Tooth size comparison between extinct Early Pliocene Otodus megalodon tooth and a modern great white shark. © MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology

Great white sharks may have contributed to megalodon extinction

Middle: Microscopic plankton cell-wall coverings preserved as “ghost” fossil impressions, pressed into the surface of ancient organic matter (183 million years old). Th

Scientists have discovered a new type of fossilization

Examples of radiolarians, a type of microplankton. These tiny lifeforms need normal salinity seawater with plenty of nutrients including silica to grow and maintain their glassy shells. Researchers at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics found fossilized radiolarians in geologic samples dating back 56 million years, proving that life persisted in the Gulf of Mexico despite global warming that left many oceans barren. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey

Research shows how Gulf of Mexico escaped ancient mass extinction

Partial skull of Maehary bonapartei (CAPPA/UFSM 0300), left side, highlighting the maxilla. Photo: Rodrigo Temp Müller.

A new 225-million-year-old reptile from Brazil

The fossil of Jurassic lizard Eichstaettisaurus. Credit: Jorge Herrera Flores

Researchers discover overlooked Jurassic Park of lizards

The large, woody fruits of the Manicaria saccifera palm that depend on large animals for their dispersal. (Picture: John Dransfield, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)

Dinosaur extinction changed plant evolution

Vertebrate bones exposed during fieldwork in the Zhebao region of Guangxi ProvinceThe arrows indicate ribs, exposed in cross-section

Large Mesozoic Marine Reptile Described

An imagined scene from the end of the Cretaceous Period, more than 66 million years ago, has the newly identified softshell turtle Hutchemys walkerorum dwelling alongside iconic species from the Age of the Dinosaurs. (Image: Sergey Krasovskiy)

Newly identified softshell turtle lived alongside T. rex and Triceratops

Evidence suggests an asteroid impact that killed off most dinosaurs might have happened in spring. Credit: Joschua Knüppe

The reign of the dinosaurs ended in spring

Researchers discover first evidence indicating dinosaur respiratory infection

First evidence indicating dinosaur respiratory infection

Illustration by Cindy Joli, Julio Francisco Garza Lorenzo, and René Dávila Rodríguez.

New fossil birds discovered near China’s Great Wall – one had...

Images of different fossil remains of Abditosaurus kuehnei at the Orcau-1 site (a), the excavation process (b and c) and the neck after fossil preparation (d).

Large new titanosaurian dinosaur from the Pyrenees

True body shape of the ancient Megalodon remains a mystery. (Phillip Sternes/UCR/DePaul)

New research bites holes into theories about Megalodons

Erratus Sperare - the new missing link fossil

New fossil reveals origin of arthropod breathing system

A 250-million-year-old fossil of a marine snail shell in pristine condition. The shell was one of the thousands examined in the study. Scale bar = 100 µm. Credit: William Foster et al.

Fossil snail shells offer new tool for analyzing ancient ocean chemistry

Paleontologist Dean Lomax with the fossilized ichthyosaur. (Matthew Power Photography/Anglian Water)

The World’s Largest Sea Dragon Unearthed in The UK

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) Dinosaur Institute volunteer Viji Shook lying next to the skull of Cymbospondylus youngorum for scale, during the preparation of the specimen. Photo by Martin Sander, courtesy of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM).

Earth’s first known giant creature

Vectiraptor greeni, a new fierce predatory dinosaur from the Isle of Wight. Image credit: Megan Jacobs

An ancient relative of Velociraptor is unearthed in Great Britain

Original artwork from scientific illustrator Emiliano Troco depicting a Brontosaurus (likely the most famous sauropod dinosaur) acting as an ecosystem engineer in a warm and vegetated landscape not dissimilar to modern-day savannah type biomes.

Sauropod dinosaurs were restricted to warmer regions of Earth

Life reconstruction of a close-to-hatching oviraptorosaur dinosaur embryo, based on the new specimen “Baby Yingliang.” Credit: Lida Xing

Exquisitely preserved embryo found inside fossilized dinosaur egg

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