Scientists Reveal a New Species of Dinosaur
New research describes the newly discovered species of bone-headed dinosaur, named Acrotholus audeti, which lived about 85 million years ago. Scientists have named a new…
New research describes the newly discovered species of bone-headed dinosaur, named Acrotholus audeti, which lived about 85 million years ago. Scientists have named a new…
An international team of researchers used ancient DNA to reconstruct the first high-resolution genetic record of modern European lineages through time, observing both human DNA…
An international team of scientists excavated and analyzed over 200 bones from dinosaurs at different stages of embryonic development from a 190-million-year-old dinosaur bonebed, revealing…
By using elevated pressures and temperatures to simulate the effects of burial on structurally colored cuticles of modern beetles, researchers at Yale University show how…
Researchers from Ohio State University have discovered the oldest example of biomarkers found inside a particular complete fossil. Columbus, Ohio—Though scientists have long believed that…
A newly published study from the University of Adelaide shows that calcified dental plaque (dental calculus) found on ancient teeth from 34 early European skeletons…
A nearly 400,000 year old human fossil discovered in a Serbian cave is helping scientists shed new light on human evolution. A fossil fragment of…
Paleontologists have discovered the fossilized bones of a 68 million year old flying reptile, Eurazhdarcho langendorfensis, in the Transylvanian Basin of Romania. A new kind…
Findings related to the newly discovered ‘bird-dinosaur’ Eosinopteryx suggest that the origin of flight was much more complex than previously thought. The discovery of a…
Researchers have discovered an 8.6-meter (28-foot) long reptile with a massive skull and sharp teeth that lived 244 million years ago, during the Triassic Period….
A new study indicates that a group of bipedal dinosaurs, known as oviraptors, shook their feather-adorned tails to gain attention during their courtship rituals. The…
Entombed within the 9- to 10-million-year-old rocks at Cerro de los Batallones in Spain’s Madrid Basin are at least nine different assemblages of large fossil…
Soft tissues, like skin and feathers, aren’t usually part of the fossil record, but a new technique has found a way to bring some of…
Megapiranha is an extinct genus of serrasalmid characin fish that lived 8 to 10 million years ago, in the Late Miocene. It’s estimated to have…
A new species of mosasaur was discovered in Hungry, providing the first evidence that mosasaurs lived in both freshwater and marine environments. The scientists published…
A new study shows that fossils that have been regarded as ancient sea creatures may have actually been land-dwelling lichen, suggesting life on land began…
Paleontologists think that they may have identified the earliest known dinosaur, which was no bigger than a Labrador retriever and lived 243 million years ago,…
500 years ago, Leonardo da Vinci briefly worked on fossils, inadvertently triggering a mystery that remains yet unsolved. A page of Leonardo’s Paris Manuscript I…