February 14, 2019 Ancient spider fossils still have silvery, shimmering eyes Paleontologists working in South Korea found ancient spider fossils with still-glittering eyes.
February 13, 2019 2.1-billion-year-old fossil may be evidence of earliest moving life-form About 2.1 billion years ago, a blob-like creature inched along on an early Earth.
February 8, 2019 52-million-bird fossil found with feathers still attached A 52-million-year fossil of a "perching bird" has been found in Wyoming with its feathers still attached, a discovery that "no one's ever seen before."
February 5, 2019 First dinosaur feather ever discovered reveals mysterious secrets Discovered in the 19th century, scientists once believed that the first-ever dinosaur feather used to belong to the Archaeopteryx, a transitional dinosaur that lived 125 million years ago and bridged the gap between non-avian feathered dinosaurs and modern-day birds. Now, a new study has revealed that it doesn't belong to the winged dino after all – and its owner is still a mystery.
February 4, 2019 210-million-year-old 'dragon' ate bones (and its own teeth) for breakfast Smok wawelski, a T. rex -like apex predator that roamed what is now Europe about 210 million years ago, used to chew up its prey, bones and all.
February 4, 2019 Triassic 'lizard king' ruled Antarctica before the dinosaurs Millions of years before the ground trembled under the footfalls of T. rex — the so-called "king of the dinosaurs" — a forested Antarctica was home to an iguana-size "lizard king."
January 25, 2019 Tiny-headed, ancient ‘Platypus’ with stegosaurus back plates unearthed The so-called prehistoric platypus certainly didn't look intelligent.
January 24, 2019 100-million-year-old Hagfish complete with slime kit discovered Scientists recently discovered a rare and important hagfish fossil that includes traces of preserved slime dating to 100 million years ago.
January 21, 2019 Prehistoric shark with 'spaceship-shaped teeth' discovered alongside the most famous Tyrannosaurus The remains of a prehistoric shark that lived during the age of dinosaurs 67 million years have been found, to the surprise of scientists and onlookers alike, according to a new study.
January 17, 2019 Ancient 150,000-year-old buffalo skull found in England A prehistoric 150,000-year-old skull that once belonged to an extinct giant buffalo has been found deep in the cold ground of an English quarry.