Fossilized spider from the Aix-en-Provence Formation in France seen in hand sample overlain with fluorescent microscopy image of the same fossil. Under normal lighting the…
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Ichthyosaur ill. Credit: Esther van Hulsen A new study published in PeerJ uses modern methods to understand the preservation of unique ichthyosaur fossils. One complete…
Spinosaurus, the longest predatory dinosaur known, is opening its elongate jaws, studded with conical teeth, to catch a sawskate. Contrary to previous suggestions, this animal…
Spinosaurus, the longest predatory dinosaur known, is opening its elongate jaws, studded with conical teeth, to catch a sawskate. Contrary to previous suggestions, this animal…
An artistic reconstruction of the newly described 328-million-year-old vampyropod. Credit: © K. Whalen Description of exceptionally preserved fossil pushes back age of Vampyropoda by nearly…
Diegoalerus with fossil. Credit: San Diego Natural History Museum Paleontologists describe sabre-toothed mammal new to science, offering view into evolution of meat-eaters. The fossil, housed…
Hail to the squid — A vampyropod fit for a president Researchers at Yale and the American Museum of Natural History have identified the earliest…
The sculpture created by the researchers. Credit: Johan Joelsson Geologists at Lund University in Sweden have mapped 300 years of research on the prehistoric marine…
Hypothetical life restoration of MOR 7029. Note that the pulmonary disease infecting this animal would not have been externally evident, but the probable pneumonia-like outward…
An illustration showing the newly discovered fossil birds (Meemannavis the larger one on the left in the center foreground, and Brevidentavis open-mouthed on the right).…
Life reconstruction of Mambawakale ruhuhu by Gabriel Ugueto, who retains the copyright. Only the skull, mandible and a few postcranial elements are known for Mambawakale…
Hypothetical life restoration of MOR 7029. Note that the pulmonary disease infecting this animal would not have been externally evident, but the probable pneumonia-like outward…
Reconstruction of a full-scale Megalodon and a set of teeth at the Museo de la Evolución de Puebla in Mexico. Credit: Luis Alvaz Extinct shark’s…
Artist’s illustration of the Megalodon. However, new scientific research shows that no one knows what the Megalodon really looked like. Latest study reveals no one…
Life reconstruction of the dinosaur Struthiosaurus austriacus from the Late Cretaceous of Austria. Credit: © Fabrizio De Rossi Fossil braincase provides new surprising insights. German…
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…