2+ hour, 6+ min ago   (337+ words) The Futura Team represents the pulse of Futura’s editorial department, bringing together a collective expertise dedicated to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Rather than the work of a single author, every article published under this signature is the result of…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (319+ words) Dinosaurs are endlessly fascinating. After all, we’re talking about a group of animals that dominated the planet for more than 160 million years! Over time, they evolved and diversified into an incredible range of forms—from small, nimble, two-legged predators to…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (342+ words) Finding a fossil is always a small event. Whatever its nature, it is a valuable clue that helps us reconstruct ecosystems that vanished long ago. Still, some fossils clearly have greater scientific value than others. The older fossils are, the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (495+ words) In December 1985, British Antarctic Survey geologist Mike Thomson collected an unusual fossilized bone on the Ulu Peninsula of James Ross Island. Thomson recorded the find simply as a “vertebra of large reptile” in his field notebook, unable to identify it…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago   (386+ words) A cousin of crocodiles had been resting in a museum since 1948 without anyone noticing. Long snout or reinforced skull: two predators lived side by side 210 million years ago. Their bones remained buried together for millions of years. A team from…...

4+ week, 2+ hour ago   (288+ words) Back in the mid-20th century, a remarkable fossil site was reported in a remote area of northern Mongolia, then—like socks after laundry day—it promptly vanished from human knowledge. Decades passed. But now, its rediscovery has thrown a spanner in…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (282+ words) Dromaeosaurids, the so-called “raptors,” are among the best-known dinosaurs from the Cretaceous period. Even though it is now accepted that they were covered in feathers, these famously fast and agile dinos were not actually able to fly. Their plumage, instead,…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (383+ words) What grabs you immediately is the number: at least 19 years old. That’s the minimum age determined by histological analysis of the specimen’s bones, and scientists think it could have kept growing. Lucio Ibiricu and his team at the Patagonian Institute…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (511+ words) The Futura Team represents the pulse of Futura’s editorial department, bringing together a collective expertise dedicated to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Rather than the work of a single author, every article published under this signature is the result of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (460+ words) The T. rex isn’t alone in its quest for the smallest arms to body ratio. According to a new analysis led by researchers at University College London, at least five different groups of giant theropod dinosaurs independently ended up with this…...