Author: contact.geology

Ancient caiman may have preyed on another apex predator—the giant ‘terror bird’

The La Venta fossil site in Colombia is home to a rich fossil record, yielding a particularly diverse set of vertebrate fossil assemblages. The...

Fossil once thought a caterpillar is now the oldest known nonmarine lobopodian

In a twist worthy of a detective novel, a long-misidentified fossil at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) has emerged as a key discovery...

Fossilized nervous system points to ocean origins for spiders and relatives

A new analysis of an exquisitely preserved fossil that lived half a billion years ago suggests that arachnids—spiders and their close kin—evolved in the...

The Pacific island nation that wants to mine the ocean floor

A 1,000-tonne ship is exploring the far-flung South Pacific for riches buried beneath the waves, spearheading efforts to dredge the tropical waters for industrial...

Seismic study reveals hidden megathrust earthquake risk off British Columbia

A new study published in Science Advances has revealed the first detailed images of a newly developing subduction zone off the coast of British Columbia's Haida Gwaii archipelago. The...

What dinosaur teeth reveal about life 150 million years ago

What did long-necked dinosaurs eat—and where did they roam to satisfy their hunger? A team of researchers has reconstructed the feeding behavior of sauropods...

Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state. Here is why Wednesday’s earthquake was notable

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last...

The first dinosaurs might have been bigger than expected

An ancient leg bone uncovered in Africa might provide a step forward in understanding how dinosaurs and their close relatives evolved. The 225-million-year-old fossil adds to growing...

Machine learning uncovers 10 times more earthquakes in Yellowstone caldera

Yellowstone, a popular tourist destination and namesake of an equally popular TV show, was the first-ever national park in the United States. And bubbling...

Myanmar earthquake’s fault rupture exceeded seismic wave speeds, offering rare evidence of supershear

The first studies of the 28 March 2025 magnitude 7.8 Myanmar earthquake suggest that the southern portion of its rupture occurred at supershear velocity,...

Dead Sea’s salt giants reveal how massive salt deposits form over time

The Dead Sea is a confluence of extraordinary conditions: the lowest point on Earth's surface, with one of the world's highest salinities. The high...

Japan’s first western ichthyosaur discovered during educational museum event

A vertebrate fossil discovered in a rock from the Late Triassic period (approximately 220 million years ago) in Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, has been...

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