1+ hour, 52+ min ago  (950+ words) The discovery of a "botanical Pompeii" has rewritten a long-held theory that flowering plants only flourished after the dinosaurs. The "unique" fossil find shows they were in fact blooming 10 million years before dinosaurs were wiped out, say American scientists. They…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (686+ words) The mammoth's tusk at the excavation site in Taimering, Germany. (BLf D via SWNS) A recently discovered woolly mammoth was likely butchered by Ice Age hunters around 25, 000 years ago, according to new research. They even used one of the rib…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (803+ words) The shape of the tooth suggests that Camurodon borealis was likely a herbivore. (Shelley et al. via SWNS) Three newly discovered species reveal how ancient mammals survived extreme weather conditions in the Arctic millions of years ago. While the Arctic…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (878+ words) Artistic illustration of the Nagatitan. (Patchanop Boonsai via SWNS) A newly identified giant long-necked dinosaur weighed the same as nine adult elephants and was as long as three city buses, according to new research. Bones found at the edge of…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (752+ words) Artist's impression of the toothed platypus that lived 25 million years, probably with other other aquatic animals including ancient lungfish, flamingos and freshwater dolphins. (Gen Conway / Flinders University Palaeontology Lab via SWNS) Excavations at the fossil site in Billeroo Creek in…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (880+ words) Isodapedon Varzealis in a landscape 230 million years ago. (Caio Fantini via SWNS) A "parrot-beaked" reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs in Brazil 230 million years ago may have had relatives in Scotland, say scientists. The fossilized skull of the newly discovered species…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (709+ words) The legendary mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Ever" At least 182 killed as Israel strikes central Beirut after saying Iran truce doe" The fossil is actually a species related to a modern Nautilus, a multi-tentacled animal with…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (983+ words) Reconstruction of Jiangchuan biota (~554-539 million years ago). (Xiaodong Wang via SWNS) The discovery of a fossil "treasure trove" has pushed back the origins of animals at least four million years. The "exciting" find in China includes the remains of a…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (425+ words) An artist's interpretation of a juvenile Doolysaurus huhmini. It is depicted alongside birds and other dinosaurs that lived during the Cretaceous in what is now South Korea. (Jun Seong Yi / SWNS) A newly discovered baby dinosaur is so cute it…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (752+ words) Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa more than 3 million years ago. (Tyler Stone, University of Iowa via SWNS) A "dominant" crocodile-like predator with a big…...