7+ hour, 21+ min ago   (692+ words) Jon Hawkhead sits in an outback shed with a small drill in hand as he meticulously works to remove tiny fragments of rock from a 100-million-year-old fossil. A vacuum sucks up each splinter of rock to painstakingly expose a skeleton…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (149+ words) Million-year-old fossils have been found in a cave near Waitomo'painting a picture of New Zealand wildlife in a period very little was known about. The fossils were found at a cave in Waitomo known as Moa Eggshell Cave, and among…...

1+ mon, 20+ hour ago   (1022+ words) By Peter de Kruijff, ABC Swimming at a crawl with cloudy eyes and mottled skin, the Greenland shark looks like it's seen better days. The shark's eyes were thought to be barely functional, as it spends most of its time…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1100+ words) Paleontologists unearthed the fossil in Mongolia's Gobi Desert, and the find is unique because the sheath of one of the digits is intact. Made of keratin - the same material as fingernails - the ... With distinctive two-fingered claws, the remains of a…...