PALEONTOLOGY

Ancient giant dolphin discovered in the Amazon

Paleontologists from the University of Zurich have announced the discovery of a new species of freshwater dolphin in the Peruvian Amazon region. Surprisingly, its...

Elephant calves have been found buried. What does that mean?

The myth of elephant graveyards has pervaded popular culture, and recent observations of buried Asian elephant calves may finally give that legend some credence. In...

Tanks of the triassic: New crocodile ancestor identified

Dinosaurs get all the glory. But aetosaurs, a heavily armored cousin of modern crocodiles, ruled the world before dinosaurs did. These tanks of the...

Researchers present the world’s oldest long-necked marine reptile

An international team of scientists led by Dr. Stephan Spiekman, Dr. Eudald Mujal and Prof. Dr. Rainer Schoch, paleontologists at the State Museum of...

‘Frozen behaviors’ in amber fossils: How to reconstruct mating behavior of long-extinct termites

Approximately 38 million years ago two termites were in the middle of courtship behavior when they got entrapped by tree resin and preserved in...

Earth’s earliest forest revealed in Somerset fossils

Scientists have discovered remnants of the Earth's oldest fossil forest on the north coast of Devon and Somerset in the U.K. The trees, which...

Fossils of giant sea lizard with dagger-like teeth show how our oceans have fundamentally changed since the dinosaur era

Paleontologists have discovered a strange new species of marine lizard with dagger-like teeth that lived near the end of the age of dinosaurs. Their...

One of the best fossil eyes on the planet

About 11 to 16 million years ago, in the middle of the Miocene period, more than 100 caddisflies met their end in a lake. Over...

Titanosaurs were the biggest land animals Earth’s ever seen, combining reptile and mammal traits

You're probably familiar with classic sauropod dinosaurs—the four-legged herbivores famous for their long necks and tails. Animals such as Brachiosaurus, Apatosaurus and Diplodocus have...

New analysis uncovers major issues with earlier suggestions that Spinosaurus pursued prey underwater

For years, controversy has swirled around how a Cretaceous-era, sail-backed dinosaur—the giant Spinosaurus aegyptiacus—hunted its prey. Spinosaurus was among the largest predators ever to...

Findings in Australia unveil fossil trove of Cambrian mollusks

A team of researchers led by Alexander Pohle has unveiled a treasure trove of ancient fossils from Queensland, Australia's Black Mountain. The findings, published...

New species of ancient vampire squid unearthed in Luxembourg

A trio of paleontologists in Germany has found a fossilized vampire squid that they dated to 183 million years ago. In their paper published...

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