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Ancient squirrels ate meat like 'zombies,' and the proof is in the poopFrozen ancient squirrel feces from Canada's Yukon have revealed a lost Ice Age world. These coprolites, dating back up to 700,000 years, co...
In 2024, a horned dinosaur skull with an extraordinary crown was found in Montana, and it reshaped what scientists knew about prehistoric North AmericaA strange dinosaur skull found in Montana is rewriting dinosaur history. Named Lokiceratops, this horned dinosaur had unique, uneven headge...
Scientists just found a "fake dinosaur" that walked on two legs like a dinosaur 212 million years agoA newly named 'witch croc,' Labrujasuchus expectatus, roamed the American Southwest 212 million years ago, predating similar dinosaur forms...
In 1980, a physicist studying a thin clay layer found an iridium spike, and it wasn’t just trace metal: It became one of the biggest clues behind the dinosaurs’ extinctionIn a remarkable geological find in Italy, a delicate clay layer was uncovered, marked by unusually high levels of iridium—a rare element on...
This dinosaur had a neck 40% shorter than its giant relatives, defying one of nature's biggest Jurassic rulesPaleontologists discovered Brachytrachelopan mesai, a sauropod dinosaur with a surprisingly short neck. This creature challenged the long-h...
Giant new dinosaur species unearthed in Brazil after 120 million yearsConstruction workers in Davinopolis, Brazil, discovered the fossilized bones of a giant dinosaur. Named Dasosaurus tocantinensis, the creat...
Scientists say Jurassic Park’s T. Rex missed one major detail about the dinosaur’s skinRecent fossil evidence suggests adult T. Rex likely sported scaly skin, not a full feather coat. While some smaller relatives had filamento...
Before dinosaurs, earth had a giant millipede longer than a car: and it was the largest arthropod ever foundArthropleura, a colossal arthropod from the Carboniferous and early Permian periods, has been definitively linked to millipedes through new...
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 If Dinosaurs Had Spikes Like Porcupines? This Fossil Suggests They DidScientists found a new dinosaur species, Haolong dongi, in China. This dinosaur had unique hollow spikes growing from its skin. This is the...
Hidden for millions of years, scientists identify a new dinosaur species deep in the SaharaPaleontologists have discovered a new species of Spinosaurus, Spinosaurus mirabilis, in the remote Sahara Desert of Niger. Unlike other spi...
Why Some Dinosaurs Left Swim Marks Instead of Footprints; What “Almost Floating” Really Looked LikeScientists have discovered ancient fossil tracks that are not deep footprints but faint scratches. These marks show dinosaurs moving throug...
Gigantic Jurassic Dinosaur Trackway Unearthed in UK QuarryA major dinosaur fossil discovery has been made in an Oxfordshire quarry. Around 200 footprints, forming extensive trackways, have been unc...
Baby Dinosaur Fossils in Arctic Permafrost Show How They Survived Polar WintersTiny dinosaur fossils unearthed in Alaska reveal that baby dinosaurs were born and raised through harsh Arctic winters, enduring months of ...
Fossils found in Alberta, ground zero for dinosaur discoveries, may reveal new facts about their evolutionThe most significant specimens tended to come from the badlands along the Red Deer River.
In 120 million-year-old fossil, scientists find oldest record of dinosaur preying on mammalPaleontologists found a fossil of a bird sized dinosaur known as a microraptor, with remains of a mouse inside it.
- How did bird-like meat-eating dinosaurs lost their fingers?
Johannesburg, Aug 24 (IANS) An international team of paleontologists have found how a meat-eating species of dinosaurs, that share many sim...
- '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...
- Tyrannosaurs face was covered in scaly protective layer: Study
New York, April 1 (IANS) The face of tyrannosaurs was covered in a scaly protective layer with a high degree of tactile sensitivity, simila...
The world's oldest flowering plant may be 130-million-year-oldScientists have identified a 125 mn- to 130 mn-year-old freshwater plant, a contemporary of dinosaurs, as one of earliest flowering plants ...