Haast’s Eagle Was Big & Strong Enough to Prey on Humans
The strongest and biggest bird of prey that ever existed was the Haast’s Eagle (Harpagornis moorei) of New Zealand, and it became extinct around the…
The strongest and biggest bird of prey that ever existed was the Haast’s Eagle (Harpagornis moorei) of New Zealand, and it became extinct around the…
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…
The fossil record gives clues about how limbs grew from fish fins in a series of stages, but scientists are still trying to fill in…
A team of scientists from Princeton University and the University of Bristol, UK, have discovered traces of dairy fat in ancient ceramic fragments, indicating that…
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,…
Cocoons form to protect eggs and larvae, but they can also help preserve fossils for hundreds of millions of years. This 25-micrometer-long protozoan was trapped…
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…
Scientists in Canada have named a newly found horned dinosaur (ceratopsian) and it’s called Xenoceratops foremostensis. It was identified from fossils originally collected in 1958…
The extinct genus Smilodon encompasses three species, and they are part of North American’s vanished megafauna. While the carnivore broadly resembles other Felidae, its fangs…
Tyrannosaurus rex bite marks have been found on the fossilized bones of Triceratops horridus, but so far such fossils have been studied in an isolated…
It’s always been contentious when primates started climbing trees. The discovery of some new ankle bones is now making it look like primates have always…
20 years ago, Mary Schweitzer discovered that she spotted the effects of what could only be described as a red blood cell in a slice…
Pachycephalosaurids had domed heads with thick, bony protuberances, which paleontologists hypothesized the dinosaurs used in courtship behavior, perhaps to determine which male would be allowed…
Back in 2009, researchers had become quite excited about Predator X, an immense, big-headed marine reptile that was supposed to have a bite four times…
A new study of fossils in New Zealand has discovered that cloning dinosaurs or organisms that have been extinct for millions of years is highly…
A Cretaceous period juvenile spider was trapped in amber before it could devour a male wasp caught in its web. This is the first time…
Paleontologists have discovered that horseshoe crabs haven’t had an entirely static evolutionary history. A new fossil has helped elucidate the mystery of the horseshoe crabs,…
Pegomastax africanus is a new species of plant-eating dinosaur with tiny, 1-inch-long (2.5-centimeter-long) jaws, which was discovered in South Africa. It thrived during the Lower…