2+ hour, 48+ min ago   (657+ words) A piece of fossilised dinosaur poo contains one of the best-preserved feathers from the dinosaur age. A palaeontologist found the feather by chance while looking for fish fossils. Lead author Jingmai O'Connor, associate curator of fossil reptiles at the Field…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1155+ words) Floating on a small pontoon boat in Lake Kariba, an international team of scientists found themselves performing a nerve-jangling balancing act; tracking down Zimbabwe's prehistoric animals while actively avoiding becoming the latest meal for more modern species. Yet the thousands…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (675+ words) A prehistoric "crime scene" involving a marine reptile eating one of its flying cousins before being killed by the "T-rex of the ocean" has been uncovered in outback Queensland. The 100-million-year-old bones of an ichthyosaur, pterosaur and kronosaurus were discovered…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (974+ words) "Sam Neill’s performance shaped the trajectory of my life." The sudden death of actor Sam Neill prompted tributes from colleagues and fans worldwide. But the news also resonated strongly with many palaeontologists, for whom Neill’s character in Jurassic Park, Dr…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1794+ words) Before he became the namesake of one of the largest predators that ever lived - or made it into the footnotes of an auction catalogue - the late Gary "Gus" Licking, a cattle rancher in South Dakota, had always suspected his land…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1128+ 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…...

7+ mon, 7+ hour 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…...

7+ mon, 2+ week 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…...

8+ mon, 21+ hour 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…...