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The Scorpion King was real: Venomous creature as long as a full-grown German Shepherd once ruled the Earth before DinosaursAncient fossils reveal giant scorpions, Praearcturus gigas, exceeding a meter in length, dominated Britain over 400 million years ago. Thes...
This 415-million-year-old monster scorpion existed before trees, and it's the biggest everScientists have identified Praearcturus gigas, a one-meter-long scorpion from the Early Devonian period, as the largest scorpion ever disco...
Bigger than a blue whale: 11-year-old's discovery of 6.5-foot jawbone reveals Earth's largest marine reptileA young girl's fossil find in England has led to the discovery of Ichthyotitan severnensis. This ancient marine reptile was enormous, compa...
18,000 Dinosaur Footprints Set a Record: And Some Are Swim TracksBolivia's Torotoro National Park has yielded an unprecedented 18,000 dinosaur fossil traces, including thousands of footprints and swim mar...
Eggs en Provence: France's unique dinosaur egg troveAt the foot of Sainte Victoire, the mountain in Provence immortalised by Impressionist painter Paul Cezanne, a palaeontologist brushes meti...
Tryst with the great apesIn Justin Long's 'Life is Short' podcast, 90-year-old primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall discussed her journey from a farm in Kenya in 1957 to ...
Were dinosaurs the cleverest reptiles?In the latest research, an international team of palaeontologists, behavioural scientists and neurologists re-examined the brains of dinosa...
New study challenges view of dinosaurs as intelligent creaturesNew research challenges previous beliefs about dinosaur intelligence, suggesting they were more akin to "smart giant crocodiles" rather tha...
Osteosarcoma: Ancient Disease That Plagued The DinosaursOsteosarcoma: The Ancient Disease That Plagued The Dinosaurs
Paleontologists discover dinosaur nests and 265 fossilised eggs in Madhya Pradesh’s Narmada ValleyThe recent discovery indicates that the Narmada Valley served as a dinosaur hatchery zone millions of years ago.
- Are Tyrannosauri to become racist?
The scientists studying the remains of the extinct predator(s) figure that the bone structures or 'robustness' varied not between individua...
New dinosaur species discovered in Australia, one of world's biggest
Nearly 40-million-year-old 'sabre-toothed tiger' skeleton sells for more than $84,000Some palaeontologists insist animal or plant fossils are not decorative objects for collectors.
Make a 'Stan' for timeless art: One museum’s fossil can be an art collector’s installationA 67 mn-yr-old composition of bones is the highlight of a Christie’s sale in October in New York.
Divergent tales of two lizards where one ended up in amber and the other in a bowl of sambarBoth lizards received wildly different reactions to their discovery.
On the horns of a mobile dilemma: Bony growths discovered in humans due to prolonged use of smartphonesOver-usage can lead to ‘tech necks’, but growing spurs may be a bit far-fetched.
- Australian brewer to launch 'fossil beer'
Canberra, Sep 22 (IANS) An Australian brewer has announced of launching a "fossil beer" to commemorate 10 years of regional fossil research.
The metamorphosis of wetlandsEven as more wetland and coastal areas are reclaimed in the name of development, palaeontologists have excavated evidence of evergreen fore...
Naming any fossil after a living person can cause celebrity hurtPerhaps palaeontologists should be a bit more considerate about fragile egos and choose celebrities who have passed on instead.
- New dinosaur species discovered in US
US palaeontologists have discovered the fossil of a previously unknown dinosaur - a strange horned beast that roamed an island continent 76...