and a research team from NHMU collected…
A flock of Cryptogyps lacertosus (left) watch on and wait their turn as several individuals of Dynatoaetus pachyosteus (center, right) feed from the carcass of a dead Diprotodon optatum in…
New research on cycads, ancient plants from the Mesozoic Era, reveals that their survival into the modern era can be attributed to a symbiotic relationship…
Carnegie Mellon researchers, collaborating with Spanish and Polish paleontologists, have created a soft robotic model of the pleurocystitid, an ancient echinoderm, to explore evolutionary biomechanics…
Researchers have uncovered the history of Ekgmowechashala, a primate that lived in North America 30 million years ago. By connecting it to similar species in…
Scientists have discovered ancient microfossils in Western Australia, offering new insights into the rise of complex life during the Great Oxidation Event. These findings, which…
The discovery of Jörmungandr walhallaensis, a new mosasaur species, offers critical insights into the evolution of these ancient marine lizards and the geologic history of…
Researchers discovered a new genus and species of micro-wasp with unique bulbous structures on its antennae from 100-million-year-old Burmese amber. The origin and purpose of…
Fossilized footprints in White Sands National Park sparked a scientific debate. Subsequent research, using different dating methods, consistently supports the footprints being 21,000 to 23,000…
False color scanning electron microscopy image of zebra finch feather showing the feather cortex (in blue) and melanosomes (melanin-rich granules, in orange). Scale bar indicates…
Photograph of the whole specimen of Petrodacyle. Credit: René Lauer The animal had a 2-meter wingspan and a large bony crest on its head. A…
Researchers used Bayesian analysis to study the brachiopods’ decline and bivalves’ rise post-end-Permian extinction, finding bivalves better adapted to changing conditions. Left, Devonian brachiopod fossils…
265 million years ago, Pampaphoneus biccai was South America’s apex predator. A well-preserved fossil found in Brazil offers new insights into this prehistoric giant. Artistic…
Pictured is a rock slab with the earliest evidence for deep-sea vertebrates. The fossil evidence consists of pits and trails produced by feeding fishes during…
Image of fruit belonging to Palaeophytocrene chicoensis. The Sierra College Museum of Natural History is the permanent repository for this fossil. Credit: Brian Atkinson An…
Reconstruction of the earliest ichthyosaur and the 250-million-year-old ecosystem found on Spitsbergen. Credit: Illustration by Esther van Hulsen For nearly 190 years, scientists have searched…
Mineralized fossils of Protomelission gatehousei from Wirrealpa, Australia. Credit: Reproduced from Zhang et al. (Nature, 2021) A recent study has revealed that the origins of…
The fossil extinct giant ant Titanomyrma from Wyoming that was discovered over a decade ago by SFU paleontologist Bruce Archibald and collaborators at the Denver…