New Blade-Crested Spinosaurus Found in Sahara Desert
A team led by Paul Sereno has found Spinosaurus mirabilis, a massive dinosaur with a striking blade crest,…
Tag: paleontology
South African paleontologist breaks barriers in fossil research
Lazarus Kgasi works as a curator at one of South Africa's premier natural history museums, uncovering fossils that…
Ancient Fossils Unearthed in China Quarry Reveal Survivors of 512-Million-Year Mass Extinction
A small quarry in southern China has yielded over 50,000 fossils from animals that lived just after a…
How Dinosaur Footprints Turn to Stone and Last Millions of Years
Dinosaur footprints become fossils through a step-by-step process starting with soft ground impressions that harden and get buried…
Scientists Discover Entirely New Branch of Life From 407 Million Years Ago
A fossil discovered in Scotland has been identified as belonging to an entirely extinct form of life that…
Scientists Identify Mysterious 26-Foot Fossil as Entirely New Form of Life
Scientists have confirmed that a towering 26-foot fossil discovered in Scotland represents an entirely new form of life…
T. rex Took 40 Years to Reach Full Size, Study Finds
Tyrannosaurus rex needed about 40 years to hit its full size of eight tons, according to the largest…
Ancient Wolf’s Last Meal Reveals Woolly Rhino Extinction Mystery
Researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a woolly rhinoceros from a piece of meat discovered in the…
Ancient wolf pup yields pristine genome of last woolly rhinos
Scientists have sequenced the full genome of a 14,400-year-old woolly rhinoceros from tissue preserved in the stomach of…