5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (601+ words) A research team at Yunnan University has resolved a longstanding mystery regarding Earth's earliest vertebrates, revealing that primitive fish from the Cambrian Period likely possessed four high-functioning, "camera-type" eyes. The study, published in the journal Nature, focuses on myllokunmingids " tiny,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (251+ words) A rare dinosaur fossil, a tail bone from a long-necked, plant-eating titanosaur, has finally been identified decades after its initial discovery, having been tucked away in a drawer. The species of the dinosaur remains unknown. The bone was first unearthed…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (337+ words) Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica, tucked away for decades in a drawer. The bone comes from the tail of a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur called a titanosaur. Scientists haven't yet identified the species it belongs to....

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (92+ words) A giant megalodon fossil, lost since the 1980s, has been rediscovered, leading to new information about the ancient shark's size and lifestyle. - The vertebral bone, originally unearthed in Denmark in the late 1970s, was misplaced from the Geological Museum of Copenhagen before…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (443+ words) Fossil megalodon may have preyed on basking shark The rediscovery of a giant megalodon fossil, long-lost since the 1980s, has led to new information about the giant shark's lifestyle, including that they reached up to 80ft in length. Researchers assessed a once-lost…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (358+ words) The human chin has long been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose The human body is a machine whose many parts " from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain " have been…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (647+ words) A handbag made out of material fragments derived from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils has gone up for auction in Paris. Auctioneers Giquello had expected the "one-of-a-kind" piece to sell for more than $500, 000 (374, 500) on Thursday (11 June), however, bids failed to break the…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (619+ words) Jian was likely covered in feathers and capable of living on ground and in trees A newly discovered relative of the famed Velociraptor that stalked the ancient lakeside ecosystems of northwestern China about 120 million years ago had a particular fondness…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (619+ words) Jian was likely covered in feathers and capable of living on ground and in trees A newly discovered relative of the famed Velociraptor that stalked the ancient lakeside ecosystems of northwestern China about 120 million years ago had a particular fondness…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (565+ words) Despite its name, the cave lion, or Panthera spelaea, did not actually inhabit caves One of the largest felines to ever roam the Earth, the formidable cave lion once dominated a vast territory stretching from Western Europe across Siberia and…...