For decades, paleontologists have studied Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex) through bones, teeth and isolated footprints. Those…
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In 2025, 11-year-old Touren Pope spotted a fossil exposed on the ground in Wyoming; it turned out to be a nearly complete 48-million-year-old turtle shell, and he was allowed to name it
11-year-old Touren Pope finds 48-million-year-old turtle fossil in WyomingPhoto credit: Craig Thomas, BLM Rock Springs Field…
Ocean warming has been shrinking marine animals for 450 million years, massive study reveals |
Marine animals do not just struggle when ocean temperatures spike, they actually shrink, and a massive…
Ancient bees, 20,000 years ago, built nests inside the tooth sockets of fossilized animal jaws: Scientists discover first known case of bees using bone as a nursery |
Paleontologists have found the first known evidence of bees nesting inside animal bones, using empty tooth…
This snake weighing 1100kgs, as long as a small plane was the ultimate prehistoric mega-predator of the Amazon rainforest
While the world weaves tales about dinosaurs, snakes larger and more ferocious have slithered away in…
Ancient Shark Fossils Discovery: 15-million-years old shark fossils discovered by Odisha teacher and students on a random field visit, locals called them ‘Asura Hadda’
Professor Debabrata Nandi and his students were out on a field visit when they noticed some…