1+ hour, 42+ min ago  (1132+ words) Paleontologists have long hailed Tyrannosaurus rex as king of the dinosaurs. Now, the name 'T rex' also belongs to a newly described extinct carnivore - a massive marine reptile with the scientific name Tylosaurus rex that a trio of researchers uncovered…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (692+ words) Jon Hawkhead sits in an outback shed with a small drill in hand as he meticulously works to remove tiny fragments of rock from a 100-million-year-old fossil. A vacuum sucks up each splinter of rock to painstakingly expose a skeleton…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago  (149+ words) Million-year-old fossils have been found in a cave near Waitomo'painting a picture of New Zealand wildlife in a period very little was known about. The fossils were found at a cave in Waitomo known as Moa Eggshell Cave, and among…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1022+ words) By Peter de Kruijff, ABC Swimming at a crawl with cloudy eyes and mottled skin, the Greenland shark looks like it's seen better days. The shark's eyes were thought to be barely functional, as it spends most of its time…...