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Sat, 2019-03-02

Plesiosaurs, erroneously viewed as dinosaurs, inhabited all Earth's oceans between 200 million and 65 million years ago.

Sat, 2019-03-02

The remarkably complete fossil skeleton of a sea cow with large incisor tusks that lived approximately 20 million years ago (Miocene Epoch) has been disco...

Sat, 2019-03-02

A team led by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich paleontologist Adriana López-Arbarello has identified three hitherto unknown fossil fish species in the Swiss Alps, which provide new insights into the diversification of th...

Fri, 2019-03-01

Paleontologists in Arizona have identified microfossils of what are thought to be the oldest known frog relative in North America.

Thu, 2019-02-28

While what we think of as dinosaurs existed between 245 million and 66 million years ago, all you need to do to catch a glimpse of their descendants is take...

Tue, 2019-02-26

Lake systems existing in regions over 10 million years ago survived the Amazon River reversal due to Andean uplift

Tue, 2019-02-26

The cost of these scientific relics are being pushed into the millions.

Mon, 2019-02-25

The Senate approved a proposition to christen Utahraptor as the Utah State Dinosaur. but it was decided to be a recognized insignia of the s...

Sun, 2019-02-24

Every school child knows the dinosaurs were killed off by an asteroid smashing into the Eart...

Sun, 2019-02-24

New research from Berkeley research group reveals new questions about the mass-extinctions 60 millio...

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