New Species of Armored Dinosaur Identified in Japan
Cranial fossils of a nodosaurid ankylosaur unearthed more than two decades ago on the Japanese island of Hokkaido…
Fossil of Small Duck-Billed Dinosaur Relative Found in Japan
A fossilized bone unearthed two decades ago in northeastern Japan belongs to one of the smallest iguanodontian dinosaurs…
Japanese Fossil Bee Fills Two-Million-Year Gap in Honeybee History
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new fossil honeybee species that fills a long-standing gap in the…
3.5-Million-Year-Old Fossil from Japan Reveals Lost Lineage of Giant Salamanders
A new genus and species of cryptobranchid salamander that lived in lakes in Japan about 3.5 million years…
The First Octopuses Were Kraken-like Monsters In the Cretaceous Waters
‘I certainly wouldn’t have wanted to go swimming in the ancient oceans if these things were swimming around,’…
In Cretaceous Oceans, Giant ‘Kraken-Like’ Octopuses May Have Been Top Predators
Massive, soft-bodied cephalopods up to 19 m (62 feet) long rivaled — and perhaps hunted — the ocean’s…