2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (898+ words) Teeth are like tiny biological time capsules. They tell stories about ancient diets and environments long after their owners have died and landscapes have changed. After bones break down, tooth enamel stays hard and unchanged, even in fossilized teeth that…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (786+ words) The plant-eating creature is famous for living through the "Great Dying" Between 280 and 200 million years ago, a group of animals evolved which would eventually give rise to mammals, including humans: the therapsids. They were first described more than 150 years ago,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (529+ words) A 300-million-year-old tentacled sea creature has lost its crown as the world's oldest octopus, after scientists found evidence that it's not an octopus at all. Newly published research concludes that fossilized remains listed by Guinness World Records as the earliest…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (372+ words) A groundbreaking discovery of fossils has provided scientists with an unprecedented insight into a pivotal moment in Earth's history: the transition from rudimentary plant and animal life to the intricate creatures that would eventually dominate the planet. This crucial evolutionary…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (517+ words) Extinct crocodile species had peculiar, large hump in the middle of its snout Scientists have discovered a new species of giant prehistoric crocodile that would have weighed half a tonne, grown up to 15ft in length and likely terrorised our ancestors…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (623+ words) Species named after techno-funk duo Chromeo could be key to understanding how a small group of dinosaurs survived extinction Scientists have discovered an enigmatic dinosaur species that lived some 120 million years ago and whose fossil contained hundreds of stones in…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (491+ words) A Dunblane man has expressed "complete disbelief" after a five-year quest for a rare paperback concluded with its unexpected discovery in his local Oxfam bookshop. "I'm a big fan of Arts & Crafts and the Glasgow School of Art, and I…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (605+ words) A Dunblane man who had spent five years searching for a rare paperback has described his "complete disbelief" after a copy turned up in his local Oxfam bookshop. Paul Dixon, 66, had been looking for a book called Iona Celtic Art:…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (602+ words) Purgatorius, a small, squirrel-like creature, first emerged about 66 million years ago A minuscule fossil discovered in Colorado has offered scientists unprecedented insights into one of humanity's earliest ancestors " a small, squirrel-like creature. The tiny remnant belongs to Purgatorius, one of…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (534+ words) A triceratops skeleton, a fixture in a Wyoming museum for decades, is set to go under the hammer, marking a rare occasion where a publicly exhibited dinosaur fossil enters the auction market at a time of unprecedented demand for prehistoric…...