3+ hour, 39+ min ago  (593+ words) "The snake is realigning the jaw bones since the lower jaw is two separate pieces "" A clip of an anaconda readjusting its mouth after a meal is giving viewers equal parts science lesson and nightmare fuel." What starts as an…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (467+ words) "It's a case of 'use it or lose it.'" Tyrannosaurus rex's famously tiny arms may not have been an awkward evolutionary leftover after all. A new study suggests their arms shrank as giant predators increasingly relied on huge skulls and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (441+ words) "Our dinosaur is big by most people's standards." A newly named dinosaur from Thailand is generating major excitement after researchers announced that the giant plant-eater may be the largest dinosaur ever discovered in Southeast Asia. The dinosaur, Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, is…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (506+ words) "One of the youngest finds of this ichthyosaur genus to date." A newly discovered fossil may provide researchers with fresh insight into the ecology of the Jurassic Sea. According to The Independent, the ichthyosaur fossil, from the genus Temnodontosaurus, was…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago  (440+ words) "It challenges the common view of an 'age of vertebrates' in marine ecosystems." A study has posed the possibility that 60-foot-long octopuses were apex predators of the sea between 72 million and 100 million years ago." National Geographic broke down the research,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (342+ words) The two creatures are a prime example of convergent evolution. The discovery of the battered remains of a 180-million-year-old dolphin-like sea creature has changed what scientists previously thought about the prehistoric predator." Unearthed at the Mistelgau clay pit in northern…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (339+ words) They still face serious threats. Critically endangered leatherback turtles are once again building nests along Nicaragua's Pacific shoreline after a prolonged absence. According to Fauna & Flora, these prehistoric sea turtles trace their origins back to the dinosaur era, but their…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (269+ words) Researchers collected a tissue sample for genetic analysis to help determine its biological classification. One long-tailed lizard is making an appearance after more than 50 years since its last sighting." Like many lizards, the sandveld's blue tail is a defense mechanism…...