7+ hour, 25+ min ago  (352+ words) An international team led by scientists from the CONICET, at the Laboratory of Comparative Anatomy and Evolution of Vertebrates (LACEV) of the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences, discovered fossil remains of a reptile that lived about 70 million years ago in…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (513+ words) In a remote area of the northwest of the province of Chubut, an unexpected discovery once again highlighted the region's fossil wealth. A rural resident detected remains that, after being analyzed by specialists, turned out to belong to a dinosaur…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (491+ words) The expansion of exotic species has become one of the main threats to the planet's ecosystems. In this context, an international study provides an encouraging perspective: in the Andes, altitude acts as a natural barrier that limits their spread. Thus,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (281+ words) The discovery of Megachelicerax cousteaui, a 500-million-year-old fossil found in the United States, redefines the evolutionary history of chelicerates, the group of arthropods that includes spiders, scorpions, and horseshoe crabs. The study, published in Nature by researchers from the Harvard…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (289+ words) In 2021, during construction works in Davin'polis, state of Maranh'o, fossil remains were discovered that turned out to belong to a new species of long-necked dinosaur. Named Dasosaurus tocantinensis, this sauropod reached about 20 meters in length, becoming one of the largest…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (259+ words) An international study published in Science in 2016 revealed that a Greenland shark could be nearly 399 years old, making it the longest-lived vertebrate ever recorded. The specimen would have been born approximately in 1627, during the colonial era, and was identified thanks…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (300+ words) In the Buenos Aires city of Rojas, a fishing day turned into a discovery of great scientific and patrimonial value. Local resident Mat'as Gauna, while fishing in the Rojas River, found a large bone piece that caught his attention. Realizing…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (318+ words) A discovery has shaken the field of paleontology by providing new clues about the early history of primates following the extinction of the dinosaurs. In Colorado, tiny fossils of Purgatorius, the oldest known relative of all existing primates, including humans,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (528+ words) A walk on the beach ended in an unexpected find on the coast of Santa Clara del Mar. Two tourists found fossil remains belonging to a huge prehistoric sloth that inhabited the region approximately 400, 000 years ago. The discovery occurred during…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (255+ words) A team of paleontologists from CONICET along with colleagues from the United States discovered an exceptionally well-preserved fossil of a tiny carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous in northern R'o Negro, Argentine Patagonia. The specimen belongs to the species Alnashetri…...