9+ hour, 15+ min 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…...

6+ day, 10+ hour 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…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (397+ words) A viral claim suggesting a new "Pok'mon" leak at a fossil exhibit in Chicago has confused fans online. The discussion began after a social media post showed what appeared to be a new creature reveal inside a Pok'mon-themed fossil exhibit,…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (766+ words) From butterflies to blue whales, corals and worms, Earth is home to an incredible diversity of animals. How all of these animals evolved from earlier, simpler ancestors is one of the most exciting stories in the history book of life…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (455+ words) At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the cliffs of Lyme Regis in southern England were notorious for their dangerous landslides and bizarre fossils buried in them. To one local family, these cliffs offered a way to earn money by…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (525+ words) We all know Thailand for its beautiful beaches, spicy and delicious food, and modern, cosmopolitan capital, but the land now home to more than 70 million people was once inhabited by hundreds, if not thousands, of ancient creatures that we're only…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (602+ words) The study, published in Gondwana Research, analyzed fossils dating back roughly 540 million years to the Ediacaran period, a mysterious chapter in Earth's history that came shortly before the Cambrian explosion dramatically extended complex life in the oceans. Researchers currently argue…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (140+ words) Inkl Dinosaur parenting secrets revealed in 80-million-year-old fossil teeth - A new study of fossilised Maiasaura teeth suggests advanced parental care among these duck-billed dinosaurs, which lived 75 to 80 million years ago. - Researchers found that juvenile Maiasaura had significantly more crushing wear…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (135+ words) ate their relatives'inkl Tyrannosaur fossil shows dinosaurs were cannibals that ate their relatives - A new fossil discovery suggests that some tyrannosaur species were opportunistic scavengers, even consuming the remains of their larger T. rex relatives. - Researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (465+ words) Some tyrannosaurus species were opportunistic scavengers, even feasting on the remains of their much larger T rex relatives, according to a surprising fossil discovery. The name "Tyrannosaurus, meaning tyrant lizard, was coined in 1905 by the American palaeontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn…...