Paleontologists Discover First-Ever Adult Tyrannosaurus rex Trackway
A 66‑million‑year‑old adult T. rex walk across North Dakota has ignited awe among scientists and the public alike.
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A 66‑million‑year‑old adult T. rex walk across North Dakota has ignited awe among scientists and the public alike.
Scientists recreated the sounds of Jurassic insects.
A Chinese cave has yielded the most complete Denisovan skeleton yet, pushing the lineage back 190,000 years.
A graveyard of ancient sharks has been found in the Egyptian desert, where a sea once teemed with now-extinct species.
Researchers unearth a 70-million-year-old shark graveyard in Egypt's desert, revealing a rich Cretaceous marine ecosystem.
A 3.5-billion-year-old rock in India may hold the oldest direct evidence of microbial life on Earth.
Fossil evidence from Miocene-era South America suggests giant crocodylians served as the apex predators of their ecosystems.
Researchers have identified the first known Denisovan leg bones recovered from the seafloor, prompting debate over the physical stature of the archaic humans.
Scientists are studying a warming event from the Late Paleozoic Ice Age to understand potential climate tipping points today
The asteroid that ended the dinosaur age may have had a second, more deadly impact on life on Earth.
An 80-million-year-old fossil is rewriting the story of how snakes evolved.
A newly identified dinosaur species from New Mexico is making waves in the paleontology community.
A newly discovered fossil reveals a brutal chain of Cretaceous violence that could rewrite our understanding of prehistoric marine ecosystems
A 385-million-year-old amber discovery in China rewrites the evolutionary timeline
New fossil analysis reveals that T. rex hatchlings were independent predators capable of hunting shortly after birth.
Paleontologists have discovered a 450-million-year-old fossil featuring rare preserved soft tissue from a prehistoric sea creature.
A rediscovered Megalodon fossil is stirring excitement and debate among scientists.
A new fossil discovery challenges long-held theories about the first vertebrates to live on land.