PALEONTOLOGY

These Canadian rocks may be the oldest on Earth

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt has long been...

A new look at Colorado’s Dinosaur Ridge reveals what may be the largest known dinosaur mating dance arena

A team of paleontologists and researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has discovered what may be the largest known dinosaur mating dance...

New species of ‘mystery’ dinosaur unveiled at the Natural History Museum

A small dinosaur that once dashed along North American riverbanks has found a new home in London. The new species, named Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, is...

A chance discovery of a 350 million-year-old fossil reveals a new type of ray-finned fish

In 2015, two members of the Blue Beach Fossil Museum in Nova Scotia found a long, curved fossil jaw, bristling with teeth. Sonja Wood,...

Big possum that lived 60 million years ago unearthed in Texas

They say everything's bigger in Texas. And that appears to be true, at least in the case of a group of ancient near-marsupials scientists...

The first ancient flying reptiles were winners of increasing Triassic humid environments

Pterosaurs, which dominated the skies of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, first evolved to take to the air in warm and humid conditions...

Bolg amondol: New monstersaur reveals complex evolutionary history of giant Gila monster relatives

A newly discovered, raccoon-sized armored monstersaurian from the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Southern Utah, United States, reveals a surprising diversity of large lizards...

Earliest evidence of humans in the Americas confirmed

Vance Holliday jumped at the invitation to go do geology at New Mexico's White Sands. The landscape, just west of Alamogordo, looks surreal—endless, rolling...

Ancient termite poo reveals 120 million-year-old secrets of Australia’s polar forests

Imagine a lush forest with tree-ferns, their trunks capped by ribbon-like fronds. Conifers tower overhead, bearing triangular leaves almost sharp enough to pierce skin....

Fossil discovery reveals giant ancient salamander

A giant, strong-jawed salamander once tunneled through ancient Tennessee soil. And thanks to a fossil unearthed near East Tennessee State University, scientists now better...

Oldest known dinosaur bone infection found in 220-million-year-old Plateosaurus

The dinosaur that welcomes visitors to the Natural History Museum harbors a fascinating history. Researchers have identified a severe bone infection in the dinosaur,...

What dinosaur fossils could teach us about cancer

When you think of dinosaurs, you might imagine towering predators or gentle giants roaming prehistoric landscapes. But what if these ancient creatures could teach...

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