2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (545+ words) Sealed by ancient sands, this untouched Gibraltar cave offers a startling look at the final Neanderthals. The expedition successfully opened a 13-meter-deep chamber located at the back of the cave system. Upon entry, the researchers found a space that had…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (518+ words) Millions of years later, an ancient marine monster has revealed a hidden truth about its appearance, thanks to a rare skin fossil discovery A new study has revealed that a 183-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil featured both smooth and scaly skin. The…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (396+ words) Buried deep within one egg, scientists uncovered a rare internal feature that could rewrite what we know about how titanosaurs laid their clutches. The outer eggshell measured 2.6 millimeters, and the inner form measured about 2 millimeters. Both fit within known titanosaur…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (405+ words) T. rex might not have been the fast-growing predator we thought it was. A new study has turned everything we knew about this dinosaur's development upside down. For decades, scientists believed that Tyrannosaurus rex reached its full size by the age…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (574+ words) Meet Tanyka amnicola, an ancient salamander ancestor with a jaw so strange it's shaking up the history of evolution. Paleontologists uncovered the fossilized jawbone of a creature that once lived around 275 million years ago, Tanyka amnicola, a strange ancestor of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (442+ words) Hidden in the sands of Australia, 24 dinosaur tracks tell an incredible story of survival in a polar world. The 24 dinosaur tracks, dating back 120 to 128 million years, confirm that large theropod dinosaurs once roamed a polar environment, likely during the warmer…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (558+ words) A massive cluster of fossilized eggs has just been opened in China, revealing what was happening before one species ever took to the skies. More than 200 fossilized eggs belonging to the flying reptile Hamipterus tianshanensis have been unearthed in northwestern…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago  (497+ words) In the heart of China's fossil-rich region, paleontologists have stumbled upon an astonishing find: a new dinosaur species. A new dinosaur species, Darwinopterus camposi, has been discovered in the Middle Jurassic rocks of western Liaoning, China. The nearly complete skeleton,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (383+ words) The 190-million-year-old newly discovered ichthyosaur fossil, nicknamed the "Sword Dragon of Dorset," features a remarkably well-preserved skeleton. Its nearly complete remains have opened a window into a transformative period in prehistoric life when major species shifts were occurring in the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (520+ words) A fossil discovered decades ago in the Australian outback has resurfaced, and it's forcing scientists to take a second look. A new study has uncovered how strange amphibians that once lived in north-western Western Australia became early evolutionary success stories…...