The holotype specimen of Lomankus edgecombei. Photograph at left, other images at right are 3D models from CT scanning. Credit: Luke Parry (photograph), Yu Liu, Ruixin Ran (3D models).

Golden bugs: Spectacular new fossil arthropods preserved in fool’s gold

This image provided by Mariana Chuliver shows the oldest-known tadpole fossil found in Patagonia, Argentina. Credit: Mariana Chuliver via AP

This ancient tadpole fossil is the oldest ever discovered

Life restoration of two Skiphosoura bavarica in flight. Credit: Gabriel Ugueto.

New fossil reveals the evolution of flying reptiles

Paleontologists and students from McGill University have documented Saskatchewan's first confirmed fossil specimens

Paleontologists discover Saskatchewan’s first Centrosaurus and Citipes elegans fossils

Fossil skull of the newly described amphibian. Credit: David Lovelace

Fossil amphibians found in burrows where they waited for the next...

The newly discovered worm lizard species is the largest in the world. Presumably, the animals fed mainly on snails 50 million years ago. Credit: Jaime Chirinos

World’s Largest Worm Lizard Fossil Discovered

A 3D-printed model of the Parasaurolophus skulls at a 1:3 scale to the original fossil. The white model is the nasal passages inside the skull. Credit: Hongjun Lin

The Parasaurolophus’ pipes: Modeling the dinosaur’s crest to study its sound

The new dinosaur is called Tralkasaurus, which means "thunder reptile" in the indigenous Mapuche language common in Patagonia. In this file photo, a boy in Melbourne, Australia inspects the teeth of a theropod dinosaur

Thanksgiving special: Dinosaur drumsticks and the story of the turkey trot

Sliding Champatis, the seeds of the Lapsi tree, can provide insight into devastating landslides and rock avalanches. Credit: Pudasaini et al.

Sliding seeds can provide insight into devastating landslides and rock avalanches

The two accumulation phases of the Mediterranean salt layer during the Messinian Salinity Crisis. In the first phase, salt accumulated in a Mediterranean Basin filled with brine; in the second phase, salt accumulated in a Mediterranean completely isolated from the Atlantic Ocean, as a result of the significant drop in sea level in the western and eastern Mediterranean sub-basins. © Giovanni Aloisi

How 70% of the Mediterranean Sea was lost 5.5 million years...

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