20+ hour, 30+ min 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…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1026+ words) The remains of a "weird" creature with a twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth have been discovered in the Amazon jungle. Scientists say the plant-eater Tanyka was a "living fossil" when it stalked the Earth around 275 million years ago, from a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (81+ words) Teeny tiny fossil reveals clues about evolution of primates'The Laconia Daily Sun Tiny fossill of purgatorius upper molar from Corral Bluffs in Denver. (Dr. Stephen Chester via SWNS) Illustration of a Purgatorius. (Andrey Atuchin via SWNS) Brooklyn College Undergraduate Research…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (473+ words) DNA dating back over one million years has been identified in the woolly mammoth remains. Scientists who discovered some of the world's oldest microbial DNA also identified for the first time bacteria that may have caused disease in the now…...