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Sat, 2020-01-18

Ever since a huge crater was discovered off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula in the early 1990s, scientists have been confident that an...

Thu, 2020-01-16

The one-of-a-kind specimen offers a window into what the earth was like 120 million years ago. The fossil preserves feathers and bones that provide new information about how dinosaurs grew and how they differed from birds....

Wed, 2020-01-15

Paleontologists from the University of Missouri have discovered the well-preserved digestive tracts in the fossils of microscopic animals called cloudinom...

Tue, 2020-01-14

The fossilized fruiting bodies of a myxomycete from the extant genus Stemonitis preserved in Kachin amber date back some 100 million years (mid-...

Tue, 2020-01-14

Sauropods – the largest dinosaurs that have ever lived on Earth – were also prone to develop bone diseases such a...

Tue, 2020-01-14

In November 1956, a Yale-owned Triceratops skull made a perilous transa...

Sun, 2020-01-12

Today, the vast majority of scientists agree that humans are causing unprecedented changes to our planet. Yet whether that warrants delineating an entirely new epoch is something geologists continue to disagree on.

Mon, 2020-01-13

A dinosaur museum in Fukui Prefecture is set to receive a 9.4 billion yen ($86 million) facelift as the local government in the region known as Japan's fossil epicenter looks to boost visitor numbers by 50 percent.

Mon, 2020-01-13

Growing up Tyrannosaurus rex: A new study from Oklahoma State University provides details about what life was like for the famous dinosa...

Sun, 2020-01-12

Laura Dern is overjoyed that her Jurassic Park character Dr. Ellie Sattler is a feminist icon for women.

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