5+ hour, 48+ min ago  (622+ words) The discovery of Lucy, a fossil approximately 3. 2 million years old found in 1974 in the Hadar region of Ethiopia, changed paleoanthropology by revealing that human ancestors were already walking bipedally before the significant increase in brain size in the human lineage....

11+ hour, 31+ min ago  (1093+ words) The skeleton of the Nagatitan was reconstructed based on comparing the recovered bones (in yellow) with those of similar dinosaurs. (Supplied: Thitiwoot Sethapanichsakul) A collection of bones discovered next to a pond in Thailand are the remains of the largest…...

7+ hour, 31+ min ago  (124+ words) 23 May 2026 13: 15 A book borrowed nearly 43 years ago has been returned to a library. It was so overdue that it is no longer registered in its system. The book was returned to Rye Library, in Sussex, England, during an annual amnesty,…...

15+ hour, 10+ min ago  (1024+ words) For three billion years, if you'd looked at life on Earth, you'd have seen nothing." Not nothing in the sense of empty space " the oceans were full " but nothing visible, nothing that moved, nothing with a body. Just microbes, everywhere,…...

16+ hour, 50+ min ago  (800+ words) Back in 2010, researchers spotted a whale skeleton resting 4, 200 feet below the surface off Vancouver Island. The bones were already colonized, and the soft tissue was long gone. The experts estimated that the carcass would likely vanish within a decade. That…...

14+ hour, 11+ min ago  (1334+ words) Chris is the co-founder of 'Animals Around The Globe' and a fervent wildlife enthusiast with extensive travels across diverse ecosystems worldwide. From exploring the marine wonders in the Azores and witnessing the vast savannas of Kenya, to delving deep into…...

12+ hour, 30+ min ago  (446+ words) Track solar activity, geomagnetic conditions, radiation storms, and near-Earth space weather signals in one place. Ways to support Watchers, receive updates, send event reports, and reach the editorial team. Support our monitoring and reporting work. Get curated updates on global…...

14+ hour, 23+ min ago  (1767+ words) A team of paleontologists that analyzed a 54-million-year-old fossilized chunk of owl vomit have learned that owls, famous for being nocturnal hunters, didn't use to be. Owls ate lizards during the day, not rodents at night as they do now....

17+ hour, 1+ min ago  (370+ words) A newly discovered 83-million-year-old crocodile lizard fossil in France rewrites the history of pan-shinisaur lizards in Europe and links to a critically endangered modern species. Paleontologists unearthed the fossilized upper jaw of a lizard near Villeveyrac in the H'rault region…...

14+ hour, 46+ min ago  (631+ words) More than 3 million years ago, early human relatives were not alone in ancient Africa. Researchers have identified a formidable crocodile fossil that may change how we picture one of the defining periods of human evolution. A newly identified crocodile species…...