3+ hour, 45+ min ago   (480+ words) Fossilised skeletons unearthed in outback Queensland have been compared by paleontologists to a "crime scene". Some of the gnarled bones from a dolphin-like ichthyosaur have been completely shattered, while others have been crushed by enormous teeth. Sections from the seven-metre-long…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (285+ words) A library book borrowed in October 1949 has finally been returned, almost 77 years after it was due back. The council said at that time the fine for an overdue book was 1d per week (known then as a penny), which adjusting for…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (483+ words) A new type of giant long-necked dinosaur, twice the size of a tyrannosaurus rex, has been identified up by scientists from remains dug up in Thailand. The nagatitan, the largest-ever dinosaur found in South-East Asia, weighed 27 tonnes - as much as…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (51+ words) Yahoo News Australia Scientists in Thailand have identified a gigantic new long-necked dinosaur that may be the largest ever found in Southeast Asia. The species, named Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, is estimated to have reached around 27 metres in length....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (421+ words) Ninety-eight old bones, including complete skulls, housed in the drawers of an Australian museum, were found to belong to a previously unknown animal. The newly described species has been found only in Western Australia, and while it resembles koalas living…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (468+ words) Scientists studying venomous insects made an unexpected discovery inside a simple lunchbox container — one that could help explain how alien life might evolve. The belief that creatures on the other side of the universe could look almost identical to life…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1087+ words) Roughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a metre-long bony fish with jaws full of clusters of spiky teeth. Long extinct, this predatory fish (Megamastax amblyodus) was an ancient forerunner of…...

1+ year, 1+ week ago   (639+ words) It was uncovered about 763 feet underground and is now on display at the museum's "Discovering Teen Rex" exhibition Experts identified the bone as a vertebral centrum, likely from an herbivorous species of dinosaur Researchers from the Denver Museum of Nature…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (732+ words) Dinosaur tracks from about 115 million years ago have been found in Texas The 15 footprints were discovered on private property by a volunteer who was helping clear debris after the recent July flooding The footprints measure approximately 18-20 inches in length and…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1175+ words) Remarkable new fossil discoveries in New Zealand are driving a significant reassessment of our understanding of the early evolution of penguins. We know Antarctica was home to at least ten species, including giant penguins, during the Eocene epoch from about…...