February 6, 2020 'Bonecrushing' crocodile that hunted dinosaurs 230M years ago discovered in Brazil The fossils of a "bonecrushing" ancestor of the modern-day crocodile that hunted dinosaurs 230 million years ago have been discovered in Brazil, stunning researchers.
January 20, 2020 Fossil of dinosaur with feathers and 'face filled with sharp teeth' shows how they grew differently from birds Paleontologists have discovered a new type of dinosaur in China that is shedding new light on how the ancient reptiles grew differently from modern-day birds.
January 9, 2020 100-million-year-old slime mold found perfectly preserved in amber Researchers have discovered a 100-million-year-old slime mold and a lizard leg perfectly preserved in amber from a tree in Myanmar, a find described as "unique."
December 19, 2019 World’s oldest fossil trees discovered in New York Fossilized trees dating back 386 million years have been disovered at an abandoned quarry in New York.
December 17, 2019 65-million-year-old ‘ichthyosaur’ skeleton found on beach thanks to man's best friend A British man was walking his two dogs on the coasts near Stolford, Somerset on Saturday when he stumbled upon what is believed to be the fossilized remains of a 65-million-year-old ichthyosaur, The Sun reports.
November 26, 2019 Stunning dinosaur skull discovery turns paleontologists' assumptions upside down A newly discovered dinosaur skull has shaken paleontologists' assumptions to the core, throwing a wrench into the idea that all dinosaurs had symmetrical faces.
November 25, 2019 Weird Triassic 'dragons' had massive heads. Here's why. Millions of years before the dinosaurs, tank-like predators that looked like Komodo dragons with absurdly huge heads roamed the planet. And it turned out that these reptiles, known as erythrosuchids (eh-rith-roe-SUE-kids) may have evolved their enormous noggins as they became "hypercarnivores," a new study suggests.
November 21, 2019 Prehistoric snakes had limbs for 70M years, new study shows Researchers have found fossilized evidence that snakes had limbs, as well as cheekbones, around 100 million years ago.
November 19, 2019 Fossil hunter finds 185M-year-old ‘golden snitch’ with ancient sea creature inside Quidditch ball shaped fossils are just some of the many discoveries that have been made by amateur archaeologist Aaron Smith.
November 14, 2019 120M-year-old bird that lived during the age of dinosaurs discovered in Japan The fossils of a bird that lived 120 million years ago, during the age of dinosaurs, have been discovered in Japan.
