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Reconstruction of the extinct Herugavialis cairensis with the Great Sphinx and pyramids depicted in the background. Credit: Karim Zanaty

New crocodile species discovered in rocks used to build the Great...

Ediacaran sea floor, Namibia, Southwest Africa - 543 million years ago. Credit: Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford / Mighty Fossils.

Animals may have evolved vastly earlier than fossil evidence suggests

Fossils of Yujingia glutenotunica. Credit: Kaiyue He et al.

Half-billion-year-old fossils rewrite the origin story of starfish

Life restoration of Tenuicruris piscanexum gen. et sp. nov. Credit: Artwork by Travis Tischler

Ancient bird becomes second Australian species to be named from the...

A model of Jeanerpeton on the floor of the Carboniferous forest at the Field Museum's Evolving Planet exhibition. Credit: Allison Sefcovic

New species of proto-amphibian described by students, named in honor of...

Antrozous pallidus from the U.S. Credit: Elizabeth Clare

Bat genomes and fossils point to a European origin 65 million...

Queasy plesiosaurs swam to shore to vomit, Jurassic fossils reveal

Queasy plesiosaurs swam to shore to vomit, Jurassic fossils reveal

Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of a group of Cardiatherium, a genus of extinct, direct relatives of modern capybaras, pictured in the late Miocene coastal wetlands and forestry canopy of the Atacama Region of northern Chile. Freshwater crocodiles float in the river, and seals can be seen basking on rocks while seabirds soar above the shoreline. Credit: MauriPaleoenvironmental reconstruction of a group of Cardiatherium, a genus of extinct, direct relatives of modern capybaras, pictured in the late Miocene coastal wetlands and forestry canopy of the Atacama Region of northern Chile. Freshwater crocodiles float in the river, and seals can be seen basking on rocks while seabirds soar above the shoreline. Credit: Mauricio Alvarezcio Alvarez

Capybaras in the desert? Fossil casts doubt on Atacama as world’s...

The two slabs of NSM G.1990.72.1, the Westlothiana fossil studied in the new work. Credit: Roger Benson, posted with permission from National Museums Scotland

Fossil long known as world’s oldest reptile dethroned

Lactoferrin is an immune protein derived from milk that regulates iron levels in the body. Iron is a key nutrient for bacterial growth.

160-million-year-old proteins reveal unexpected power against superbugs.

Artist impression of the end-Triassic fern spike interval. Weeding and pioneering ferns are overgrowing the disturbed soils and remains of conifer forests. Credits: Mark Garlick.

Triassic Inferno: Fires raged across Europe for thousands of years during...

A broken T. rex rib has preserved a stunning 66-million-year-old record of blood vessels and healing hidden inside the fossil. Credit: Phoenix Pleasant/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

A broken rib from the world’s largest T. rex hid a...

Gentoo penguin transporting a small stone in its beak, walking across rocky terrain at Neko Harbor, Antarctica. Credit: Eloi_Omella/Getty Images

Scientists discover first new penguin species in more than 100 years

Steinkern of Maclurites neritoides containing cryptic fauna cornulitids, bryozoans, and graptolites (arrows). Credit: Scientific Reports (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-62638-5

Marine animals first colonized empty seashells about 470 million years ago

Reconstruction of the mosasaur fossil from Kaizuka City, Osaka Prefecture, reported in this study. © Satoshi Kawasaki

Japan’s first mosasaur premaxilla fossil hints at a new species

An artist's impression of a pliosaur. Credit: Megan Jacobs/University of Portsmouth

Jurassic sea monster was smaller than once thought, but no less...

The UB BIOST3 Research Group designs a public-facing web interface to discover the Earth’s ancient geography. Credit: University of Barcelona

New web tool maps fossil locations across ancient continents in seconds

Virginia Tech geobiologist Shuhai Xiao and collaborators reported a 550 million-year-old sea sponge fossil, filling in a gap in the evolutionary family tree of one of the earliest animals. Photo by Spencer Coppage for Virginia Tech.

A rare fossil reveals that Earth’s earliest sponges were hiding in...

Reconstruction of Masripithecus moghraensis by Mauricio Antón. Credit: Copyrights belong to Professor Hesham Sallam

Masripithecus: A new Miocene ape from Egypt sheds light on the...

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