Fossil
Historic discovery: New species of ancient shark discovered in Kentucky cave
Macadens olsoni is notable for its unique tooth whorl, a curved row of teeth designed for crushing small sea creatures.
Museum finds 67.5-million-year-old dinosaur fossil beneath parking lot
Ritual donkey sacrifice in Israel provides insights into ancient Egyptian trade
Ancient proteins found in fossils up to 24 million years old
'Ash-Winged Dawn Goddess': Oldest North American pterosaur fossil found
Jaw, wing bone, and tooth of Eotephradactylus mcintireae (209.2 Ma) reveal a floodplain ecosystem with fish, giant amphibians, and early turtles before the end-Triassic mass extinction.
Rulers of the sea: 100 million years ago squids were kings
Researchers uncovered 263 fossilized squid beaks, including about 40 different species that had never been seen before.
Fast-footed fossil with outsized toes rewrites small-dino story
Originally misidentified as Nanosaurus, the metre-long teen fossil is the most complete early small dinosaur skeleton ever discovered, researchers say.
First ever discovery of sauropod gut contents confirms herbivorous diet
Analysis reveals sauropods didn't chew but used gut microbes to digest varied plant diet.
'Very strange' ancient marine predator identified - had 50 neck vertebrae
Researchers believe it was one of the first plesiosaurs to hunt prey from above.
Lost world found: Fossils beneath Madura Strait rewrite human history
Two skull fragments provide unique insights into how and where this ancient human lived.
New pterosaur species Nipponopterus mifunensis identified from Japanese fossil
Expected to provide important clues on pterosaur evolution, the fossil is the first known member of a new genus.
Nature study: Newly analyzed fossil reveals earliest feathered flight
"Archaeopteryx is not the first dinosaur with feathers, nor is it the first dinosaur with wings. However, we think it is the earliest known dinosaur that could use its feathers for flying."
Footprints found in Australia are the oldest evidence of clawed animals ever found
'A single track-bearing slab calls into question everything we thought we knew about when modern tetrapods evolved.'
Rare fossilized butterfly identified as new extinct species Tacola kamitanii
It is the first butterfly fossil from the Early Pleistocene epoch, dating to 2.6 to 1.8 million years ago.
Did T. rex's 'grandparents' migrate over the Bering Land Bridge?
Tyrannosaurus rex evolved in North America, specifically in Laramidia, the western half of the continent.
