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...
17 Feb, 2026, 03.20 PM IST
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...
02 Jul, 2025, 12.12 PM IST
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 ...
06 Aug, 2024, 11.35 PM IST
Were dinosaurs the cleverest reptiles?In the latest research, an international team of palaeontologists, behavioural scientists and neurologists re-examined the brains of dinosa...
13 May, 2024, 11.42 PM IST
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...
30 Apr, 2024, 05.06 PM IST
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.
22 Jan, 2023, 08.48 PM IST
- 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...
03 Mar, 2022, 11.09 PM IST
New dinosaur species discovered in Australia, one of world's biggest08 Jun, 2021, 01.08 PM IST
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.
09 Dec, 2020, 03.31 PM IST
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.
22 Sep, 2020, 08.22 AM IST
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.
06 Aug, 2020, 08.35 AM IST
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.
24 Jun, 2019, 08.11 AM IST
- 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.
22 Sep, 2017, 10.37 AM IST
- 150 dinosaur tracks discovered in Australia
Brisbane, March 27 (IANS) A team of palaeontologists has identified 150 tracks from 21 dinosaur species in Australia, the University of Que...
27 Mar, 2017, 04.50 PM IST
The metamorphosis of wetlandsEven as more wetland and coastal areas are reclaimed in the name of development, palaeontologists have excavated evidence of evergreen fore...
13 Jun, 2016, 07.45 PM IST
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.
13 Sep, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- 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...
17 Jul, 2013, 03.56 PM IST