Paleontology
Fossil Footprints Suggest Ancient Crocodile Walked on Two Legs
The lumbering crocodylomorph lived during the early Cretaceous period, about 106 million years ago
Prehistoric Great White Shark Nursery Discovered in Chile
Young sharks grew up here millions of years ago, scientists say
Exquisitely Preserved 'Mona Lisa' of Dinosaur Fossils Reveals Prehistoric Creature's Last Meal
Fossil plant matter found in the gut of the exquisitely preserved herbivore reveals its diet and even the season of its death
Why the Jurassic Coast Is One of the Best Fossil-Collecting Sites on Earth
Along a famed stretch of English coastline, amateurs and professionals collect 200-million-year-old treasures before they are reclaimed by the waves
Carnivorous Dinosaurs Like Allosaurus Were Cannibals
Tooth-marked bones show that huge flesh-eaters had no qualms about chomping their own kind when times got tough
Rare 'Light-Footed' Dinosaur Discovered in Australia for the First Time
A single vertebra spotted by a dig volunteer was identified as a strange, slender-necked dinosaur called an elaphrosaur
Groundbreaking Fossil Suggests Spinosaurus Is First Known Swimming Dinosaur
Its paddle-like tail, unearthed in Morocco, suggests the Cretaceous carnivore ventured into the water to hunt
After the Dinosaur-Killing Impact, Soot Played a Remarkable Role in Extinction
The famous impact 66 million years ago kicked up soot into the atmosphere that played an even bigger role in blocking sunlight than experts had realized
Neanderthals Really Liked Seafood
A rare cache of aquatic animal remains suggests that like early humans, Neanderthals were exploiting marine resources
Why It’s So Difficult to Find Earth’s Earliest Life
Debate over Earth’s oldest fossils fuels the search for our deepest origins
New Feathered Carnivorous Dinosaur Found in New Mexico
Dineobellator was a formidable predator and boasts the battle scars to prove it.
At 67 Million Years Old, Oldest Modern Bird Ever Found Is Natural 'Turducken'
Remarkable fossil hints at the traits birds evolved just before an asteroid wiped their nonavian dinosaur kin
215-Million-Year-Old, Sharp-Nosed Sea Creature Was Among the Last of Its Kind
Researchers gave the marine reptile the genus name <u>G</u>unakadeit in honor of a sea monster from Tlingit oral history
Oldest Known Cave-Dwellers Are 99-Million-Year-Old Cockroaches
The pale-bodied pests belong to a family that’s still around today
Newly Discovered Tyrannosaur Was Key to the Rise of Giant Meat-Eaters
A partial skull found in Alberta helps put a timer on when the 'tyrant lizards' got big
Pterosaur Tooth Found in Rare Ancient Squid Fossil
A tooth embedded in prehistoric cephalopod offers a glimpse into predator-prey interactions from 150 million years ago
Newly Described Meat-Eating Dinosaur Dominated During the Jurassic Period
The new species is the oldest Allosaurus described yet and was a top predator of its time
World’s Oldest Scorpions May Have Moved From Sea to Land 437 Million Years Ago
A pair of pristinely preserved fossils suggest scorpions have looked mostly the same since they first crawled onto land
Why This 18th-Century Naturalist Believed He’d Discovered an Eyewitness to the Biblical Flood
Smithsonian paleontologist Hans Sues recounts a colossal tale of mistaken identity
Teenage T. Rex Fossils Reveal Haphazard Growth Spurts
A new study reaffirms that two debated dinosaur fossils named Jane and Petey weren’t a separate species
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