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DNA traces show the North Sea once held sprawling woodlands
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (325+ words) Secrets of a drowned realm: DNA traces show the North Sea once held sprawling woodlands'The Jerusalem Post Sedimentary DNA recovered from the floor of the North Sea is revealing that Doggerland'once a vast landmass that connected Britain to continental Europe'supported…...
Tourist finds rare chunk of oldest sea crocodile
11+ hour, 10+ min ago (667+ words) An amateur fossil hunter who found a rare fragment from the world's oldest marine crocodile said she thought it was a piece of wood with nails driven through it. The upper jawbone fossil, found during a guided walk along the…...
World's oldest crocodile fossil discovered during walk on beach
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (302+ words) Amateur fossil hunter Heather Salt holding the world's oldest crocodile fossil. (Lyme Regis Museum via SWNS) The world's oldest crocodile fossil has been found during a walk on the Jurassic Coast. Amateur fossil hunter Heather Salt initially mistook the find…...
The Most Bizarre Dinosaur Fossil Ever Discovered And Why It is a Mystery
4+ hour, 59+ min ago (652+ words) In the world of paleontology, discoveries are often the key to unlocking mysteries from millions of years ago. Among these, some fossils stand out not just because of their age or size but due to their sheer peculiarity. The most…...
Blood vessels found in T. rex bones are rewriting dinosaur science
3+ hour ago (697+ words) Despite decades of effort, scientists have never recovered dinosaur DNA. Most paleontology research today still focuses on searching for traces of original organic material in fossils, but DNA has not survived the passage of time. Much of what we understand…...
Colossal octopus may have dominated Cretaceous oceans, researchers say
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (371+ words) The Jerusalem Post Giant octopuses that may have stretched up to 19 meters (62 feet) long appear to have been among the top predators in Cretaceous seas about 100 million years ago The emerging picture places colossal cephalopods in direct competition with the…...
Paleontologists spent 5 years excavating the Sahara and found the first new Spinosaurus in over 100 years " the 8-meter predator had a 50-centimeter crest on its skull similar to Elvis's pompadour and hunted giant fish in rivers that no longer exist.
5+ hour, 42+ min ago (1025+ words) As published by Phys. org in February 2026, the discovery began with a 1966 monograph by French geologist Hughes Faure, which described a fossilized tooth found in Niger in the 1950s. Decades later, paleontologist Paul Sereno, professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at…...
Scientists believe birds" skulls hold clues to inner lives of long-extinct dinosaurs
8+ hour, 45+ min ago (604+ words) Early birds were like "T rex reincarnated, says scientist who believes avian skulls offer insight into dinosaurs behaviour T rex is often depicted as more brawn than brains, but now scientists are hoping to probe just what was going on…...
Lost world" Doggerland beneath North Sea once hosted thriving Ice Age forests
4+ hour, 38+ min ago (454+ words) A vast, now-submerged landmass beneath the North'Sea " known as Doggerland " may'once have been a thriving forest ecosystem during the Ice Age, according to new research led by the University of Warwick. Long before rising sea levels swallowed it, this "lost…...
Giant octopus discovery reveals prehistoric predator that rivalled sharks in ancient oceans
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (566+ words) The legendary "kraken", the mythical sea monster famous for dragging ships to their doom, actually had a very real, prehistoric counterpart. Image: AI / Gemini If you thought the ocean was terrifying enough with great white sharks and the occasional modern…...