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Newly discovered pliosaur terrorised ancient Russian seas

Geology Page - January 18, 2016

The Mesozoic played host to some of the most dangerous predators to ever swim the Earth's oceans. Among these, pliosaurs were lethal hunters, and...

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Martian meteorite yields more evidence of the possibility of life on...

September 16, 2014

Illustration shows a cross section of the prehistoric iguana burrow, and how the surrounding landscape may have looked during the Late Pleistocene Epoch. Credit: Anthony Martin.

First-known fossil iguana burrow found in the Bahamas

December 17, 2020

Landscape evolution and hazards

April 1, 2016

Rare fossils of giant rodents raise questions

February 22, 2017

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The fossil (left) was unearthed in Wisconsin in 1985. Scientists analyzed it and discovered the ancient animal's respiratory and circulatory organs (center) were near-identical to those of a modern-day scorpion (right).

Fossil is the oldest-known scorpion

Ancient eggshell protein breaks through DNA time barrier

A new study shows that giant ore deposits are tightly distributed above where rigid rocks that comprise the nuclei of ancient continents begin to thin, far below the surface (white areas). Redder areas indicate the thinnest rocks beyond the boundary; bluer ones, the thickest. Circles, triangles and squares show known large sediment-hosted deposits of different metals. (Adapted from Hoggard et al., Nature Geoscience, 2020)

Geologists identify deep-earth structures that may signal hidden metal lodes

Sensitive faces helped dinosaurs eat, woo and take temperature, suggests study