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Giant octopuses up to 19 meters dominated the oceans 100 million years ago, and new 3 D technology reveals what the true apex predators of the sea were like.
9+ hour, 56+ min ago (634+ words) The idea of giant octopuses dominating the oceans might seem like science fiction. However, new scientific discoveries show that this reality existed about 100 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period. And, surprisingly, these animals not only existed but also occupied…...
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.
16+ hour, 21+ 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…...
A 250-million-year-old fossil revealed an embryo curled inside an egg and proved that the ancestors of all mammals " including humans " reproduced like reptiles.
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (1007+ words) For over a century, paleontologists have debated how the ancestors of mammals reproduced. Now, a 250 million-year-old fossil found in the Karoo region of South Africa has delivered the answer. Inside the rock, researchers found an embryo curled inside an egg…...
For 80 years, paleontologists dismissed the fossil as a teenage T. rex " until an analysis of the throat bone proved it was a distinct predator, ten times lighter and with larger claws than the largest carnivore in history.
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (1011+ words) Since 1942, when a mysterious skull was unearthed in the Hell Creek Formation, in Montana, United States, paleontologists debated whether that fossil belonged to a young Tyrannosaurus rex or a completely different species. The debate lasted eight decades. Now, studies published…...
All mammals on the planet were born from eggs 250 million years ago, and scientists have just found the first evidence of this hidden inside a skull smaller than a coin in South Africa.
2+ week, 1+ day ago (835+ words) Scientists have found the first fossil egg of a mammal ancestor ever discovered. Therefore, the discovery changes what was known about how the ancestors of all mammals on the planet reproduced 250 million years ago. The study was published on April…...
On a rocky stretch of just 40 meters in South Africa, scientists found dozens of footprints that are 132 million years old hidden beneath the tide, revealing the youngest record ever identified in the southern part of the African continent.
2+ week, 2+ day ago (932+ words) German reactor of 16 meters with twisted magnetic fields reaches a historic milestone in nuclear fusion by generating high-energy helium ions that simulate alpha particles from the Sun; progress in Wendelstein 7-X could unlock plasma control and explain phenomena observed in…...
Researchers extracted DNA from a bone fragment of a Neanderthal found in the Denisova Cave in Russia.
3+ week, 1+ day ago (972+ words) The Neanderthals that occupied the Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia have returned to the center of a new discovery from a 110, 000-year-old bone fragment. The analysis revealed that two individuals found at the same archaeological site, but…...
Why do scientists choose certain places to excavate fossils? The strategy used to find dinosaurs and traces of life millions of years old.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (720+ words) Finding fossils may seem, at first glance, like an activity based solely on luck or chance. However, the reality is very different. The discovery of fossilized remains of dinosaurs, ancient plants, or primitive organisms involves a meticulous process of scientific…...
Discovery in Maranh'o of a dinosaur fossil approximately 20 meters long reinforces theory about connections between South America, Africa, and Europe 130 million years ago.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (654+ words) A discovery made in Maranh'o is helping scientists reconstruct the map of the Earth as it existed more than 120 million years ago. Although the finding involves The fossilized remains of a large prehistoric vertebrate, however, have the most significant impact…...
A fossil so small it almost went unnoticed could change part of the history of evolution: microscopic teeth of Purgatorius found in Colorado reveal unexpected clues about how the first relatives of primates began to spread soon after the extinction of the dinosaurs.
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (627+ words) These fossils offer new evidence about The evolutionary history of the group that includes monkeys, lemurs, and humans. . Furthermore, the evidence indicates that These animals began to spread across North America soon after the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs. , which…...