3+ hour, 21+ min ago   (675+ words) A dinosaur statue stands guard outside a temple, a hint at the ancient giants buried deep in the earth below making up northeastern Thailand's "dinosaur rush". Researchers have found a trove of dinosaur fossils across the region, which holds the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (237+ words) A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton nicknamed "Gus" sold Tuesday for $50.1 million at Sotheby's in New York, making it the most valuable dinosaur fossil bought at auction after a 10-minute battle between seven bidders. "Gus" is one of the world's most complete…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (477+ words) 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 700,000 years old,…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (228+ words) Alabama’s state amphibian just got a whole lot comfier in its native habitat. The Red Hills salamander (Phaeognathus hubrichti) is one of the rarest of its species in the U.S. It’s found only in six counties throughout the state, and…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (216+ words) “Lucy’s Hunter” was a massive crocodile that lived alongside early human ancestors in ancient Ethiopia. The predator likely ambushed animals, including early hominins, at rivers and lakes. Fossils revealed unique features that identified it as a new species. The discovery…...

9+ mon, 6+ day ago   (626+ words) Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient human relative who lived alongside the species of the famous Lucy, scientists said Wednesday. The discovery is the latest twist in the…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (408+ words) Apple TV shared a new trailer for its natural history series Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age "This is the Ice Age, like we've never seen it before," narrator Tom Hiddleston says in the video Apple TV is taking viewers back in…...