Oldest Known Male Gecko Found Preserved in Kachin Amber
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of ancient gecko found in two pieces of amber from…
New Jurassic Fossil Reveals How Birds Lost Their Dinosaur Tails
Paleontologists in China have described a small, previously unknown Jurassic bird whose short tail offers new evidence for…
83-Million-Year-Old Fossil Rewrites Timeline of Antarctica’s First Dinosaur Discovery
A small fossil collected on an Antarctic island more than four decades ago is a tail vertebra of…
New Feathered Dinosaur from China Had Peacock-Like Tail
A new genus and species of four-winged pennaraptoran dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of northern China is adding…
125-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Relative Reveals Its True Colors
Exceptionally preserved skin of Montsecosuchus depereti, an extinct crocodylomorph no larger than a house cat that prowled the…
Cretaceous Bird from China Had Pair of Tail Feathers Twice as Long as Its Body
Named Plumadraco bankoorum, the newly-described species of enantiornithine bird lived in what is now northeastern China during the…
Rare Ostrich-Like Dinosaur Fossil Found on Canadian Island
Paleontologists in Canada say they have recovered a dinosaur tail vertebra from 75- to 80-million-year-old marine rocks on…
2026 April 14 – The Long Wispy Tail of Comet R3 (PanSTARRS)
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with…