9+ hour, 15+ min ago  (439+ words) For more than two decades, a small dinosaur from China has left scientists scratching their heads. Known as Liaoningosaurus paradoxus, this strange fossil looked like an armored dinosaur'but every specimen ever found was tiny, no longer than 40 centimeters. That's confusing,…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (623+ words) Along the coast of South Africa, strange rocky formations quietly grow in places where life seems unlikely to survive. These structures, known as microbialites, look like ordinary rocks, but they are very much alive. Built layer by layer by communities…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (617+ words) Mosasaurs are best known as fearsome marine reptiles that ruled the oceans at the end of the dinosaur era. But new research suggests these giant predators were not limited to the sea. Evidence from a single fossil tooth now shows…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (521+ words) A major new study has revealed that a group of people in southern Africa lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands of years'offering powerful new insights into how modern humans evolved. Researchers analyzed the genomes of 28 individuals who lived…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (437+ words) A remarkable fossil site in Bolivia has revealed more than 16,000 dinosaur footprints, offering one of the most detailed pictures ever found of how dinosaurs moved and behaved. The discovery comes from a new study published in PLOS One by Ra'l…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (584+ words) A newly identified dinosaur species has been officially added to the family tree, thanks to fresh analysis of fossils first found more than a century ago. An international team, including biologist D. Edward Malinzak from Penn State Lehigh Valley, has discovered…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (498+ words) A mysterious deep-sea creature has just helped scientists solve a long-standing evolutionary puzzle. The vampire squid'an unusual animal that looks like a mix between an octopus and a squid'has revealed that modern octopuses actually evolved from squid-like ancestors. This discovery…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (384+ words) A remarkable set of dinosaur footprints discovered in Colorado is giving scientists new clues about how a massive, long-necked dinosaur moved more than 150 million years ago. The unusual trail not only forms a complete loop, but also contains subtle signs…...

1+ mon, 7+ hour ago  (439+ words) About 360 million years ago, long before dinosaurs walked the Earth, a terrifying predator ruled the shallow seas that once covered what is now Cleveland, Ohio. Its name was Dunkleosteus terrelli, a massive, armored fish that could grow up to 14 feet…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (592+ words) Deep in the rolling hills of Transylvania, scientists have uncovered one of the richest dinosaur fossil sites ever found in the region. In an area already famous for its prehistoric discoveries, a newly identified "hot spot" has revealed an astonishing…...