Tag: Paleontology

Credit: Nikolay Zverkov The skeleton of an extinct 'fish lizard' locked in a glass case over 16ft from the ground ...

Skeleton high on a London museum wall -- mostly ignored for a century -- spurs a study finding that the ...

This material is not a semi-fossilized resinCredit: Xavier Delclòs (UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA-IRBio) The known Madagascar copal is a more recent ...

Credit: Erich Fisher Archaeological sites on the far southern shores of South Africa hold the world's richest records for the ...

Credit: Graphic by Diana Yates CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Corn cultivation spread from Mesoamerica to what is now the American Southwest ...

Research finds leg length gave giant predatory dinosaurs the advantage of efficiency, not speed as previously thought.Credit: Illustration by Julius ...

Priosphenodon specimens found in Argentina show the Late Cretaceous reptile evolved to have resilient tooth enamel similar to that in ...

Major cultural transition in Europe took place earlier than previously thoughtCredit: Tsenka Tsanova, License: CC-BY-SA 2.0 Two studies report new ...

Credit: University of South Florida The Monte Conca cave system on the island of Sicily is a vast system of ...

CT scans of rounded teeth help explain how this order of marine reptiles took over the oceansCredit: Ryosuke Motani et ...

Credit: Lloyd Russell, University of Plymouth Scientists have discovered the world's oldest known example of a squid-like creature attacking its ...

Greater tropical rainfall may increase microbes' release of CO2 from soils into airCredit: © Dr. Valier Galy, WHOI. A study ...

Paleontologist and National Geographic Explorer finds unique swimming adaptations in a dinosaurCredit: Jason Treat, NG Staff, and Mesa Schumacher Art: ...

Adalatherium identified as part of enigmatic Southern Hemisphere mammalian group that lived at the time of dinosaursCredit: Image courtesy Denver ...

Credit: Artwork by Davide Bonadonna 100 million years ago, ferocious predators, including flying reptiles and crocodile-like hunters, made the Sahara ...

New findings on procedures and meanings of human heart sacrifices in MesoamericaCredit: CINVESTAV Unidad Mérida Sacrificial rituals featuring human heart ...

Fossil vertebrae give insights into growth and extinction of an enigmatic shark groupCredit: © Patrick L. Jambura In 1996, palaeontologists ...

Credit: Artwork by Davide Bonadonna The Kem Kem beds in Morocco are famous for the spectacular fossils found there, including ...

Credit: Mark Witton Pterosaurs were the largest animals ever to fly. They soared the skies for 160 million years--much longer ...

EU funding for the collection of a new tree ring network covering the Northern Hemisphere and the development of tree ...