Curiosities

Thu, 2019-11-07

Some of the world's most exquisite fossil beds were formed millions of years ago during time periods when the Earth's oceans were largely without oxygen.

Wed, 2019-11-06

A previously unrecognized mode of fossilization of ancient microbes may explain how some of Earth’s oldest microfossils...

Tue, 2019-11-05

The fossil record is filled with meat-eating dinosaurs. Some paleontologists have suggested there are too many theropod dinosaurs, given what scientists know about food chains.

Sun, 2019-11-03

An international team of researchers have discovered an amber containing an ancient bird dating back around 100 million years.

Sun, 2019-11-03

From building walls and green belts to roadside dustbins, dinosaur images can be found virtually everywhere in Jiayin, a small county in northeast China.

Fri, 2019-11-01

Footprints of duck-billed dinosaurs, armored dinosaurs and a tyrannosaur discovered in Aniakchak National Monument, southwestern Alaska, shed new light...

Mon, 2019-10-28

At the American Museum of Natural History in New York City stands a goliath: The most accurate reconstruction of...

Sun, 2019-10-27

After back-to-back early earthquakes in Ridgecrest, Calif., a dislodged, 600-pound stone containing a fossilized torso was discovered.

Fri, 2019-10-25

Scientists now have the best picture yet of how life on land recovered in the first million years after the age of dinosaurs, with the help of a surprising trove of thousands of fossils unearthed in Colorado, a new study finds.

Wed, 2019-10-23

The T. rex skull has long been considered to be wiggly like that of a bird or snake, but an MU team developed a 3D model that shows that might...

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