Release the Kraken: 60-foot Octopuses Predators 100 Million Years Ago, Fossils Shows
Size comparison of N. haggarti to its contemporaneous competitors – credit, Hokkaido University The kraken: a giant squid…
This Triassic Crocodile Sat Misidentified in a Yale Basement for 75 Years. It Was a New Species
Artistic reconstruction of Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa (left), bitten by a Hesperosuchus agilis (right), near a Coelophysis carcass. Credit: Julio Lacerda Sometime around 210 million years…
New Baby Dinosaur Discovered in Korea
A tiny dinosaur no bigger than a turkey has captured scientists’ attention, and hearts. Researchers from the University…
Marsupials Previously Thought Extinct for 6,000 Years Discovered: ‘A once-in-a-lifetime discovery’
Photograph Carlos Bocos, licensed CC 4.0. Int. via inclusion in Flannery et al., 2026. Rec. Aust. Mus. 78(1):…
Weird-Looking Marsupial Found Alive After 6,000 Years of Alleged ‘Extinction’
Field researchers call them “Lazarus taxa,” species once presumed extinct that suddenly appear to have risen from the…
Grant Garmezy Molds a Full-Size Dakotaraptor from Molten Glass — Colossal
Dakotaraptor, a fossilized skeleton of which was discovered a little more than 20 years ago by paleontologists in…
Top predators still prowled the seas after the biggest mass extinction
Artwork of a Hybodus shark, a predator that evolved in the late Permian and survived the mass extinction…
This 300 Million Year Old Fossil Is the First Land Animal Known To Eat Its Veggies
Artistic reconstruction of Tyrannoroter heberti, eating a fern. Credit: Hannah Fredd More than 300 million years ago, long before the…
Earth’s First Sponges Were Soft, Not Spiky, Study Finds
If you imagine the earliest animals on Earth, you might picture something simple but sturdy. Maybe a sponge-like…
Late Jurassic predators likely fed often on baby dinosaurs
The Morrison Formation is a notable rock layer from the Upper Jurassic period, recognized for its variety of…
Giant prehistoric kangaroos were likely able to hop, fossil study suggests
For a long time, scientists thought there was a hard limit to hopping. Go beyond a certain body…
When Greece Was Home to the World’s Heaviest Venomous Snake
What fascinates scientists most is how Laophis grew so large in a cooling climate. File photo. Credit: Broobas,…