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Digging up new species of Australia and New Guinea’s giant fossil kangaroos

Paleontologists from Flinders University have described three unusual new species of giant fossil kangaroo from Australia and New Guinea, finding them more diverse in...

New fossil dolphin identified

University of Otago researchers have formally identified and named a fossil dolphin which they discovered has a unique feeding method. A paper published in the Journal of the...

Early dinosaurs grew up fast, but fossil analysis suggests they weren’t the only ones

The earliest dinosaurs had rapid growth rates, but so did many of the other animals living alongside them, according to a study published in...

Research uncovers a rare resin fossil find: A spider that aspires to be an ant

Arachnophobia can make humans flee at the sight of a brown recluse, black widow or even a daddy long legs, but animal predators of...

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...

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...

Rare 3D fossils show that some early trees had forms unlike any you’ve ever seen

"We all have a mental concept of what a tree looks like, depending on where we live on the planet, and we have a...

New fossil site of worldwide importance uncovered in southern France

Paleontology enthusiasts have unearthed one of the world's richest and most diverse fossil sites from the Lower Ordovician period (around 470 million years ago)....

New fossil site of worldwide importance uncovered in southern France

Paleontology enthusiasts have unearthed one of the world's richest and most diverse fossil sites from the Lower Ordovician period (around 470 million years ago)....

New species of 65 million year old fossil shark discovered in Alabama

A team of scientists has discovered a new fossil shark species from Alabama. The shark is a new species of Palaeohypotodus, which means "ancient...

Inner ear of 6-million-year-old ape fossil reveals clues about the evolution of human movement

Humans and our closest relatives, living apes, display a remarkable diversity of types of locomotion—from walking upright on two legs to climbing in trees...

Paleontologist discovers rare soft tissue in fossil of crab

Most animals and plants never fossilize. For those that do, it's usually only hard parts such as bones and shells that preserve. However, in...

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