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03/06/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Construction site turned dinosaur dig: Workers unearth 68-million-year-old Triceratops fossil

What started out as a simple construction job turned into a mission to find, document and retrieve the remains of a prehistoric giant. Builders tasked with excavating a site near a retirement community in Denver, Colorado, stumbled upon a partial skeleton, which was later identified by paleontologists as that of a large adult Triceratops. According […]

02/04/2020 / By Michael Alexander

A glimpse of the past: Photographer “reanimates” dinosaur skeletons through photographs

They may have died out 66 million years ago, but thanks to a photographer’s new series, dinosaurs such as the fearsome predator Tyrannosaurus rex and the imposing behemoth Triceratops are coming back to life. “I sought to really bring these animals to life,” Christian Voigt said about his project, which he has dubbed “Evolution.” According to Voigt, the project all […]

01/02/2020 / By Edsel Cook

How old is life on Earth? Fossilized fungi could offer clues, say researchers

Ancient fungi might have made their way on land ahead of their plant counterparts. A recent analysis of fossil fungi from the Northwest Territories of Canada suggested that the organisms might be a billion years old. Researchers from Belgium, France and Canada discovered ancient fungi with a complicated and branching shape. They published their findings […]

01/01/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Swedish scientists compile a “microfossil atlas” to help NASA learn more about Martian microfossils

Scientists looking for signs of life on Mars may need to take a deep dive first – literally. According to a study published in Frontiers in Earth Science, the upcoming Mars expeditions by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) – both of which have the specific aim to […]

12/28/2019 / By Michael Alexander

“Thai”-rannosaurus rex? Fossils unearthed in Thailand reveal link to fearsome therapod

Two distant relatives of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex have been identified in Thailand, according to a new report. In an article published in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, paleontologists Adun Samathi and Martin Sander of the University of Bonn in Germany identified previously unrecognized fossils as those of megaraptors – cousins to the famed Jurassic Park predator. “We were […]

10/25/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Unearthing the prehistoric past of Texas – animals thought “Old World” found to have roamed it 12 million years ago

Millions of years ago, Texas supported large populations of prehistoric antelopes, camels, elephants, horses, and rhinos. Its rich selection of fauna matched those found in the Serengeti, the vast ecosystem of Africa that brims with wildlife. The fossil evidence for the “Texas Serengeti” first emerged during the Great Depression. Local workers hauled thousands of specimens […]

10/18/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Researchers discover “beautiful nightmare” crab with giant eyes and the shell of a lobster

Imagine a crab with a lobster’s carapace, a shrimp’s mouth, and bulging eyes, plus the ability to swim. This stuff of seafood dreams and Lovecraftian nightmares is called the chimera crab, and it prowled the seas of the ancient Earth. Its discoverers dubbed it Callichimaera perplexa, “perplexing beautiful chimera” in Latin. The name came from the chimera […]

07/10/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Dino-discovery: Small T-Rex ancestor found in Utah

Researchers recently discovered the fossil remnants of an ancestor of the Tyrannosaurus rex. Unlike the star of Jurassic Park, this so-called “harbinger of doom” measures less than a third of the “king of tyrant lizards.” Moros intrepidus lived in Utah 97 million years ago. It only weighed 180 pounds and stood as tall as a […]

08/01/2017 / By Russel Davis

Australia used to be home to giant flying turkeys the size of kangaroos

Australian researchers have recently discovered five species of giant birds, towering as tall as kangaroos, that once roamed the continent. As part of research, a team of paleontologists from Flinders University in South Australia examined megapode fossils from Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia and concurred that the specimens belong to five different […]

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