Paleontology
Why Medium-Sized Dinosaurs Are Often Missing From the Fossil Record
Study suggests huge carnivores like T. rex may have occupied the ecological roles of medium-sized predators as juveniles
Climate Change May Have Aided Dinosaurs' Journey From South America to Greenland
A shift in CO2 levels millions of years ago made conditions on Earth milder, allowing herbivores, like sauropodomorphs, to migrate to Greenland
Oldest DNA Sequenced Yet Comes From Million-Year-Old Mammoths
Genetic material from three ancient molars reveals secrets of about how the Ice Age elephants evolved
Meet Massachusetts' Official State Dinosaur
The 'swift-footed lizard' won 60 percent of 35,000 total online votes
Newly Discovered Marine Reptile Sawed Prey With Serrated Teeth
Researchers say the new species of mosasaur had teeth unlike those of any known reptile
Four-Year-Old Lives Every Child's Dream and Discovers a Dinosaur Footprint
Found on a beach in Wales, the fossil is 220 million years old and shows the details of the muscles and joints in the reptile's foot
New Way to Study Magnetic Fossils Could Help Unearth Their Origins
Now that scientists can detect these fossils in geologic materials faster, they will be able to look for past evidence of the fossils more efficiently
How Dexterous Thumbs May Have Helped Shape Evolution Two Million Years Ago
Fossils and biochemical models show tool-wielding hominins used their hands like we do today
Enormous Prehistoric Marine Worms' Lair Discovered Along Sea Floor
Trace fossils suggest that sand strikers drilled these underground tunnels
Dinosaur Unearthed in Argentina Could Be Largest Land Animal Ever
The skeleton is still far from complete but paleontologists say what they've found suggests the dinosaur may be more than 120 feet long
Ancient Insect Genitals Found in 50-Million-Year-Old Fossil
A newly discovered assassin bug features a well-preserved phallus the size of a grain of rice
Dire Wolves Weren't Actually Wolves, DNA Analysis Reveals
Ancient DNA extracted from fossils shows the beast split off from Canis lupus and coyotes nearly 6 million years ago
Melting Russian Permafrost Yields New Woolly Rhino Specimen
Russian researchers say this may be the best-preserved woolly rhino ever found
Oldest-Ever Python Fossil Found in Europe
The 47-million-year-old snake pushes the evolutionary origins of the group back some 20 million years
A 57,000-Year-Old Mummified Wolf Pup Was Discovered Frozen in Yukon Permafrost
The specimen sheds light on how different gray wolf populations migrated through North America
The Top Ten Dinosaur Discoveries of 2020
Paleontologists uncovered a great deal about the “terrible lizards” this year
With a Mane and Strange Shoulder Rods, This New Dinosaur Was Quite a 'Little Show-Off'
The chicken-sized carnivore was found in Brazil and researchers say it may have been quite colorful
Amateur Fossil Hunter Discovers New 'Sea Dragon' Species on British Beach
Researchers think the new species may have been a deep diving specialist, due to its cavernous ribcage and enlarged eyes
Study Reveals Humble Origins of Flying Pterosaurs
Tiny, flightless reptiles called lagerpetids may have given rise to the largest flying animal ever to have lived on Earth
How Dinosaurs Thrived in the Snow
Discoveries made in the past decades help show how many species coped with cold temperatures near both poles
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