237-Million-Year-Old Fossils Reveal First Fully Marine Amphibian
Two remarkably preserved skeletons from China reveal an armored amphibian that lived permanently in the ocean 237 million years ago. The discovery challenges a long-standing…
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Single Vertebra Reveals New Long-Necked Dinosaur in Thailand
A fossilized backbone found in northeastern Thailand has led palaeontologists to identify a previously unknown species of long-necked dinosaur. Named Uragasaurus kalasinensis, the plant-eating dinosaur…
11-Year-Old Discovers 48-Million-Year-Old Turtle Fossil on Public Lands in Wyoming
It looked like an ordinary stone. But in the vast, wind-swept terrain of southwestern Wyoming, an 11-year-old boy paused — and changed the story of…
AI App Learns to Read Dinosaur Footprints—Without Knowing Their Names
At first glance, a fossilized dinosaur footprint looks deceptively simple. Three toes. A heel mark. But for paleontologists, identifying which dinosaur made which track has…
340-Million-Year-Old Sea Creatures Discovered Inside a Stone Wall in England
What began as routine countryside work turned into a window onto a vanished ocean. An Unexpected Find in the Peak District Rangers working for the…
Mummified Cheetahs Found in Saudi Arabian Caves Reveal a Lost Predator Landscape
Deep beneath the desert plateaus of northern Saudi Arabia, scientists have uncovered a discovery that feels almost implausible at first glance: naturally mummified cheetahs, preserved…
Europe’s Oldest Mule Found in Catalonia Rewrites the Timeline of Phoenician Influence
Early Iron Age hybrid uncovered in the Penedès region suggests equid crossbreeding knowledge reached Europe centuries earlier than believed When archaeologists opened a small Iron…
A New Miocene Turtle Named Shakiremys colombiana Reveals a Surprising Evolutionary Link in Northern South America
A newly described fossil turtle from central Colombia is reshaping what scientists know about the evolutionary pathways of South America’s freshwater turtles. The species, now…
Long Before Zeus and Leda: Natufians Crafted a 12,000-Year-Old Scene of a Goose Mating With a Woman
The famous myth of Zeus seducing Leda may dominate classical imagination, but the idea of human–bird unions turns out to be far older — and…
“Sword Dragon” Unearthed on England’s Jurassic Coast — New Ichthyosaur Species Rewrites 190 Million Years of Ocean History
A near-complete marine reptile discovered on England’s famous Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new species of ichthyosaur, a dolphin-shaped predator that once dominated…
First-Ever Pterosaur Fossil Found in Syria Belonged to a 10-Meter-Winged Giant
A massive flying reptile that once ruled the Late Cretaceous skies has been identified in Syria — the first pterosaur fossil ever found in the…
75,000-Year-Old Norwegian Cave Reveals 46 Types of Ice Age Animals and Lost Genetic Lineages
A Norwegian cave has preserved the remains of 46 types of animals that lived in the European Arctic around 75,000 years ago, providing an exceptionally…
Exceptionally Preserved 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Egg Unearthed in Patagonia Could Contain Embryo
What looks like a freshly laid egg has turned out to be a 70-million-year-old relic of the Cretaceous world. Unearthed in the arid expanse of…