October 20, 2015 Fossilized bladder stone uncovered in medieval Polish cemetery It may look innocuous now, but this little stone may have killed someone 700 years ago
October 20, 2015 First swimming dinosaur was 'half-duck, half-crocodile' The fearsome Spinosaurus is one of the icons of the dinosaur pantheon.
October 20, 2015 Ancient toothless pterosaurs once dominated the world's skies Giant toothless pterosaurs with wingspans stretching 39 feet (12 meters) across ruled the skies 60 million years ago, and new research suggests that these ancient flying creatures once had a worldwide presence, and likely played an important role in the Late Cretaceous ecosystem
October 20, 2015 Rare whale fossil pulled from California backyard by sheriff's search-and-rescue team Paleontologist Howell Thomas of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County says the 16- to 17-million-year-old baleen whale fossil is one of about 20 baleen whale fossils known to exist.
October 20, 2015 Honey, who shrunk the dinosaurs? Study traces dinosaur evolution into early birds Scientists have mapped how a group of fearsome, massive dinosaurs evolved and shrank to the likes of robins and hummingbirds.
October 20, 2015 Human hand fossil turns back clock 500,000 years on complex tool use The discovery of a 1.4-million-year-old hand-bone fossil reveals that the modern human ability to make and use complex tools may have originated far earlier than scientists previously thought, researchers say.
October 20, 2015 Scientists say oldest big cat fossil found in Tibet Scientists have unearthed the oldest big cat fossil yet, suggesting the predator — similar to a snow leopard — evolved in Asia and spread out.
October 20, 2015 400-Million-year-old 'spiny shark' fossil found The fossilized remains of a 408-million-year-old fish species have been found in Spain, a study reports.
October 20, 2015 Dinosaurs were born to be big Dinosaurs as a group may have been skewed more toward giant species than modern-day creatures are, researchers say.
October 20, 2015 Rare evolutionary twist morphed dino arms into bird wings When dinosaurs evolved into birds, they had to adapt their arms into wings in order to take flight a process that altered their skeletal structure.
