7+ hour, 37+ min ago   (355+ words) JOHANNESBURG, July 29 — A newly discovered dinosaur from Zimbabwe is offering fresh clues to how the animals diversified, suggesting they spread across distinct ecosystems in southern Africa, scientists said today. The discovery of the new species, named Musango matusadonaensis, is based…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (694+ words) NEW YORK, June 19 — 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…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (236+ words) PARIS, June 12 — A leather bag made from Tyrannosaurus rex cells failed to sell yesterday, the Paris auction house Drouot said, commenting that bids were well below expected. Auctioneers Giquello had touted the “one-of-a-kind” piece to sell for more than US…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (302+ words) ULANBATAAR, June 12 — Mongolia has recovered a rare dinosaur skeleton and a trove of fossils illegally exported two decades ago, authorities said Wednesday, concluding years of efforts to return the palaeontological treasures. The collection includes a Tarbosaurus bataar skeleton, estimated to…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (583+ words) JUNE 5 — The cave lion was one of the biggest cats to ever live, prowling a huge swathe of territory from Western Europe across Siberia and into North America and hunting large prey — and perhaps even people — before going extinct around…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (187+ words) PARIS, May 25 — On the ocean floor near the Galapagos Islands, a submersible controlled by scientists came across a mysterious octopus as blue as the ocean and no bigger than a......

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (615+ words) BANGKOK, May 16 — Along a ‌meandering river in a warm and arid region that is now Thailand roughly 113 million years ago, a plant-eating behemoth almost 90 feet (27 metres) long browsed on the treetops without much fear of predators due to its sheer…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (350+ words) AMSTERDAM, April 3 — Scientists and designers unveiled on Thursday a handbag made with collagen derived from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils from the US in a unique creation intended to demonstrate the value of laboratory-grown leather. The teal-coloured bag will be displayed on…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (388+ words) TOKYO, Feb 15 — Lions lived in a wide area of the Japanese archipelago tens of thousands of years ago, as analysis of fossil specimens that were believed be of tigers were revealed to belong to an extinct lion species, a team…...

8+ mon, 2+ day ago   (635+ words) PARIS, Nov 27 — Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient human relative who lived alongside the species of the famous Lucy, scientists said yesterday. The discovery is the latest twist…...