A newly discovered crocodile relative from the Triassic had a beak, tiny arms, and walked…
Browsing: Fossils
Fossils are the preserved remains, traces, or imprints of ancient organisms that lived millions of years ago, offering a direct window into the history of life on Earth. Found in sedimentary rocks, fossils can include bones, shells, leaf imprints, footprints, and even soft tissues under rare conditions. They are key to understanding evolution, extinction events, and how ecosystems have changed over geological time. Paleontologists study fossils to reconstruct ancient environments and trace the lineage of modern species. Ongoing fossil discoveries continue to refine our understanding of life’s diversity and the dynamic processes that have shaped the planet over billions of years.
A newly identified prehistoric crocodile relative, Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa, was discovered alongside another croc species in…
Field notebooks from the late Richard Köhler allowed researchers to finally catalog a remarkable fossil…
A newly identified mosasaur from Texas suggests that some ancient marine predators were larger, more…
A newly named crocodile species from Ethiopia likely lived alongside Lucy’s species and dominated the…
A massive new dinosaur discovered in Thailand may have been one of the last giant…
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of true bug that has claws. Amber from…
Scientists discovered that some of Earth’s supposed earliest animal fossils were actually giant ancient microbes.…
Skin bones evolved multiple times in lizards, with goannas showing a rare case of lost…
The “world’s oldest octopus” was actually a 300-million-year-old fossil impostor hiding its secret in tiny…
A rare fossil fish scan reveals brain features and adaptations tied to the transition from…
Giant, intelligent octopuses may have once ruled the ancient seas. Modern octopuses are known for…
A newly discovered stegosaur skull from Spain is offering rare insight into the anatomy and…
A distorted dinosaur skull, once dismissed as unusable, became the focus of a detailed digital…
Bicharracosaurus dionidei, a newly discovered sauropod from Argentina, shows a mix of brachiosaurid and diplodocid…
Researchers have applied a temperature proxy to exceptionally well-preserved fossil phytoplankton for the first time.…
Discovery of a Lystrosaurus embryo inside an egg proves early mammal relatives laid eggs and…
A small fossil snake may hold outsized clues about snake evolution, behavior, and an ancient…