Paleontology
Dino Extinction Paved Way for Grapes—and Wine—to ‘Spread Across the World’
The extinction of the dinosaurs around 66 million years ago may have helped facilitate the spread of grapes around the ...
New Study Challenges 30-Year-Old Theory Linking Griffins to Dinosaurs
Painting of a griffin, a lion-raptor chimera, alongside the fossils of Protoceratops, a horned dinosaur. The latter are said to ...
Ancient Crocodile-Like Reptile Discovered in Brazil
Middle-Late Triassic landscape of southern Brazil depicting a large Prestosuchus chiniquensis feeding on the carcass of a dicynodont while individuals ...
New dinosaur species identified and named by CSU grad, faculty member
A new species of dinosaur, sporting unusually ornate horns on its head and behind its neck, was living alongside at ...
Scientists Discover True Identity of Ancient Sea-Lizard
Researchers identified a prehistoric marine reptile found in 1935 as a thalattosaur, not a choristodere, using CT scans and a ...
Remarkable New Dinosaur Unearthed in the Ancient Swamps of Montana
Reconstruction of Lokiceratops in the 78-million-year-old swamps of northern Montana, as two Probrachylophosaurus move past in the background. Credit: Fabrizio ...
“I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It Before” – Unusual 550 Million Year Old Fossil Solves Paleontological Paradox
A groundbreaking discovery of a 550 million-year-old sea sponge fossil offers new insights into sponge evolution and guides future fossil ...
Scientists Unveil the True Origins of Welsh Dragons – New Fossil Evidence Changes History
A major fossil discovery in Wales reveals early dinosaurs lived on a tropical lowland by the sea over 200 million ...
Scientists Discover Potential Origin of the First “Warm-Blooded” Dinosaurs
Recent research indicates that some dinosaurs might have developed the ability to internally regulate their body temperature during the early ...
Girl, 11, Helps Discover Largest Ever Reptile
It was the largest reptile to ever prowl Earth’s oceans. At some 82 feet, this giant ichthyosaur would’ve been ...
