16+ hour, 25+ min ago   (1085+ words) Birds may look remarkably familiar today, but their skeletons carry clues to a far more turbulent evolutionary history. A new study from researchers at the University of Michigan has used artificial intelligence and a novel statistical technique to trace how…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (668+ words) The closest living relatives of crocodiles and alligators are, perhaps surprisingly, birds. They are both archosauriforms, a group of species that originated about 250 million years ago near the beginning of the Triassic period. The group soon split into two lineages:…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (125+ words) An extraordinary collection of fossils found in northwestern China is helping researchers better understand one of the most mysterious groups of prehistoric animals. According to a study published in the journal Science, researchers uncovered more than 200 fossilized eggs belonging to…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1066+ words) Long before dinosaurs ruled the continents and modern crocodiles first appeared, their ancestors were already going through a decisive phase in their evolutionary history. It was in this ancient world, shortly after the greatest mass extinction in Earth’s history that…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (583+ words) A vast, fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex nicknamed Gus sold at Sotheby’s in New York on Tuesday for $50.1m with fees (£37.4m) to a phone bidder – making it the most valuable dinosaur fossil sold at auction. It also sold well above a pre-sale estimate…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (338+ words) Building a successful dinosaur park in "My Dino Park" on "Roblox" takes more than hatching dinosaurs. Expand your attractions, collect rare prehistoric creatures, and upgrade your park to attract more visitors and earn higher profits. Redeemable My Dino Park codes…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (435+ words) The rediscovery of a giant megalodon fossil, long-lost since the 1980s, has led to new information about the giant shark’s lifestyle, including that they reached up to 80ft in length. Researchers assessed a once-lost vertebral specimen of Otodus megalodon, the fossil shark…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (672+ words) inkl Australia's living dinosaur tree survived 90 million years in a secret canyon A tree species known only from fossils dating back roughly 90 million years has turned out to be very much alive. In 1994, a New South Wales park ranger rappelled…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (336+ words) The footprints came to light at Dewars Farm Quarry after quarry worker Gary Johnson noticed a pattern of unusual ridges while clearing clay. According to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, specialists from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (677+ words) NEW YORK — Scientists have long posited the earliest water animals to transition to land had amphibious tadpole features, going through a metamorphosis akin to that of today's frogs. But new research out Thursday in the journal Science challenges that conventional…...