1+ hour, 23+ min ago  (304+ words) A strange octopus species found on the ocean floor can comfortably fit in the palm of your hand. The tiny bright-blue octopus, named Microeledone galapagensis, is a golf ball-sized creature that was found living nearly 5, 800 feet deep near the Galapagos…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (712+ words) Scientists may have finally solved the riddle of Tyrannosaurus rex's small arms, which have always stood out as the oddest feature in the mightiest of dinosaurs, prompting jokes and a century-plus debate on their purpose and evolutionary history. At about…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (666+ words) The discovery of some bones at the edge of a pond in Thailand a decade ago has led to the identification of a new type of dinosaur, with a massive size, long neck and tail, and a plant diet. Named…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (639+ words) A fossilized skull and jawbones found in Niger belonged to a creature that had a large, bony crest atop its head and lived some 95 million years ago. Named Spinosaurus mirabilis, it is the first species of Spinosaurus to be identified…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (622+ words) Tyrannosaurus rex lived longer and took more time to reach its maximum size than previously thought, according to a new study. Scientists have long counted annual growth rings in fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex leg bones to calculate both their age at…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (576+ words) Legend once had it that the huge, three-toed footprints scattered across the central highlands of Bolivia came from supernaturally strong monsters " capable of sinking their claws even into solid stone. Then scientists came here in the 1960s and dispelled children's fears,…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (999+ words) Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3. 4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in 2009. The fossils, along with others unearthed more recently, have now been linked to a little-known species that was a contemporary…...

6+ mon, 3+ day ago  (157+ words) Harry Maisch, a paleontologist at Florida Gulf Coast University, has made a groundbreaking discovery: several shark and ray species in fossil form, never before recorded in Florida. Just off Venice's coast, beneath the Gulf waters, fossils of ancient creatures lie…...

7+ mon, 3+ day ago  (687+ words) In the badlands of eastern Wyoming, the Lance Formation is a trove of prehistoric fossils. And one area in particular " a region less than 10 kilometers (6 miles) across " has provided scientists with at least half a dozen remarkably well-preserved dinosaur specimens…...

7+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1039+ words) A site in the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico is providing a rare glimpse into the last days of the dinosaurs. Rocks and fossils at the Naashoibito Member site show an ecosystem that was filled with a diverse…...