New York state resident finds complete mastodon jaw beneath lawn Jaw found in Scotchtown, Orange county, is latest notable discovery from ice age-era animal in the region The Guardian - US · Dec 18, 2024
Saturn's rings could be much older than scientists first thought Saturn's rings might not be younger than the dinosaurs as recently suggested, but nearly as old as the giant planet itself at billions of years in age, a new study says. Space · Dec 16, 2024
2 huge asteroid strikes 36 million years ago didn't change Earth's climate over the long haul, study finds Two giant asteroids that struck Earth about 36 million years ago did not cause any long-lasting shifts to our planet's climate, according to new research. Space · Dec 11, 2024
TV tonight: the mind-boggling search for the world’s oldest DNA This fascinating documentary digs deep for genetic secrets. Plus: Shetland reaches its sombre conclusion. Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2024
Fossilized Footprints Reveal Two Extinct Hominin Species Did In Fact Live Side By Side The evidence for hominin behavior and locomotion found in a footprint is one of a kind. Inverse · Dec 7, 2024
Apex the $45M stegosaurus is on display in New York. Here's what scientists hope to learn about it The most expensive dinosaur fossil ever discovered will be on view in New York starting this weekend The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2024
Dino teeth help scientists take a bite out of history 135 million years ago For the first time, UK paleontologists said tyrannosaurs have been identified in sediments of this age and region The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2024
Teeth find shows meat-eating dinosaurs roamed East Sussex 135 million yeas ago The team is working with colleagues at London’s Natural History Museum and the Hastings Museum and Art Gallery. Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2024
Scientists puzzled by asteroids that hit Earth 35 million years ago and seemingly left no climate impacts UK scientists used hundreds of tiny fossils that lived in the sea at the time to understand climate shifts tens of millions of years ago The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2024
Footprints in Kenya ‘show distant relatives of modern humans coexisted’ Researchers say fossilised marks were apparently made in same place within days of each other about 1.5m years ago The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2024
Muddy footprints suggest 2 species of early humans were neighbors in Kenya 1.5 million years ago Muddy footprints left on a Kenyan lakeside suggest two of our early human ancestors were neighbors some 1.5 million years ago The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2024
Morning Mail: super tax plan left out of last-day Senate scramble, medicinal cannabis booms, Trump picks threatened Albanese government has all but abandoned plan to raid balances over $3m; sales of drug for medicinal purposes could reach $1bn this year The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2024
Dinosaur Dominance Unveiled Through Fossilized Feces Study Research on fossilized feces from Poland sheds light on dinosaur evolution and adaptation over 30 million years. Top News · Nov 27, 2024
Fossilized dinosaur feces and vomit help scientists reconstruct the creatures' rise Scientists are using used fossilized feces and vomit from Poland to reconstruct how dinosaurs came to dominate the Earth The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024
The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024 Dinosaur dung study reveals how giant beasts came to dominate planet Some early dinosaurs consumed charcoal to cleanse stomach after eating toxic ferns, study says
International Business Times · Nov 21, 2024 Human Ancestor Lucy Still Has Secrets 50 Years After Discovery She was, for a while, the oldest known member of the human family. "The impact of the discovery was very big in the discipline and even the whole world," he told AFP. Lucy showed that members of the human family existed beyond three million years ago, and she also provided…
The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2024 Dinosaur ‘drumsticks’ helped penguins waddle, turkeys trot millions of years later Paleontologists compared the bones and joints of birds to dinosaurs to find links in new Yale University study
The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2024 Hiker discovers first trace of entire prehistoric ecosystem in Italian Alps Melting snow and ice has revealed footprints of reptiles and amphibians, dating back 280 million years
International Business Times · Nov 4, 2024 Human Extinction: Scientists Predict When And How It Could Happen Scientists project that Earth's continents are slowly drifting towards each other and will merge to form a massive supercontinent called "Pangea Ultima." This formation is expected to happen in about 250 million years, bringing drastic changes to Earth's climate.
The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2024 Scientists reveal what stopped crocodiles from evolving to become deep divers It’s all about sinuses
Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2024 New 3D fossil discovered preserved in fool’s gold The new species has been named after arthropod expert Greg Edgecombe of London’s Natural History Museum.
The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2024 Scientists thought a warming Earth led to the age of the dinosaurs. That might be wrong The extinction event wiped out three-quarters of all life on Earth more than 200 million years ago
Inverse · Oct 25, 2024 Look! This Giant, Hairy Cicada Lived With The Dinosaurs And Was Terrified Of Birds While dinosaurs roamed, a giant insect evolved wings for aerodynamic flight to defend itself against ancient birds, a new study found.
Space · Oct 25, 2024 A meteorite 200 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing asteroid helped life on Earth flourish The destructive power of asteroids is undeniable — just ask the dinosaurs. New research suggests a huge space rock that struck Earth over 3 billion years ago may have benefitted early life.
Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2024 Prehistoric flying reptiles lived on diet of squid and fish, scientists reveal Analysis of ‘first-ever discovery’ of fossilised stomach contents provides insight into eating habits of pterosaurs.