6+ hour, 29+ min ago  (196+ words) Researchers from Okayama University of Science and partner institutions announced Wednesday that fossils of a mosasaur discovered in Osaka Prefecture in the early 1990s may belong to a previously unknown species, Qazinform News Agency cites Kyodo. The remains, found in Kaizuka…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (234+ words) Chinese scientists have identified a new feathered dinosaur species dating back about 120 million years, providing the latest physical evidence to help unravel the evolutionary path of dinosaur flight, Qazinform News Agency reports, citing Xinhua. The recent study in Vertebrata Pal…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (122+ words) Qazinform Thailand unearths new giant dinosaur, among Southeast Asia's largest Scientists in Thailand have identified a new species of giant dinosaur that lived around 120 million years ago, marking a major breakthrough for palaeontology in Southeast Asia. Named Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (385+ words) Giant octopuses that lived between 100 million and 72 million years ago may have reached a total length of up to 19 meters, making them among the largest invertebrates known to science, and were likely apex ocean predators, according to new research led…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (196+ words) A scientific expedition in Kazakhstan's Mangistau region has uncovered fossilized shark teeth believed to date back 3040 million years, Qazinform News Agency reports. Swedish paleontologist Steffen Kiel joined a research expedition to Kazakhstan's Mangistau Region, where he worked alongside students from…...