5+ hour, 9+ min ago  (481+ words) During an underground scientific expedition, a team identified unusual footprints in a hard-to-reach area. Closer analysis revealed something far more remarkable than initially assumed. Fossilized dinosaur footprints have been discovered on the ceiling of a cave in southern France, overturning…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (496+ words) Ancient footprints preserved in stone are prompting scientists to take a second look at a well-known site. Fossil footprints discovered in Alberta show that several dinosaur species crossed the same area within a limited time span. The site includes tracks…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (439+ words) In a place dominated by dinosaur remains, a dragonfly fossil has emerged from an unexpected context. A fossilized dragonfly wing discovered in Alberta has been identified as a new species and the first from Canada's dinosaur-era rocks. Found in Dinosaur…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (338+ words) Researchers took another look at these footprints with a new method, and what they found doesn't quite line up with what was thought before. The difficulty comes from the nature of the evidence. Footprints are frequently altered by erosion, shifting…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (426+ words) Nothing about this fossil seemed extraordinary at first. Yet buried within it was a trace of an event so rare that scientists almost never find direct proof of it. A fossil found in Alabama captures a sudden, violent encounter between…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (473+ words) High above the ground in a difficult-to-reach location, a fossil dinosaur has been uncovered under unexpected conditions. A 66-million-year-old Edmontosaurus fossil with preserved skin has been discovered in the North Dakota Badlands by a team from Winona State University. Nicknamed…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (425+ words) Scientists rebuilt a dinosaur nest from scratch to test a theory no one had been able to prove until now. A life-size oviraptor nest has helped scientists understand how these dinosaurs incubated their eggs. The results suggest a mix of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (557+ words) Deep inside a flooded cave in Texas, researchers made a discovery they were not expecting at all. Scattered across the cave floor were remains pointing to creatures far larger and more unusual than anyone expected. A water-filled cave in central…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (522+ words) In a submerged cave, monkey fossils have revealed a story that remained hidden for millennia. Scientists are still trying to understand what really happened. A set of fossils found in underwater caves in the Dominican Republic is giving scientists a…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago  (492+ words) A single detail inside this fossil has caught the attention of paleontologists worldwide. It suggests a direct encounter between two massive animals, frozen in time. At first glance, it looked like just another dinosaur fossil, but a closer inspection revealed…...