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Fossil of mosasaur with bizarre ‘screwdriver teeth’ found in Morocco

PALEONTOLOGY
Scientists have discovered a new species of mosasaur, a sea-dwelling lizard from the age of the dinosaurs, with strange, ridged teeth unlike those of...

A fossil fruit from California shows ancestors of coffee and potatoes survived cataclysm that killed the dinosaurs

PALEONTOLOGY
The discovery of an 80-million-year-old fossil plant pushes back the known origins of lamiids to the Cretaceous, extending the record of nearly 40,000 species...

Mistaken fossil rewrites history of Indian subcontinent for second time

EARTH
In 2020, amid the first pandemic lockdowns, a scientific conference scheduled to take place in India never happened. But a group of geologists who were...

Earth’s oldest known environmental clean-up was 400 million years ago, finds fossil analysis

EARTH
Analysis of world-renowned plant fossils in north-east Scotland has revealed the oldest evidence for environmental clean-up on Earth, over 400 million years ago. The discovery...

525-million-year-old fossil defies textbook explanation for brain evolution

PALEONTOLOGY
Fossils of a tiny sea creature that died more than half a billion years ago may compel a science textbook rewrite of how brains...

New fossil galaxy discovery could answer important questions about the history of the universe

ASTRONOMY
A new fossil galaxy, which was uncovered via a systematic visual search of legacy survey images using the Mayall 4-meter telescope, led by Dr....

Bizarre meat-eating dinosaur found in classic fossil site in Egypt’s Sahara desert

PALEONTOLOGY
An Egyptian-American team of researchers has announced the discovery of a new kind of large-bodied meat-eating dinosaur, or theropod, from a celebrated fossil site...

Strange fossil solves giraffe evolutionary mystery

PALEONTOLOGY
Fossils of a strange early giraffoid have revealed the key driving forces in giraffe evolution, according to a study led by researchers from the...

Fossil fuel formation: Key to atmosphere’s oxygen?

EARTH
For the development of animals, nothing — with the exception of DNA — may be more important than oxygen in the atmosphere. Oxygen enables the...

A 520 million year old, five-eyed fossil reveals arthropod origin

EARTH
Arthropods have been among the most successful animals on Earth since the Cambrian Period, about 520 million years ago. They are the most familiar...

New fossil from Brazil hints at the origins of the mysterious tanystropheid reptiles

Uncategorized
A new species of Triassic reptile from Brazil is a close cousin of a mysterious group called tanystropheids, according to a study published April...
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