6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (746+ words) "Even though early colonists collected biological material from their former colonies, we didn't expect to see such high numbers in recent decades." A new study put numbers to a longstanding imbalance in science: Many of the mammals discovered in poorer…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago   (326+ words) Megalodons have been extinct for at least 3.6 million years, making the find remarkable. During a walk on the Jersey Shore, a father and son from Pennsylvania found a fossilized megalodon tooth lodged in a tight opening in a jetty. While…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (480+ words) Much of what researchers know about them has come from genetics rather than complete skeletons. Scientists studying ancient human remains recovered from the waters between Taiwan and the Penghu Islands say the bones could help fill in the sparse fossil…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago   (395+ words) Scientists have made a surprising discovery in a 125-million-year-old dinosaur fossil unearthed in China, potentially revealing a previously unknown anatomical feature in these ancient animals. The fossil, a young plant-eater now named Haolong dongi, seems to have hollow spikes rising…...