An artist’s interpretation of Quetzalcoatlus northropi wading in the water. The latest research describes this species of Quetzalcotalus as having a lifestyle similar to today’s…
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Reconstruction of Brevirostruavis macrohyoideus with its mouth open to show its long tongue that was used to catch insects or obtain nectar from cone-bearing plants.…
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…
The skull of the first giant creature to ever inhabit the Earth, the ichthyosaur “Cymbospondylus youngorum” currently on display at the Natural History Museum of…
Vectiraptor greeni, a new fierce predatory dinosaur from the Isle of Wight in the UK. Credit: Gabriel Ugueto A new bird-like dinosaur that used brute…
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…
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…
Coccolithophores are microscopic algae that form tiny limestone plates, called coccoliths, around their single cells. The shape and size of coccoliths varies according to the…
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…
With four tiny legs and an extraordinarily long body, a fossil of the snake-like lizard Tetrapodophis amplectus has created controversy. Credit: Julius Csotonyi More than…
“In the shallows near shore, Tetrapodophis amplectus glides through a tangle of branches from the conifer Duartenia araripensis that have fallen into the water, sharing…
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…
Reconstruction of the head of Brighstoneus simmondsi. Credit: John Sibbick Natural History Museum and University of PortsmouthEstablished in 1992, the University of Portsmouth is a…
The first lizards and snakes evolved slowly, but eventually became much more diverse than their close relatives, the rhynchocephalians, which initially showed fast evolution. Today…
Living reconstruction of Issi saaneq, a newly discovered dinosaur that lived on Greenland 214 million years ago. Credit: Victor Beccari The two-legged dinosaur Issi saaneq…
The penis worm Eximipriapulus inhabiting a hyolith shell. Credit: Prof Zhang Xiguang, Yunnan University A new study by researchers from Durham University and Yunnan University…