Scientists Reconstruct Sound of Jurassic Insects
Using lasers, computer models and AI, researchers reconstructed the calls of 165-million-year-old relatives of modern crickets and katydids…
Giant Crocodiles Once Preyed on Massive Mammals in South America
Paleontologists have uncovered the first direct physical evidence that colossal prehistoric crocodiles hunted large plant-eating mammals in what…
Germany’s Famous Fossil Beds Yield New Species of Jurassic Ichthyosaur
For more than a century, paleontologists studying the Late Jurassic seas that once covered southern Germany believed only…
224,000-Year-Old Homo Skull Fragment Adds New Mystery to Human Origins
A fossilized skull fragment of Homo sp. unearthed in central Spain offers paleoanthropologists a fresh window into the…
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 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…
Fossils from Chinese Cave Fill Crucial Gap in History of Gigantopithecus blacki
Deep inside a limestone cave in southern China, paleontologists have uncovered an assemblage of thirteen fossilized teeth belonging…
New Marsupial Lineage Emerges from Australian Fossils
Paleontologists have described a new genus and three new species of small, insect-eating marsupials from the Early Miocene…
New Species of Ancient Bear-Dog Identified in Spain
Paleontologists have identified a previously unknown species of amphicyonid — the extinct family of carnivorous mammals popularly known…