Paleontology
A 19m-Long Giant Octopus Roamed the Cretaceous Seas
Scientists have found fossils of giant "kraken" octopuses that...
The World’s Oldest Octopus Isn’t an Octopus At All
The discovery that the oldest octopus fossil was not...
A 300-Million-Year-Old Find: It Lived on Land and Was the First to Eat Plants
Scientists may have discovered one of the earliest land...
A Third Form of Life? Earth’s First Giants Were Neither Plant Nor Animal
For over 180 years, what appear to be ancient...
Ancient Kangaroos Were Heavier Than Grizzly Bears But Could Still Hop
Thousands of years ago, the kangaroos roaming Australia were...
Thousands of Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in Italy
Wildlife photographer Elio Della Derrera has discovered thousands of...
The 1853 Dinner That First Popularized Dinosaurs
Like many children, I was devoted to dinosaurs. Their...
Anacondas Reached Their Enormous Size 12 Million Years Ago and Never Looked Back
For as long as humans have known them, anacondas...
‘Mini T. Rex’ Was Actually a New Species
For over four decades, paleontologists have been arguing about...
Ancient Rhino Remains Discovered in the Canadian High Arctic
There are only five species of rhinoceros alive today,...
Dinosaurs Were Actually Doing Well Before the Asteroid
A single asteroid descended without warning to end the...
‘Dragon Man’ from 1930s Actually First Denisovan Skull Found
Humanity's closest relatives, both extinct, are the Neanderthals and...
A ‘Cretaceous Weirdo’: The Venus Flytrap Wasp
Scientists have discovered a bizarre creature inside a 99-million-year-old...
Early Mammals’ Fur Had No Color, Was All Dark Grey
Recent discoveries have shown that brightly colored crests and...
World’s Oldest Dinosaurs Hidden in the Amazon and Sahara
Where did the first dinosaurs come from? A new...
Remains of World’s Smallest Cat Found in Chinese Cave
Archaeologists have unearthed the smallest cat species ever to...
Famous Fossil a Forgery? These Scientists Think It’s Possible
When phosphate miners in Morocco accidentally uncovered a fossil...
Woolly Mammoths Were the Favorite Meal Choice of Ancient Americans
Back in 1968, archaeologists discovered the remains of an...
Unraveling the Intriguing Secrets of an Ancient Elephant Graveyard
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that prehistoric humans butchered giant...
Hiker Discovers 280-Million-Year-Old Lost World
Claudia Steffensen was hiking in the Italian Alps in...
Saber-Toothed Kitten Mummy Found in Arctic
Scientists have discovered a mummified saber-toothed kitten in the...
Volcanic Cooling Led to Rise of the Dinosaurs
Around 201 million years ago, a mass extinction wiped...
Rock Art Shows 260-Million-Year-Old Extinct Animal
Rock art in southern Africa might depict long-extinct animals...
