Scientists discover a new flying reptile inside 100-million-year-old dinosaur vomit

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified a remarkable new flying reptile species, Bakiribu waridza, a ...

Netflix got you thinking about dinosaurs? Alabama fossils tell a story

Did dinosaurs live in Alabama? Fossils, museum finds and the famous Selma dinosaur egg reveal the state’s prehistoric past.

Crocodiles can have extra growth cycles in a year – why this matters for estimating the age of dinosaurs

In biology and palaeontology (the study of extinct organisms) there are a few ways to estimate the age of an animal’s skeleton. One is the extent of fusion of sutures in the skeleton – how much the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Ancient Reptile Started Life on All Fours. As It Grew, It Stood Upright and Started Walking on Two Legs Instead

Scientists have identified a strange early crocodile relative that may have looked somewhat like a flightless bird ...
New Scientist

The skull transforming our family tree and the hunt for Ancestor X

An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like redrawing our family tree and transforming the hunt for Ancestor X ...
New Scientist

The ancient skull rewriting the family tree of human origins

An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like redrawing our family tree and transforming the hunt for Ancestor X ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Howler Monkeys Began Eating Leaves 13 Million Years Ago, Changing Course of Primate History in South America

• 13 million years ago, a medium-sized monkey known for guarding its territory among the treetops with a fearsome “howl” started doing something new. This monkey, one of the oldest known ancestors of ...