News
These 18, 000-Year-Old Circular Mammoth Bone Homes Discovered in Ukraine May Have Been Used for Centuries
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (594+ words) What can Mammoth bones reveal about the people who lived through the last Ice Age? A new study from Ukraine revisits one of the world's most famous prehistoric sites and uncovers clues that are changing the conversation. One of the…...
Scientists Finally Found a 150-Million-Year Fossil That Captures the Exact Moment When Birds Lost Their Dinosaur Tails
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (387+ words) For decades, scientists have searched for a fossil that could help explain one of evolution's biggest mysteries. A newly identified Jurassic bird may finally provide the missing piece, but not in the way researchers expected. A newly identified bird from…...
Scientists Studied 200 Fossil Teeth and Finally Revealed What Happened to Mammals During the First 10 Million Years After the Dinosaur Extinction
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (463+ words) The first few million years after the dinosaurs vanished remain one of evolution's biggest mysteries. Now, a remarkable collection of fossil teeth from China is helping scientists fill in some of the missing pieces. A collection of fossil teeth from…...
Scientists Found a Rare Fossil Hidden in German Limestone, It Revealed a New Species That Flew 150 Million Years Ago
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (470+ words) An extraordinary fossil discovery in Germany is drawing the attention of paleontologists. Its remarkable state of preservation is revealing details that are rarely seen in the fossil record. A nearly complete pterosaur fossil uncovered in southern Germany has been identified…...
Scientists Found Three Unknown Fossil in Alaska That Lived Alongside Dinosaurs 73 Million Years Ago
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (612+ words) A tiny fossil discovery in Alaska is revealing a side of the ancient Arctic that scientists never expected. The Arctic may seem like an unlikely place for life to thrive today, but new fossils from northern Alaska tell a very…...
The World's Largest Megalodon Vertebra Was Lost During a Museum Move for More Than 30 Years, Scientists Have Finally Found It Again
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (610+ words) For more than 30 years, an extraordinary fossil remained out of sight after disappearing during a museum relocation. Its rediscovery is opening the door to new research, and an unexpected finding hidden alongside it. One of the most important megalodon fossils…...
Scientists Revealed That This Dinosaur Had 500 Teeth, and Replaced Every Single One Every Two Weeks
1+ week, 1+ day ago (656+ words) A remarkable discovery buried beneath the Sahara revealed one of the most specialized dinosaurs ever identified. What researchers found inside its skull changed the way they understood this ancient giant. A dinosaur with around 500 working teeth and the ability to…...
Scientists Discover 150-Meter Dinosaur Trackway in the UK Hidden Beneath a Working Quarry
1+ week, 5+ day ago (559+ words) A discovery during routine industrial work led researchers to something far older than the site itself. As layers were removed, traces of a trackway began to appear beneath the modern surface. Researchers have uncovered hundreds of dinosaur footprints in an…...
A Chinese Team Unearthed a Well-Preserved 13-Inch Dinosaur With Four Wings and a Tail Unlike Any Known Fossil
1+ week, 6+ day ago (549+ words) China's fossil-rich deposits have yielded another extraordinary find. Hidden within the remains of a tiny dinosaur is evidence of an evolutionary experiment unlike any researchers expected. A tiny feathered dinosaur that lived in what is now northeastern China around 120 million…...
Scientists Finally Reveal What England's First Complete Dinosaur Skeleton Really Looked Like
2+ week, 19+ hour ago (605+ words) It was the first complete dinosaur skeleton ever discovered, yet researchers knew remarkably little about it. After 160 years, a new study is finally revealing what scientists had been missing all along. More than 160 years after its discovery on England's Jurassic…...