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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

germinating fossil pine cone

A first in fossil research: Seeds sprouting from an amber-encased pine...

“In the shallows near shore, Tetrapodophis amplectus glides through a tangle of branches from the conifer Duartenia araripensis that have fallen into the water, sharing this habitat with a water bug in the family Belostomatidae and small fish (Dastilbe sp.).” Image credit: Julius Csotonyi

Paleontologists debunk fossil thought to be missing link between lizards and...

A lab-grown crystal of a synthetic form of the rare earth mineral, monazite, shows extensive damage to one face after exposure to bio-leaching compound generated by Gluconobacter oxydans. Credit: Credit: Brian Balta/Provided

Bacteria may be key to sustainably extracting earth elements for tech

Living reconstruction of Issi saaneq / Photo: Victor Beccari

‘Cold bone’: Researchers discover first dinosaur species that lived on Greenland...

Long neck, long tail, tiny head, tiny teeth. These iconic, gargantuan dinosaurs developed a wholly unique dining strategy to support their massive size. Image by Stephanie Abramowicz, courtesy of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM).

Tooth Fast, Tooth Curious?

Brighstoneus simmondsi reconstruction. Credit: John Sibbick

New species of iguanodontian dinosaur discovered from Isle of Wight

Pleurosaurus from the Late Jurassic, some 150 million years ago, of southern Germany, a remarkable, long-bodied swimming rhynchocephalian.

Rapidly evolving species more likely to go extinct, study suggests

Laser-stimulated fluorescence imaging of a pterosaur fossil reveals flight-related soft tissues. The imaging revealed a muscular wing root fairing that smooths airflow around the wing-body junction and reduces drag, as in the wing root fairings of modern aeroplanes. (Image credit: Michael Pittman)

Muscular wing-body junction improved Pterosaur flight performance

Brachiopod fossils from the Ordovician Period outcrop on Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada. (Credit: André Desrochers, University of Ottawa)

Uncovering the secrets behind Earth’s first major mass extinction

A closeup view of the Flyby Trike’s occipital condyle bone — nicknamed the “trailer hitch” — the ball on the back of the skull that connects to neck vertebrae.Rachel Ormiston/Burke Museum/University of Washington

Four dinosaurs discovered in Montana

Fig. 1. Cretapsara athanata Luque gen. et sp. nov., a modern-looking eubrachyuran crab in Burmese amber. (A to D) Holotype LYAM-9. (A) Whole amber sample with crab inclusion in ventral view. (B) Close-up of ventral carapace. (C) Whole amber sample with crab inclusion in dorsal view. (D) Close-up of dorsal carapace. White arrows in (B) and (D) indicate the detached left fifth leg or pereopod. Photos by L.X. Figure by J.L.

First dinosaur era crab fully preserved in amber discovered

Image: Artists impression of newly identified species Credit: Anthony Hutchings

Two new species of large predatory dinosaur discovered on Isle of...

Life reconstruction of herbivorous dinosaurs based on 220-million-year-old fossil footprints from Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. (Image credit: Anthony Romilio)

‘Raptor-like’ dinosaur discovered in Australian mine, actually uncovered as a timid...

Artist’s impression of Spinosaurus. Credit: Davide Bonadonna

Early dinosaurs may have lived in social herds as early as...

A trilobite fossil, Redlichia rex found at Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island – a marine creature that lived over 500 million years ago during the Cambrian period. Credit: Macquarie University

What to do if you find fossils or artifacts

Eograminis balticus

Grass found in Baltic amber

Ecological changes following intense volcanic activity 230 million years ago paved the way for dinosaur dominance

Dinosaurs’ ascent driven by volcanoes powering climate change

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