Megalodon extinction graphical abstract.

Giant ‘megalodon’ shark extinct earlier than previously thought

The place where the footprint was found

Neanderthal footprints found in Gibraltar

Electron microscopy image of microbial cells which respire sulfate.

Life thrived on Earth 3.5 billion years ago

subducted oceanic crust inferred from this study.

Fate of the subducted oceanic crust revealed by laboratory experiments

Gobiraptor reconstruction.

New oviraptorosaur species discovered in Mongolia

Eofringillirostrum boudreauxi

Earliest known seed-eating perching bird discovered in Fossil Lake, Wyoming

Scientists use the deep-diving robot Jason to collect water samples from oceanic crust at a subseafloor observatory off the coast of Washington. A recent study found that a group of unusual microbes living below the seafloor provides clues to the evolution of life on Earth, and potentially other planets. Credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, courtesy of University of California, Santa Cruz, US National Science Foundation, ROV Jason dive J2-711, 2013, AT26-03 cruise chief scientist Andrew Fisher

Unusual microbes hold clues to early life

pillow basalts from undersea volcanic eruptions,

Researchers help define Southern Ocean’s geological features

T. rex had an unusually flexible skull. Credit: Senckenberg

T. rex possessed a unique flexible skull

The isolated Archaeopteryx feather is the first fossil feather ever discovered. Top image, the feather as it looks today under white light. Middle image, the original drawing from 1862 by Hermann von Meyer. Bottom image, Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence (LSF) showing the halo of the missing quill. Scale bar is 1cm. Credit: Copyright The University of Hong Kong

First discovered fossil feather did not belong to iconic bird Archaeopteryx

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