Fossils
Busted and Broken Fossils Show How Dinosaurs Fought
From locking horns to biting each other in the face, this is how dinos of the same species battled
Fourteen Discoveries Made About Human Evolution in 2022
Smithsonian paleoanthropologists reveal the year’s most riveting findings about our close relatives and ancestors
This 120-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossil Had a Mammal Hiding in Its Stomach
The finding represents only the second recorded instance of a dinosaur consuming a mammal
Paleontologists May Have Solved the Mystery Behind a Prehistoric Reptile Graveyard
Ichthyosaur mothers likely migrated to the site to give birth
The Top Ten Dinosaur Discoveries of 2022
From scientists uncovering the first dinosaur built to swim to finding a new species that looked a lot like T. rex, these were the year's biggest stories
In Rare Find, Scientists Unearth Fossil of Large Marine Reptile With Both Head and Body
Skeletons of elasmosaurs are often found without their skull
This 122-Foot-Long Dinosaur Will Barely Fit in London's Natural History Museum
The replica titanosaur, based on fossils discovered in 2012, goes on view in March
Neanderthals Cooked Surprisingly Complex Meals
Charred food remnants provide insight into 70,000-year-old dietary practices
Why Frogs Survived the Asteroid That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs
Not too big, not too small—they were just the right size to live through Earth’s worst day
Christie's Calls Off T. Rex Auction Expected to Fetch $25 Million
The auction house cited a need for "further study" after experts noted similarities to another T. rex skeleton
Drought Reveals Rare American Lion Fossil in Dried-Up Mississippi River
Low water levels have also stranded barge traffic and threatened drinking water
Scientists Unearth a Prehistoric Marine Turtle the Size of a Car
Fragments of the creature's pelvis and shell were discovered in the Pyrenees
Researchers Find Living Clam Thought to Have Gone Extinct Thousands of Years Ago
While looking for sea slugs in California, a marine ecologist came across the tiny, ten-millimeter mollusks
T. Rex Skull Named Maximus Could Sell for $20 Million
The bones belonged to a dinosaur that lived some 76 million years ago
Scientists Find Plaster Copies of Fossil Destroyed by Nazis
Two casts of the first complete ichthyosaur skeleton ever unearthed were hidden in museum collections in Berlin and Connecticut
Just Like Us, Jurassic Mammals Cared for Their Young
Clues from bones reveal multituberculates looked after their offspring for lengthy periods during the Age of Dinosaurs
Giant Ostrich-Like Dinosaurs Once Roamed North America
Rare finds in Mississippi paint a picture of these creatures’ lost world
Alaska Couple Finds Massive Mammoth Bone After Storm
Typhoon Merbok’s flooding and winds revealed the complete femur, lying in the mud
Rare ‘Mummified Dinosaur’ Formed in an Unexpected Way
The prehistoric reptile's skin may have been preserved by scavengers, research suggests
The Ancestors of Flying Pterosaurs Were Sleek Reptiles That Ran on the Ground
High definition scans of a fossil reveal the form of an early pterosaur relative
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