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Evidence of a sea turtle stampede millions of years ago is discovered by accident
14+ hour, 30+ min ago (303+ words) Fossilized tracks on Italy's Monte Conero could reveal turtles or marine reptiles fleeing a massive earthquake millions of years ago. A group of climbers exploring Monte Conero, a rocky cliff near Ancona in Italy's Marche region, stumbled upon a series…...
Scientists discover a new dinosaur that revolutionizes our understanding of evolution and fills a gap in history
2+ week, 2+ day ago (216+ words) A site in Burgos reveals a new tiny species of dinosaur from 125 million years ago. An international team of paleontologists has announced a discovery that changes the way we understand the evolution of herbivorous dinosaurs: a tiny new species found…...
Unprecedented discovery: Goethe and a 40-million-year-old ant
3+ week, 1+ day ago (286+ words) Using modern imaging techniques, scientists in Germany have identified an extinct ant species in a piece of amber. Researchers have uncovered a roughly 40millionyearold ant encased in a piece of amber once owned by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The insect wasn't…...
Scientists discover an extinct species that measured eight meters in length: it inhabited the Earth 400 million years ago
4+ week, 18+ hour ago (278+ words) Prototaxites taiti" was not a fungus but an extinct eukaryotic lineage, a study reveals, resolving a mystery that as perplexed experts for centuries. A new study published in Science Advances has revealed that prototaxites'the giant structures that towered over Earth…...
Prometheus, the world’s oldest tree, was cut down by a scientist after 5,000 years: “I knew it was quite old” - AS USA
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (318+ words) In 1964, a scientific error killed a thousand-year-old pine tree and forever changed the way the oldest trees on Earth are protected. Back in 1964, a scientific decision ended up destroying one of the oldest living organisms ever discovered. Prometheus, a Great…...
Andrés Alfonso-Rojas, University of Cambridge on how giant anacondas have survived: “They are super-resilient”
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (253+ words) A new study has challenged previous knowledge on anaconda, the giant snakes that haunt people nightmares. During the Miocene, roughly 12.4 to 5.3 million years ago, global temperatures were higher and wetlands more widespread. Many animal species that thrived in those conditions…...
Archaeologists stumble upon a prehistoric egg and still don’t know what’s inside: “We could see an unknown lineage”
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (352+ words) The scientists broadcast the entire excavation live on their YouTube channel. Three paleontologists have discovered a dinosaur egg during an excavation in R'o Negro, Argentina. The moment was captured on video, which has since been shared around the world. The…...
Scientists explain what happened to the Mount Everest-size asteroid that eliminated the dinosaurs from Earth
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (478+ words) Some 66 million years ago, a devastating asteroid strike is believed to have been behind the mass extinction of the dinosaurs. The fate of the asteroid that's said to have wiped out the dinosaurs is at the heart of our understanding…...
Straight out of Jurassic Park: dinosaur-era insects discovered in amber in Ecuador
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (372+ words) Tiny flies and wasps trapped for 112 million years offer a rare window into the rise of flowering plants in the Amazon basin. When resin oozed down the trunks of primeval trees in what is now Ecuador's Amazon region, it occasionally…...
Scientists stunned by the preservation of a 520-million-year-old worm larva with its brain intact
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (233+ words) Advanced 3D scans reveal nerves, organs, and circulatory structures in one of the most detailed soft-tissue fossils ever found. On the rare occasions we think about animal fossils, hard body parts such as bones, shells, and teeth usually come to mind…...