This 294-Million-Year-Old Fossil Preserved Something Scientists Almost Never Find
It’s a big year for the do-it-all butthole known as the cloaca: the all-purpose pee, poop, and reproductive…
World’s Largest ‘Whale Graveyard’ Teems with Deep-Sea Life Including Species Unknown to Science
Images of whale remains and the community of creatures that live on them – credit, Zhou et al.…
Elephant Bone Found In Spain May Be The First Physical Evidence Of War Elephants Being Used In The Region 2200-Years-Ago » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock Elephants have been used in wars for a long time, and it is easy to see why.…
Scientists discover dino from ‘hell’ with sword protruding from head
It was a spine-tingling discovery. Fossil hunters might’ve just made the find of a lifetime — the skull…
Scientists Discover Ancient New Ichthyosaur Species in Germany
A commissioned artwork by Andrey Atuchin illustrates Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis on a belemnite battleground. Credit: Andrey Atuchin Researchers have…
‘Neither human nor neanderthal’ 300,000-year-old skull baffles scientists – Science – News
A mysterious 300,000 year-old skull was found decades ago attached to the wall of a cave in northern…
Dinosaur Teeth Unlock Secrets of Earth’s Ancient Climate
Teeth of a Camarasaurus, found in the Morrison Formation, USA, which were also analyzed in the research. Credit:…
New 183 Million-Year-Old Marine Reptile Identified in Germany Is Oldest Known in the Area
A new species of plesiosauroid — a group of long-necked marine reptiles — has just come to the…
Alabama paleontologist uncovers prehistoric treasures at McWane Science Center
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Jun Ebersole, a leading paleontologist at the McWane Science Center, is shedding light on Alabama’s…
Australia once had giant kangaroos — here’s what experts think happened to them
More than 300,000 years ago, giant kangaroos roamed the Australian outback, but didn’t travel far from home, which…
Hiker finds 280M-year-old footprints in Italian Alps in breakthrough discovery
A woman hiking along the Italian Alps with her husband stumbled across the discovery of a lifetime when…
Exploring Southern Europe’s climate history through fossils
Fossils from more than 600,000 years ago reveal how Southern Europe’s animal community shifted between warm and cold…