Paleontology & Fossils

Bird Brains: Evolutionary Secrets Unveiled

Kailash Junior - January 31, 2024 0

Evolutionary biologists at Johns Hopkins Medicine have unveiled groundbreaking insights into the evolution of bird brains, shedding light on the long-standing mystery of how...

Paleontology & Fossils

Paleontologists Identify Exceptionally Well-Preserved Dinosaur Species in Thailand

Kailash Junior - July 29, 2023 0

A multi-institutional team of paleontologists made an astounding discovery in Thailand back in 2012 when they unearthed the fossil of a previously unknown dinosaur...

Evolution

94-Million-Year-Old Mosasaur Fossil Discovered in Southern Utah

Maruti Shah - June 26, 2023 0

Dr. Barry Albright, a faculty member at the University of North Florida, has participated in a research project led by the Bureau of Land...

Paleontology & Fossils

Fossil Discovery Challenges Beliefs about Duck-Billed Dinosaurs in Chile

Maruti Shah - June 18, 2023 0

In a groundbreaking find, scientists in Chile have unearthed the remains of a previously unknown species of herbivorous dinosaur, challenging long-held beliefs about the...

Paleontology & Fossils

First evidence found of a dinosaur eating a mammal

Maruti Shah - December 25, 2022 0

An international team of scientists has discovered the first evidence of a dinosaur devouring a mammal. The group re-examined a fossil that was discovered...

Paleontology & Fossils

Analysis of giant extinct marine reptile graveyard suggests mysterious site was ancient birthing ground

Maruti Shah - December 22, 2022 0

Today's marine giants are blue and humpback whales. They routinely make massive migrations across the ocean to breed and give birth in waters where...

Paleontology & Fossils

True giant wombat gives Diprotodon podium a wobble

Nelish Singh - December 15, 2022 0

Diprotodon is an extinct megafauna species distantly related to wombats but the size of a small car. It is commonly (but incorrectly) thought to...

Paleontology & Fossils

Fossil site reveals giant arthropods dominated the seas 470 million years ago

Nelish Singh - December 15, 2022 0

Scientists made a new discovery at a major new fossil site in Morocco. This discovery indicates that, giant arthropods who are the relatives of...

Evolution

Extinct ‘monkey lemur’ shows similarities to human fossils

Maruti Shah - December 14, 2022 0

University of Otago scientists have discovered fascinating clues to human evolution. They have analysed the teeth of extinct lemurs for their study. The "surprisingly large"...

Paleontology & Fossils

Mongolian fossil is first known species of streamlined non-avian theropod dinosaur to walk on two legs

Ricky Kaka - December 9, 2022 0

In Mongolia, scientists discovered a new predatory dinosaur fossil. It was most likely a semi-aquatic diving predator. A near-complete skeleton has been discovered in Omnogovi...

Evolution

Fossil discovery in storeroom cupboard shifts origin of modern lizard back 35 million years

Ricky Kaka - December 7, 2022 0

A fossil discovered in a cupboard at the Natural History Museum in London. It has pushed the origins of the modern lizard back 35...

Evolution

Fossil overturns more than a century of knowledge about the origin of modern birds

Nelish Singh - December 6, 2022 0

According to researchers, a skeleton fossil discovered in a grapefruit-sized rock has helped to disprove more than a century of knowledge about the origins...

Paleontology & Fossils

525 million-year-old fossil defies textbook explanation for brain evolution

Kailash Junior - November 26, 2022 0

The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London, in collaboration with the University of Arizona (UoA), has solved a century-old...

Paleontology & Fossils

Mastodon tusk chemical analysis reveals the first evidence of one extinct animal’s annual migration

Surekha Barfa - June 16, 2022 0

According to the first study to document the annual migration of an individual animal from an extinct species, a roving male mastodon died in...

Paleontology & Fossils

Paleontologists have identified the remains of one of Europe’s largest-ever land-based hunter’s dinosaur

Surekha Barfa - June 13, 2022 0

Paleontologists at the University of Southampton have discovered the remains of one of Europe's largest land-based hunts, a 10m-long dinosaur that lived some 125...

Paleontology & Fossils

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