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ANCIENT REPTILE EVOLUTION
In 80 million BCE, an ancient reptile left behind a crucial fossil showing how limbs disappeared. 80 million years later, scientists found it suggested early snakes may have evolved across both land and waterAn ancient fossil discovered in Brazil offers new insights into snake evolution. This 80-million-year-old specimen suggests early snakes in...
Musango matusadonaensis: 210-million-year-old dinosaur challenges what scientists knew about ancient AfricaA new dinosaur species, Musango matusadonaensis, was discovered in Zimbabwe approximately 210 million years ago. This early sauropodomorph ...
Nature's first cat! Every time your cat purrs, it echoes 30-million-year-old legacy that began with predator scientists call the world's first true catFirst Cat Proailurus: Long before modern cats evolved, an ancient feline called Proailurus roamed the forests of Europe and Asia around 30 ...
These 300-million-year-old baby fossils just turned a major evolution theory upside downAncient fossilized babies of crocodile-like predators are rewriting evolutionary history. Previously, scientists believed early land animal...
‘T. rex of the Sea’: Scientists discover 43-foot ‘King of the Tylosaurs’ that terrorized oceans 145 million years agoA new giant marine reptile, Tylosaurus Rex, has been discovered. Fossils found in Texas reveal this predator ruled the oceans 80 million ye...
Forget king cobras, this extinct Greek snake may have been far heavier than living vipersFossilized remains of Laophis crotaloides, an extinct snake species from Greece, suggest it was significantly larger than modern vipers, po...
Scientists Found a Rare Fossil Showing Snakes Once Had Legs and Looked Very Different From TodayA remarkable fossil, Najash rionegrina, reveals snakes evolved gradually, losing legs and reshaping their bodies over millions of years. Th...
Enormous octopuses dominated Earth's prehistoric seas over 100 million years agoAncient oceans were once ruled by enormous octopus relatives. New research reveals these early creatures were massive, dominant hunters. Fo...
The Crocodile That Stood Up: A Small Triassic Fossil That Changes the StoryA small reptile named Sonselasuchus cedrus from the Late Triassic period in Arizona shows a remarkable change. This creature, living around...
What Scientists Found Inside an Arctic Bonebed Is Changing the Story of Ocean RecoveryArctic fossils, unearthed on Mount Marmier, reveal a surprisingly rapid recovery of marine life after the devastating Permian extinction 24...
What Did Antarctica Hide for 190 Million Years? Jurassic Dinosaurs ExplainedAntarctica was once a lush continent, not an icy wasteland. Fossils of Glacialisaurus hammeri, a giant herbivore, show this. Around 190 mil...
What a Fisherman’s Discovery in Alabama Is Teaching Scientists About Ancient SeasA routine fishing trip in Alabama led to the discovery of Ueloca colemanorum, a remarkably complete fossil of a previously unknown leatherb...
Not Sharks or Dinosaurs: The Tiny Ancient Creature With Earth’s Sharpest TeethTiny marine creatures called conodonts, extinct for millions of years, held the title for the sharpest teeth. These eel-like animals had mi...
Google Doodle pays tribute to Staurikosaurus: All about the 208 mn-yr-old dinosaur named after a starA 208.5 million-year-old dinosaur has captured attention once more, all due to a vibrant Google Doodle! On October 19, the search engine gi...
- Fossils of pre-historic human-sized penguins found
Sydney, Dec 13 (IANS) A giant species of penguins, which had the size of an adult human, inhabited New Zealand between 55 and 60 million ye...
- 'Gorillas, gibbons first mammals to embrace daytime activity'
New York, Nov 7 (IANS) The ancestors of simian primates such as gorillas, gibbons and tamarins, were among the first mammals to embrace day...
- Australian snakes have Asian origins: Study
Sydney, Nov 2 (IANS) Ancient species of Australian lizards and snakes, including some of the world's most deadliest, migrated from Asia to ...
Rajasthan dinosaur footprints could tell us why the species disappearedGeologists have found footprints of Eubrontes Gleneronsensis Theropod dinosaurs in Jaisalmer district. These fossilized prints are 150 mill...
Malaria may have evolved 100 mn years ago & even affected dinosaurs, says studyMalaria is often thought to be of more modern origin- caused primarily by one genus of protozoa & spread by anopheline mosquitoes.
Ancestor of snakes, lizards likely gave birth to live youngIn an unusual discovery, scientists have found that the ancestor of snakes and lizards likely gave birth to live young, rather than laying ...