Arthropod (Naroia). Credit: Dr. Xiaoya Ma The ancestors of many animal species alive today may have lived in a delta in what is now China,…
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Dunkleosteus – one of the animals involved in the research. Credit: Nobu Tamura Researchers led by the University of BristolThe University of Bristol, a red…
This is the earliest armored dinosaur found in all of Asia, and is helping our understanding of when and where these animals first appeared. Credit:…
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…
Map showing Balkanatolia 40 million years ago and at the present day. Balkanatolia is a forgotten low-lying continent wedged between Europe, Africa, and Asia, already…
Guemesia ochoai could have looked similar to relatives such as Carnotaurus sastrei (pictured). Credit: © Fred Wierum, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons…
Artistic reconstruction of the Seiche wave surging into the Tanis river, bringing in fishes and everything in its path (dinosaurs, trees) while impact spherules rain…
The asteroid that killed nearly all dinosaurs struck Earth during springtime. An international team of scientists from the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Uppsala…
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…
Nuclear techniques confirm rare finding that crocodile devoured a baby dinosaur. Credit: Dr. Matt White/Australian Age of Dinosaurs Advanced nuclear and synchrotron imaging has confirmed…
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…
3D model of an ammonite. Credit: Lesley Cherns et al. Beautifully preserved fossil ammonite collected from 165-million-year-old JurassicThe Jurassic (from the Jura Mountains) is a…
Homo erectus in East Africa surrounded by contemporary fauna. Credit: Mauricio Anton New study calls into question the importance of meat-eating in shaping our evolution.…
The humerus bone of a new pangolin species was found at Graunceanu, a famous Pleistocene fossil deposit in Romania, confirming its existence in Europe. Deeper…
Life reconstruction of the dinosaur Struthiosaurus austriacus from the Late Cretaceous of Austria. Credit: © Fabrizio De Rossi Fossil braincase provides new surprising insights. German…
The fossil crab Callichimaera perplexa. Credit: Daniel Ocampo R. /Vencejo Films Their legs may get more attention, but a new study says a crab’s eyes…
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…