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These fossil finds shed new light on the past in 2025
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (332+ words) New details emerged about Earth's most ancient bird, a penis worm (yes, we went there) and more What did a teenage T. rex look like? Not like Nanotyrannus, a relatively diminutive and distinct species. That's just one of this year's fun…...
First Fossil of Its Kind Shows a Pterosaur Died With a Belly Full of Plants Preserved in Its Stomach
4+ hour, 8+ min ago (678+ words) A prehistoric creature's last meal, locked inside its fossilised stomach for 120 million years, has just upended everything scientists thought they knew about ancient predators. The reptile in question belonged to the Tapejaridae, a family known for distinctive head crests and…...
12 Creatures That Lived Alongside Dinosaurs and Still Exist
5+ hour, 31+ min ago (1343+ words) When we think about the age of dinosaurs, we often picture a world completely different from our own. The mighty Tyrannosaurus rex, soaring Pterodactyls, and armored Stegosaurus dominated landscapes that seem alien to modern eyes. But what many people don't…...
New Species of Tinamou Discovered in Brazil
15+ hour, 41+ min ago (739+ words) Ornithologists have discovered a new species of tinamou living in the montane forests of the Serra do Divisor, western Amazonia, Brazil. An individual of Tinamus resonans at Morro Queimado, Serra do Divisor National Park, M'ncio Lima, Acre, Brazil. Image credit:…...
How a Prentiss County fossil park changed science history
18+ hour, 37+ min ago (1757+ words) In rural Prentiss County, on a triangle of land cornered between a stretch of U.S. 45 and Twenty Mile Creek, Joanna Byrd McDowell walked her two petite leashed dogs on a narrow clay path a few feet above the creek on a…...
Scientists discover 125,000-year-old prehistoric elephant fossilized footprints in Murcia Dunes—first ever identified
19+ hour, 59+ min ago (483+ words) 125,000-year-old elephant footprints confirmed for first time in Spain'Knewz Scientists discover 125,000-year-old prehistoric elephant fossilized footprints in Murcia Dunes'first ever identified Researchers have discovered prehistoric fossilized vertebrate footprints among fossils from an Ice Age corridor. It was the first time…...
They Found a 1-Meter Dinosaur Foot, 20 Years Later, It Breaks a World Record
20+ hour, 38+ min ago (375+ words) Bigfoot" was real" but it belonged to a dinosaur! See the record-breaking fossil that's redefining prehistoric giants. A dinosaur foot unearthed in 1998 in the Black Hills of Wyoming has now been officially declared the largest ever discovered, according to a…...
Scientists Unearth Ancient Snake Fossil So Huge It Makes Titanoboa Look Small
21+ hour, 8+ min ago (336+ words) Scientists in India have uncovered a giant prehistoric snake fossil that may challenge Titanoboa's title as the largest snake ever discovered. The fossil, discovered in a lignite mine in Gujarat's Panandhro region, includes 27 vertebrae, some of them still in their…...
Historic paleontological bombshell: photographer finds 20,000 dinosaur tracks over 210 million years old in the Italian Alps
22+ hour, 21+ min ago (245+ words) Historic paleontological bombshell: photographer finds 20,000 dinosaur tracks over 210 million years old in the Italian Alps'MARCA The world of paleontology and archaeology never ceases to amaze us thanks to the latest discoveries These are the 20,000 dinosaur footprints found in the Italian…...
15 Million Years before the Megalodon, This Giant Ancient Shark Prowled the Oceans
22+ hour, 23+ min ago (187+ words) 15 Million Years before the Megalodon, This Giant Ancient Shark Prowled the Oceans A humungous shark that lived 115 million years ago surpassed the size of modern-day great whites, paleontologists discovered By Claire Cameron edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Reinhard Dirscherl via…...