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Scientists discover a giant crocodile that lived millions of years ago, measuring over 8 meters, which reigned in the rivers of ancient Kenya and could hunt early humans near the water.
13+ hour, 30+ min ago (714+ words) A giant crocodile over 8 meters long lived in the rivers and lakes of ancient Kenya and was likely among the largest predators in its environment. Fossils found in the Turkana Basin indicate that Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni may have coexisted with hominids…...
School renovation in Los Angeles uncovers millions of fossils beneath the site, reveals over 200 species, indicates an ancient seabed, and transforms a common construction into a 9-million-year-old laboratory.
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (1074+ words) The school's renovation found much more than old concrete: it found a fossilized seabed. During the modernization of San Pedro High School in Los Angeles, workers encountered millions of fossils beneath the school's grounds. The information was published by Popular…...
In Spain, paleontologists have unearthed the best-preserved stegosaurus skull ever found in all of Europe.
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (853+ words) Among all dinosaurs, few are as easy to recognize as the stegosaurus, with its characteristic bony plates on its back and pointed spikes on its tail. But, as famous as it is, there is one part of it that scientists…...
Fossils hidden in a cave in New Zealand have revealed an ancestor of the k'k'p" parrot that, unlike the current bird, might still have known how to fly.
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (503+ words) The k'k'p" is one of the world's most peculiar and beloved birds. It is a nocturnal, chubby, and awkward parrot from New Zealand, famous for not flying, for living many years, and for being on the brink of extinction, with…...
During the construction of a cargo terminal in the Northeast, workers stumbled upon the bones of a long-necked dinosaur about 20 meters long that lived 120 million years ago.
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (530+ words) The most fascinating detail of this discovery is not just the size of the animal, but its kinship. Researchers identified that this new Brazilian species would be closely related to a dinosaur found in Europe, which seems strange at first…...
A 3. 2-million-year-old fossil found in Ethiopia forever changed our understanding of human evolution and showed that ancestors were already walking on two legs before having larger brains.
2+ week, 1+ day ago (622+ words) The discovery of Lucy, a fossil approximately 3. 2 million years old found in 1974 in the Hadar region of Ethiopia, changed paleoanthropology by revealing that human ancestors were already walking bipedally before the significant increase in brain size in the human lineage....
Researchers in Thailand identify Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis: the largest dinosaur in Southeast Asia, measuring 27 meters and weighing up to 28 tons (equivalent to 9 African elephants)
3+ week, 1+ day ago (950+ words) In May 2026, paleontologists published the first results about the Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis in Sci. News. It is the largest dinosaur ever identified in Southeast Asia. The sauropod measured 27 meters in length. The estimated weight is between 25 and 28 tons, equivalent to nine…...
Crocodile, cousin of alligators, was trapped in stone for 210 million years and now reveals a bite made to crush larger prey in New Mexico.
3+ week, 3+ day ago (822+ words) A newly identified crocodile in 210-million-year-old fossils revealed that ancient relatives of modern crocodiles shared ecological roles in the Late Triassic, with anatomies for hunting and feeding in northern New Mexico. The species was named Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa after Yale paleontologists…...
2. 6 million-year-old jaw fossil found in the Afar desert reveals that Paranthropus lived 1, 000 km further north than previously known and changes scientists' view of the robust cousins of humans.
3+ week, 4+ day ago (956+ words) The partial jaw, named MLP-3000, was dated to approximately 2. 6 million years ago. This places it among the oldest Paranthropus specimens ever discovered anywhere in Africa, in a region famous for revealing key fossils of human evolution. The discovery changes the…...
Researchers are excavating in Morocco the world's oldest ankylosaur, dating back 165 million years, with nearly 1-meter long spines protruding from its neck. - CPG Click Oil and Gas
3+ week, 4+ day ago (579+ words) Researchers from the Natural History Museum in London returned to the Atlas Mountains in Morocco and excavated the oldest ankylosaur on the planet. The fossil is 165 million years old and has bony spikes almost 1 meter long protruding from its neck....