Fossil Friday: Oldest fossil forest discovered in Asia
The fossil forest, which is larger than Grand Central Station, is the earliest example of a forest in Asia.
Tag: fossil
Prevalent bone disease already existed during the Permian, fossil study finds
It's amazing what you can do with one fossil.
Fossil Friday: tiny tooth belonged to the smallest monkey ever found
Size isn't everything.
Huge sauropod bone discovered in France
The huge bone belonged to one of the largest creatures to ever walk on land.
Fossil Friday: researchers discover new, ancient relative of the tilapia
Do you think it was tasty, too?
Fossil Friday: bird encased in amber has an unique, “extreme” toe
The bird's hyper-elongated third toe is longer than its whole lower leg, the authors report.
Some extinct species of crocs were plant-eaters, fossil study reveals
Between three and six such species have existed in the past.
Dinosaur fossils are rich in microbes — and this might mean we won’t ever find dino proteins
There goes Jurassic Park!
Fossil Friday: a fossilized school of fish
A common fish behavior evolved at least 50 million years ago.
Two new dinosaurs found in Thailand are smaller, cuter, but still deadly cousins of the T. Rex
They might also rewrite the history of megaraptors as we know them.
Bat-winged dinosaur discovered in China — only the second of its kind
This dinosaur was more like a flying squirrel than a bird.
Scientists find miniature T-Rex ancestor
A smaller relative to the king of the dinosaurs.
Fossil Friday: earliest known millipede found in piece of Burmese amber
It's nearly 100 million years old.
Fossil Friday: newly-discovered Callichimaera perplexa is an adorable, weird crab
How is it possible for something with those eyes to ever go extinct? How? Why?!
Fossil Friday: massive, ancient African carnivore found in a drawer in Kenya
It pays to stick your nose in museum drawers!
Fossil Friday: new study says Texas used to be a ‘veritable Serengeti’ 11 to 12 million years ago
If you like cool photos of fossils, we've got just the paper for you!
Fossil Friday: Jurassic crocodile shows us how the scaly killers came to be
The team says it looked more like a dolphin than a crocodile.
Largest T. rex skeleton ever found lived in Canada up to its early 30s
It was probably really polite and liked hockey, too.
Stunning 500-million-year-old fossil trove offers insight into how life evolved
It's one of the most spectacular findings in recent history.
Recent stories
Scientists reconstruct Cleopatra’s legendary perfume
If Cleopatra was closeby, you'd probably smell her before you see her.
Microplastics are now snowing over the Arctic
There's no place spared from our pollution when it falls from the sky.
Fossil Friday: leg bones lead to extinct giant penguin in New Zealand
New Zealand isn't a stranger to extinct big birds.
Hydrogen-powered aircraft with 500 miles range is set to disrupt aviation
Air travel is surging around the world. Our only shot at decarbonizing the industry is to radically change the way...
