2+ hour, 26+ min ago  (788+ words) (CNN) " Paleontologists have long hailed Tyrannosaurus rex as king of the dinosaurs. Now, the name "T. rex" also belongs to a newly described extinct carnivore " a massive marine reptile with the scientific name Tylosaurus rex that a trio of researchers uncovered…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (920+ words) (CNN) " A high-traffic "dinosaur freeway" may have once stretched across a shoreline in what is now Bolivia. Traveling along this busy route were theropods " three-toed, bipedal meat-eating dinosaurs, which left behind thousands of fossil footprints. Paleontologists have now described their…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (543+ words) By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) " A well-preserved human skeleton that scientists recently excavated in Vietnam dates back about 12, 000 years ago to the Ice Age and contains the oldest human mitochondrial DNA found in the region. It belonged to a man…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (625+ words) By Gordon Ebanks, Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) " The devastating flooding that swept through Texas Hill Country in early July, killing at least 135 people, unearthed a prehistoric discovery in Travis County on Monday, experts say. A volunteer helping residents clear debris…...

10+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (220+ words) MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. (WLWT) " A new species of shark was discovered in Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park. The ancient shark is called a "Macadens Olsoni." Experts say it had a distinct curved row of teeth, used to crush small sea…...

11+ mon, 3+ day ago  (728+ words) (CNN) " A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head. The insect, along with a second specimen of a young ant infected…...