Paleontology
Ancient human-size sea lizard rewrites history of early armored marine reptiles
Quetzalcoatlus: Earth’s largest flying creature with a 40-foot wingspan
Footprints on the wall: Were dinosaurs actually climbing the cliffs in Bolivia?
Some ancient rock art depicts our ancestors’ purposeful leaving of handprints, providing a permanent mark of their existence. The startling prints discovered on a rock face in Bolivia were unintended…
52-million-year-old fossilized bat skeletons reveal new species and insights on bat evolution
Is this a 300-million-year-old screw embedded into a limestone rock or just a fossilized sea creature?
The Kosmopoisk Group, a Russian research team that investigates UFOs and paranormal activity, claims to have discovered a one-inch screw embedded inside a 300-million-year-old rock. According to legend, the screw…
Prehistoric teeth fossils dating back 9.7 million years could rewrite human history
Perfectly preserved cave lion cubs found in permafrost reveal life of extinct species
This 14,000-year-old puppy ate a huge woolly rhino for last meal
Scientists analyzing the remains of a well-preserved Ice Age puppy uncovered an unexpected find inside its stomach: a bit of what may be one of the last woolly rhinos. In…
500-million-year-old sea creature with limbs under its head unearthed
A new study reveals that one of the earliest animal fossils ever discovered, fossils of a 520 million-year-old sea creature, has been discovered by scientists. The fossilized animal, a fuxhianhuiid…