New Research Reveals Secrets of Burgess Shale Trilobites
Arthropod appendages are specialized for diverse roles including feeding, walking, and mating. Fossils from the Cambrian period (539…
Scientists amazingly uncover a 520 million-year-old fossil with its brain and guts intact: ‘Almost perfect preservation’
Fossils usually leave us with bones turned to stone, the hard remains of creatures long gone. But every…
New Plant-Eating Dinosaur Species Unveiled
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new genus and species of early eusauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic…
Paleontologist Discovers First Known Silurian Horseshoe Crab
Horseshoe crabs are an ancient lineage with an evolutionary history stretching back 450 million years (Ordovician period) and…
70-Million-Year-Old Fossils of Crocodile-Like Apex Predator Unearthed in Argentina
Paleontologists have unearthed a beautifully preserved skull and jaws as well as part of the postcranial skeleton of…
Neolithic Cow Tooth Supports Welsh Origin of Stonehenge Stones
Archaeologists from University College London and elsewhere have examined a molar tooth of a female Bos taurus (cow)…
75-Million-Year-Old Dragonfly Species Found | Sci.News
Named Cordualadensa acorni, the new dragonfly species from Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park represents the only Mesozoic dragonfly for…
Cartoonish but carnivorous: New whale fossil reveals ferocious past
Long before whales were majestic, gentle giants, some of their prehistoric ancestors were tiny, weird and feral. A…