October 21, 2015 Remarkable limb regeneration began 300 million years ago Fossilized, primitive amphibians with odd-looking appendages, some with extra toes and deformed shapes, suggest the ability of some vertebrates to regenerate or regrow amputated limbs first evolved at least 300 million years ago
October 21, 2015 This fossilized creature has the world's oldest muscles A fossilized creature found in Canada probably didn't go to the gym, but it may be the oldest animal known to have muscles, a new study finds
October 21, 2015 Wyoming cave with thousands of fossils to be re-opened to scientists for first time since 1970s For the first time in more than 30 years, paleontologists are about to revisit one of North America's most remarkable troves of late Pleistocene fossils: The bones of tens of thousands of animals piled at least 30 feet deep at the bottom of a sinkhole-type cave.
October 21, 2015 Ancient 'fish lizard' graveyard discovered beneath melting glacier Dozens of nearly complete skeletons of prehistoric marine reptiles have been uncovered near a melting glacier in southern Chile.
October 21, 2015 Scientists unveil 'chicken from hell' dinosaur that lived 66 million years ago It's called the chicken from hell: a birdlike dinosaur some 7 feet tall that weighed around 500 pounds when it roamed western North America on its long, slender hind legs.
October 21, 2015 Watery graveyard: Fossils reveal 1st evidence of mass marine die-offs Dozens of fossilized whales, seals and other marine animals have been discovered piled up in an ancient tidal flat in northern Chile, providing the first fossil evidence of repeated mass die-offs, according to a new report.
October 21, 2015 Seattle construction workers unearth mammoth tusk, museum says A Seattle museum official says construction workers digging in the city's south Lake Union area have found a tusk from an ice age mammoth.
October 21, 2015 ‘Swamp monster’ skull found in Texas A toothy, long-nosed skull found in Texas belonged to a "swamp monster" that lived more than 200 million years ago.
October 21, 2015 'Platypus-zilla' fossil discovered in Australia About the size of a child, the largest-known platypus roamed what is now Australia as far back as 15 million years ago, according to newfound fossil remains of the giant monotreme.
October 21, 2015 High school student finds bumpy-headed baby dino A dinosaur skeleton discovered by an eagle-eyed high-school student turns out to be the smallest, youngest and most complete duck-billed dinosaur of its kind ever found.
