DARK SECRETS: 3 - The Real Truth

150-million-year-old giant long-necked dinosaur fossils found in Spain

Spanish paleontologists found Diplodocus fossils in Teruel, Spain. These remains are the first evidence of this dinosaur outside North America. The fossils date back approximately 150 million years to the Late Jurassic Period. Anatomical study and evolutionary analyses confirmed the identification of the specimen. This discovery suggests giant sauropods moved…

The Times of India · Sep 16

A 66-million-year-old gastropod fossil was found at a 5,000-year-old settlement in Ankara

A 66-million-year-old gastropod fossil was unearthed at an Ankara archaeological site. This ancient creature lived during the Tethys Sea's final phases. Researchers are investigating how the fossil arrived at the Kulhoyuk settlement. The discovery connects the site's history to a much older geological past. This finding offers insights into the…

The Times of India · Sep 15

Scientists perplexed as iconic dinosaur thought unique to America is found in Spain

Discovery offers compelling evidence of dinosaurs moving between North America and Europe

The Independent UK · Sep 15

Scientist finds 10,000-year-old mastodon molar while surveying California creek for threatened frogs

While investigating a creek for frogs, a scientist stumbled upon a remarkable ancient mastodon tooth, estimated to be over ten thousand years old. Paleontologists have confirmed its belonging to a long-extinct species of Pacific mastodon. The fossil will soon be analyzed at Stanford University to determine its precise age, establishing…

The Times of India · Sep 11

One of science’s biggest mysteries could be solved by fossilised feather in dinosaur dung

By studying this feather, researchers have found clues that help explain why birds are the only group of dinosaurs that survived the mass extinction

The Independent UK · Sep 11

The UK Coast Is Hiding A 454-Million-Year-Old Supervolcano That Once Had Northern Europe Covered In Ash

Scientists studying ancient rock samples uncovered something extraordinary beneath England’s east coast: the remains of a massive supervolcano that erupted hundreds of millions of years ago. The volcano stretched at least 65 kilometers beneath The Wash, Norfolk and Lincolnshire, and its ancient eruption sent volcanic ash across large parts of…

Bored Panda · Sep 9

Early Europeans resorted to cannibalism several times over thousands of years, cave fossils reveal

Cannibalism was found concentrated in three time periods

The Independent UK · Sep 9

Copenhagen’s £200m underground museum opens in 2027 with dinosaurs, 14m specimens and eight galleries

Copenhagen’s new £200 million Natural History Museum will open on March 6, 2027, featuring eight immersive underground galleries and a collection of 14 million specimens. Visitors can explore dinosaur skeletons, 3D exhibits and the spectacular Ocean Hall, as the museum combines historic Botanical Garden buildings with striking new underground architecture…

The Times of India · Sep 8

Want to borrow a dinosaur fossil? Try California’s one-of-a-kind taxidermy lending library

A natural history museum lets residents take home 1,400 specimens, from bobcats and beetles to snakes in jars

The Guardian - US · Sep 8

Meet Greta Ramirez-Guerrero: The Canadian PhD student who helped reveal a 450-million-year-old jellyfish relative hiding in Quebec rocks

Greta Ramirez-Guerrero was studying fragments of ancient life that had survived in Quebec rock for roughly 450 million years when she encountered an unusual problem: the animal she was examining had almost nothing that should have fossilised well. Paleocanna tentaculum was a soft-bodied relative of modern jellyfish, shaped more like…

The Times of India · Sep 7