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EARLY CRETACEOUS PERIOD
Dinosaurs found frozen mid-sleep after prehistoric ash burial similar to PompeiiA dramatic volcanic eruption in ancient China 120 million years ago unleashed superheated ash and gas. This deadly event, similar to Pompei...- In 2009, a teen on a Utah fossil trip found a skeleton of a baby dinosaur that changed what researchers knew about ParasaurolophusA student's fossil find in Utah revealed a rare juvenile Parasaurolophus. This discovery offered scientists a complete look at the dinosaur...
- 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...
- ‘Kraken-Like’ giant octopuses as large as semi-trucks ruled oceans 100 million years ago, study findsNew research reveals giant octopuses were powerful ocean predators around 100 million years ago. These creatures, some reaching 19 meters, ...
- Rocks Hidden Beneath the Pacific May Hold a Secret Record of Earth Slowly CoolingGeoscientists are using ancient chert rocks from the Pacific's Shatsky Rise to understand Earth's thermal history. Oxygen isotopes within t...
- 130-million-year-old oceans dominated by super predators at unprecedented trophic levels, far surpassing modern marine apex speciesAncient oceans teemed with massive marine reptiles, some over ten metres long. These creatures occupied a previously unknown seventh level ...
- Jurassic World's most fierce predator among 17 dinosaurs species revealed. One can get glimpse in Chicago museumDinosaurs-centric study found that Tyrannosaurus possessed by far the highest estimated bite force, with a heavily reinforced skull and mas...
- Flowers are older than dinosaurs! The 1st blossom bloomed 38 million years agoFlowers can be preserved in striking detail. Dripping tree sap and resin fossilised the petals and pollen of a fossil flower in a Baltic co...
- New dinosaur species wore its 'heart' on tailScientists have discovered a new dinosaur species in Tanzania with a heart-shaped tail that provides new clues to how ecosystems evolved on...
- Dinosaurs enjoyed perfume fragrances: StudyNew York, Aug 8 (IANS) The compounds behind the perfumes and colognes that you enjoy today have attracted even dinosaurs 65 milion years ag...
- Jurassic-era crocodile with T-rex teeth discovered in MadagascarWashington, July 5 (IANS) Scientists have discovered fossils belonging to an ancient, extinct crocodile relative that has deep and massive ...
- Researchers find earliest relative of Brachiosaurus dinosaurLondon, May 3 (IANS) A giant dinosaur species that lived around 160 million years ago could be the earliest relative of Brachiosaurus, depi...
- 150 dinosaur tracks discovered in AustraliaBrisbane, March 27 (IANS) A team of palaeontologists has identified 150 tracks from 21 dinosaur species in Australia, the University of Que...
- First fossilised dinosaur brain tissue identifiedLondon, Oct 28 (IANS) Researchers have confirmed an unassuming brown pebble, found more than a decade ago by a fossil hunter in Sussex, as ...
- Dinosaurs fled Europe over 100 million years agoThey migrated out of Europe between 125 and 100 million years ago after the original super continent broke up, according to a new study.
- 3D models show how giant dinosaurs evolvedScientists have developed 3D computer models of the bodies of the gigantic sauropod dinosaurs to analyse how their size, shape and weight-d...
- Asteroid impact, volcanoes together wiped out dinosaursAn asteroid impact 66 million years ago accelerated the eruptions of volcanoes in India for hundreds of thousands of years, dealing a one-t...
- Science City in Kolkata to come up with its own 'Jurassic World'Science City will throw open new science exploration hall where visitors will be able to enjoy a 'dark ride' amidst life-like models of din...
- Cockroach from dinosaur era was fearsome night-time hunterAccording to the study, an analysis of the ancient specimen, named Manipulator modificaputis, suggests that it was a predatory insect, like...
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