12+ hour, 39+ min ago   (409+ words) A set of rare marine fossils dating back 340 million years has been uncovered in England's Peak District, offering scientists and historians an unusually clear window into prehistoric sea life. The discovery, made by National Trust rangers, came from a dry…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (291+ words) The tracks cover a stretch of nearly three miles and include as many as 20,000 individual prints, according to paleontologists. Experts say the area, now a high-altitude rock wall near the Swiss border, was once a prehistoric shoreline. Despite its exposure…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (469+ words) Researchers have uncovered more than 18,000 fossilized dinosaur footprints and swim marks in Bolivia, marking a historic discovery in the field of paleontology. Found at the Carreras Pampa site inside Torotoro National Park, the discovery offers the largest collection of dinosaur…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (318+ words) Few creatures inspire fear like the Kraken, a giant tentacled monster from folklore. Although most often associated with Norse mythology, Greek sources also describe enormous sea creatures with massive arms and incredible strength, terrifying sailors and fueling legends of monstrous…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (451+ words) Early humans may have encountered now-extinct species like Homo floresiensis, often called "hobbits," as they journeyed toward Australia roughly 60,000 years ago, according to a new genetic study. The findings offer fresh insight into how ancient humans reached the continent and…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (481+ words) Nebraska and China might seem pretty different, but they both have something ancient in common: a group of primates that lived thirty million years ago. These primates came to North America way before our modern human ancestors did. The name "Lazarus…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (435+ words) A fossilized foot uncovered in northeastern Ethiopia has led scientists to identify a previously unknown human relative that lived about 3.4 million years ago. The discovery, detailed in the journal Nature, sheds new light on the complexity of early human evolution…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (280+ words) A one-meter (roughly 3.3 feet) core of calcite pulled from a cave of Devils Hole in southern Nevada has yielded a rare record of roughly 580,000 years of climate change," spanning the past six ice ages, researchers said. The study, published last…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (313+ words) Scientists have uncovered chemical evidence of life in 3.3-billion-year-old rocks from South Africa, offering some of the earliest signs of living organisms ever found on Earth. The discovery pushes back the molecular record of life and supports long-standing theories about…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (292+ words) Paleontologists in Russia have identified a new giant bear species from fossil remains dating back nearly six million years, marking a significant addition to the study of prehistoric wildlife. The fossil, found in the Stavropol Territory of southern Russia, belonged…...