2+ hour, 23+ min ago   (358+ words) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — 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 Wednesday. The discovery of the new species, named Musango matusadonaensis, is…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (317+ words) NEW YORK — Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica, tucked away for decades in a drawer. The bone comes from the tail of a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur called a titanosaur. Scientists haven't yet identified the species it…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (678+ 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…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (503+ words) PARIS, France — A huge treasure trove of ancient DNA from animals including extinct woolly mammoths has been discovered in frozen squirrel faeces in Canada's remote Yukon territory, scientists said Tuesday. The DNA found deep inside sealed-off burrows is between 3,000 and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (187+ words) The Manila Times Watch: Handbag made using T. rex fossil goes on sale in Paris A handbag made with collagen derived from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils from the United States, intended to demonstrate the value of laboratory-grown leather, will go under the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (244+ words) MANILA, Philippines - An archeaeology professor of the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) has introduced a robot that would help excavate archaeological sites with "greater consistency, precision, and care than via manual methods," Pawlik's work is focused on Southeast Asian archaeology,…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (306+ words) LONDON — Scientists have found evidence suggesting that kissing dates back up to 21 million years and that our ape ancestors and Neanderthals likely locked lips, research published on Wednesday said. Kissing has long presented an evolutionary puzzle to scientists as it…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (492+ words) YICHUN, China, Sept. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On the sidelines of an international fossil protection forum in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, hundreds of participants eagerly picked up hammers and carefully scoured the ground for fish fossils, immersing themselves in the hands-on thrill…...