Fossilized insects trapped in the act of mating for 165 million years [SFW]
(c) PLOS ONE Fossils that capture a kinetic moment are truly fascinating because they surprise a scene or picture from ...
Tag: paleontology
Fossilized footprints reveal a clumsy dinosaur
Crossing the riverbed of Carrizo Creek in Oklahoma, a series of tracks made by a two-legged dinosaur have been preserved ...
‘Platypus-zilla’ fossil unearthed in Australia
A giant platypus fossil, measuring more than 1m long (3ft) was discovered in Queensland, Australia. The animal lived 5-15 million ...
Saber-tooth-like cats ambushed and killed their own kind
Illustration of a cougar-like nimravid. (c) thorthebarbarian.com Looking close at suspicious marks and cuts present in the skulls of saber-tooth ...
Prehistoric fish had the earliest face recognized thus far
This primitive fish might be the first animal with a face. (c) Nature A lot of complex organisms, be them ...
Thousands of dinosaur tracks found in Alaska
Paleontologists have scratched the surface of what appears to be a very promising dinosaur site near the Arctic circle, in ...
Dinosaur feathers found preserved in museum amber
Instead of digging through layers of rocks, a few paleontologists focused their efforts on 'digging' through museum collection instead - ...
Sahara might have been crossed by three large rivers the size of the Nile 100,000 years ago
When the Sahara comes to mind, lush greenery and gorgeous, fast flowing waters might be the last scenery that crosses ...
The oldest building in the world: Wyoming cabin made mostly from dinosaur fossils
Though built in 1933, the Fossil Cabin near the dinosaur graveyard at Como Bluff is, in a way, the oldest ...
America’s invasive species – 450 million years ago
Land clearing and human habitation put significant pressure on local species - combine this with globalization and a general recklessness ...
New fossils throw mammalian family tree into disarray
A fossil of a small, forest-floor-dwelling animal called Megaconus puts a big question mark on the evolution of mammals - ...
Nasutoceratops: ‘Big-nose, horn-face’ dinosaur
A new, unusual species of dinosaur has been discovered in the deserts of Utah. Artistic representation of Nasuceratops. Credit: Raul ...
Rare, nearly complete triceratops skeleton suggests family was important for them
Despite the fact that triceratops are some of the most well known dinosaurs, finding a complete skeletons is an extremely ...
Bird like fossil is older than Archaeopterix
The fossil, which still retains impressions of feathers, is 160 million years old, predating the oldest Archaeopterix fossil found by ...
Fantastically preserved mammoth carcass with flowing blood discovered in icy Siberia
(c) Semyon Grigoriev In nothing short of an astonishing find, Russian scientists have discovered a wonderfully preserved female mammoth carcass ...
Oldest dinosaur embryos found in China
Bones from Lufengosaurus embryos (like this femur shown in cross-section) have yielded new information about dinosaur development. Paleontologists have discovered ...
Evidence found that dinosaurs could swim through coordinated leg movement
A University of Alberta researcher has identified some of the strongest evidence ever found that dinosaurs could paddle long distances. ...
Hundreds of dinosaur eggs found in Spain hints to common nesting ground
(c) Miquel Crusafont Catalan Palaeontology Institute Paleontologists were stoked by the discovery of hundreds of fossilized dinosaur eggs, belonging to ...
Phallus shaped fossils identified as new species [shorties]
During the geologic period called the Cambrian, life absolutely exploded, trying to fill all the ecologic niches suddenly made available. ...
Fossils of Crocodilian, Hippo-Like Species found in Panama
Paleontologists from the University of Florida have unearthed remarkably well-preserved fossils of two crocodilians and a mammal previously unknown to ...
