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From feathered giants to ancient embryos, these seven fossil discoveries didn’t just fill gaps; they rewrote the dinosaur ...
Of the remnants of the past that have been unearthed throughout Montgomery County, most residents are understandably familiar ...
Paleontologists have identified a new ancient reptile from the Solnhofen limestone slabs, thanks to a chance discovery. A ...
At the foot of Sainte Victoire, the mountain in Provence immortalized by Impressionist painter Paul Cezanne, a paleontologist ...
Paleontologist and Geologist Dr. Ken Lacovara joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about fossils. Can we ...
Paleontologist Andre LuJan had an assist from nature with his latest exciting fossil find. Heavy rains helped expose a nearly complete skull of an enormous ancient salamander-like creature in a quarry ...
When you think of dinosaurs, you might imagine towering predators or gentle giants roaming prehistoric landscapes. But what if these ancient creatures could teach us about one of humanity’s most ...
Entomologist Dr. Jessica Ware joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the world of insects. Are cockroaches so resilient that they'd survive a nuclear war? Why do praying mantis ...
Their findings, published in the journal Biology, uncovered surprising red blood cell-like structures in fossils of Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus, a plant-eating dinosaur that lived around 66 to ...
By 2017, a multidisciplinary team—including Dr. Biancastella Cereser from Imperial and Professor Pramodh Chandrasinghe from Sri Lanka—secured the fossil and began meticulous analysis.
The majority of the dinosaur fossils discovered in California belong to hadrosaurs, which lived during the Late Cretaceous period approximately 100.5 to 66 million years ago.
Dinosaur Fossils Are Disappearing Into Private Hands—And It’s Hindering Science, Study Finds Seventy-one T. rex fossils are privately held compared to 61 in public trusts, new research finds.