May 2, 2016 500-million-year-old brains of 'sea monsters' get close look The shiny, fossilized brains of two ancient sea-monsterlike creatures are helping researchers understand how the ancestors of modern-day arthropods, such as scorpions and lobsters, evolved, as shown in a new study
May 2, 2016 Toothy 'penis worm' from Cambrian period discovered You might have heard of vagina dentata — the mythical "toothed vagina" born of male paranoia
May 2, 2016 Rare sperm whale fossils shed light on mysterious family tree Rare, 7-million-year-old fossils of two extinct pygmy sperm whales are helping researchers learn about the evolution of the ocean's largest toothed whale, a new study finds
May 2, 2016 Bizarre cousin of T. Rex was a vegetarian A relative of Tyrannosaurus rex didn't share the infamous carnivore's appetite for meat, a new study finds
May 2, 2016 Stegosaurus' bony plates may reveal dino's sex The plates of the Stegosaurus — the large, bony discs that lined the dinosaur's neck, back and tail in two staggered rows — may have differed between males and females, a new study finds
May 2, 2016 Tyrannosaur skeleton shows signs of combat, cannibalism The fierce, unforgiving time period that was the dinosaur age just got a lot more ferocious. According to new research, a skull of a Daspletosaurus (a genus of tyrannosaur which means “frightful lizard”) displays gruesome injuries inflicted during its lifetime, seemingly caused by another of its species.
May 2, 2016 Boneworms dined on ancient sea serpents Bone-eating worms that can devour an entire whale carcass were also feasting on prehistoric reptiles more than 100 million years ago, a new study finds.
May 2, 2016 Tyrannosaur skull bears scars of fierce dino battle Some 75 million years ago, a towering tyrannosaur may have lit into one of its own species, ripping into its skull and leaving behind jagged scars and deep punctures that have only recently seen the light of day
May 2, 2016 Ancient 4-eyed predator wielded wicked toothy claws A newly discovered Cambrian predator with a wicked set of arms under its four-eyed face reveals that early arthropods were experimentalists when it came to using their limbs.
May 2, 2016 New species of prehistoric ‘super salamander’ discovered A new species of prehistoric crocodile-like amphibians has been discovered.
