Scientists Identify a New Species of Giant Birdlike Dinosaur
The mystery of the world’s largest dinosaur eggs has been solved, paleontologists have identified the Baby Louie specimen as the embryo of a new species…
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Drepanosaurus – A Small Reptile with a Rearsome Finger
A newly published study confirms that Drepanosaurus, a prehistoric cross between a chameleon and an anteater, was a small reptile with a fearsome finger. The…
Researchers Discover 305 Million-Year-Old “Early Spider” Fossil
A team of scientists has discovered the fossil of a 305 million-year-old arachnid, revealing more about the early origins of modern-day spiders. The new species,…
Yale Biologists Solve the Mystery of the Tully Monster
A newly published study from Yale University reveals that the Tully Monster had gills and a notochord, which functioned as a rudimentary spinal cord. The…
Scientists Discover the Remains of Cold Weather Dinosaurs
Scientists from Florida State University and the University of Alaska Fairbanks have uncovered a new species of duck-billed dinosaur, a 30-footlong herbivore that endured months…
Pre-Reptile Bunostegos Akokanensisear – Earliest Known Creature to Walk Upright on All Fours
According to a new study from Brown University, the pre-reptile Bunostegos akokanensis the oldest known creature to have walked upright on all fours, roaming the…
Turtles Share a Recent Common Ancestor with Birds and Crocodiles
New fossil evidence reveals that turtles share a recent common ancestor with birds and crocodiles. There’s a twist in the turtle timeline. Thanks to new…
Pentecopterus – A Giant Sea Scorpion from the Prehistoric Seas
Geologists discovered the fossils of Pentecopterus in a meteorite crater by the Upper Iowa River in northeastern Iowa. You don’t name a sea creature after…
New Research: Abrupt Climate Warming Killed Mammoths
A newly published study from the University of Adelaide and the University of New South Wales reveals that abrupt climate change caused massive changes to…
Scientists Discover Four-Legged Snake Fossil
Researchers from the University of Portsmouth have discovered a fossil of a snake that had four legs, helping to reveal how snakes made the transition…
Zhenyuanlong Suni – The Newly Discovered Feathered Cousin of the Velociraptor
Paleontologists working in China unearthed the fossil remains of one of the closest cousins of Velociraptor, but it looks just like a bird. This newly…
New Horned Dinosaur Species – Wendiceratops Pinhornensis
Researchers discover a new species of horned dinosaur, Wendiceratops pinhornensis. Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology Dr. Michael Ryan co-led the discovery of a striking new species…
New Species of Horned Dinosaur – Regaliceratops Peterhewsi
A newly published study details the discovery of a new species of horned dinosaur, Regaliceratops peterhewsi. About 10 years ago, Peter Hews stumbled across some…
Scientists Replicate the Molecular Processes That Led from Dinosaur Snouts to Bird Beaks
Researchers have conducted the first successful reversion of a bird’s skull features, replicating ancestral molecular development to transform chicken embryos in a laboratory into specimens…
Paleontologists Discover Bizarre ‘Platypus’ Dinosaur
A team of scientists have unearthed fossils of a strange dinosaur in southern Chile. Named Chilesaurus diegosuarezi, this dinosaur featured a bizarre combination of traits….
A New Birth Story for Gigantic Marine Lizards That Once Roamed the Oceans
Paleontologists now believe that mosasaurs gave birth to their young in the open ocean, not on or near shore. They weren’t in the delivery room,…
Carnufex Carolinensis – North America’s Top Predator Before Dinosaurs?
New research from North Carolina State University shows that a 9-foot long crocodile ancestor may have been North America’s top predator before the dinosaurs arrived….
Aegirocassis Benmoulae Hints at Early Arthropod Evolution
Newly discovered fossils of an extinct sea creature named Aegirocassis benmoulae provide key evidence about the early evolution of arthropods. A presentation by Dr. Peter…