Paleontology
Fossil of 500 million-year-old larva found with preserved brain
Researchers have discovered how the brains of arthropods evolved after finding the fossil of a larva that lived half a billion years ago.
New “terror birds” discovered in South America
A new species of “terror birds”, an ancient avian predator from South America that lived…
Mammoth bones discovered in wine cellar in Austria
An Austrian man has discovered mammoth bones while renovating his wine cellar, the find has…
Carcass of extinct woolly rhino found in Russia
Gold miners accidentally discover an ancient woolly rhino mummy with well-preserved horn and tissues.
The smallest dinosaur egg ever found
A team of scientists in China has confirmed, after three years of analysis, that the…
Lasted Paleontology
Giant sloth and horse fossils found in Yucatán
Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered fossils of extinct animals in a cenote…
New species of North African predatory dinosaur discovered
Paleontologists from LMU and SNSB identify on historic images a new species…
200 million-year-old dinosaur skull discovered in China
The exceptionally preserved skull belongs to a previously unidentified species of sauropodomorph,…
50,000-year-old baby mammoth found in Siberia.
Researchers in Siberia, Russia, have unveiled the remarkably well-preserved remains of a…
Ancient saber-toothed predator found in Spain
Researchers have discovered the oldest gorgonopsian fossil on Mallorca, dating from 270-280…
7.5-million-year-old fossils from Türkiye
Türkiye’s 7.5 million-year-old fossil discoveries shape global paleontology narrative.
Clues about how dinosaurs dominated the Earth.
Feces, vomit, and fossilized food found in stomachs provided new clues about…
New pterosaur species discovered in Japan
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new species of quetzalcoatline azhdarchid…
World’s Largest Worm Lizard
Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of trogonophid amphisbaenian (worm…
New “terror birds” discovered in South America
A new species of “terror birds”, an ancient avian predator from South…