Researchers in the Qingliangfeng Nature Reserve in China have identified a new species of newt named Pachytriton cheni. This ...

When some of the more entrepreneurial lifeforms started moving from water to land some 390 million years ago, things soon got ...

The “mighty” new prehistoric whale species was about 40 feet long based on the fossilized bones. Tanaka, et al (2025) Palaeontologia Electronica The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have unearthed a spooky pair of dinosaur mummies that seem to have been preserved in an ...

Wadisuchus kassabi is both a new species and the first member of a new genus, or group of species that share physical similarities and an evolutionary line. The species was named after the valley ...

David Burnham presents a row of T. rex teeth on April 18, 2025, at the Paleontology Lab at Dyche Hall, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd. For David Burnham, paleontology isn’t just a science — it’s storytelling, and ...

Based on fossil finds, archaeologists are now piecing together how ancient humans thrived in a land dominated by dangerous large animals. A study published in the journal Science Advances has unveiled ...

A traveling dinosaur museum brought prehistoric creatures to life for students in the small town of San Diego, giving children a rare opportunity to experience fossils and dinosaur exhibits up close. ...

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A tusk from a woolly mammoth, estimated to be 10,000 years old, has gone on display. The tusk originated from somewhere ...

Some of the wildest legends may actually be rooted in reality. Ancient people didn’t have science textbooks, just bones in the dirt and stories passed around the fire, and sometimes, those stories ...