Tag: Paleontology
What was the ‘perfect snack’ 150 million years ago?
Imagine unwinding after a long day in modern India, perhaps with a cup of chai and a crispy samosa, or a sweet jalebi. Our...
T. rex took 35 years to grow to full size.
The name Tyrannosaurus rex conjures an immediate image: an unstoppable, roaring titan, a force of nature that burst onto the scene fully formed, ready...
A museum thought these were mammoth bones for 70 years. Turns out, they belong to a completely different animal.
Imagine a museum exhibit that has captivated visitors for seven decades, proudly displaying what everyone believed to be the colossal bones of a woolly...
Scientists Found the Biggest Dinosaur Footprints Ever — Deep Enough to Swallow a Grown Adult.
Imagine standing beside an impression in the earth so vast and deep that an adult human could comfortably disappear into it. This isn't a...
Fossil Bee Nests Uncover a Behavior We’ve Never Seen
The world beneath our feet, especially the ancient one, often holds secrets far more imaginative than any fiction. We often think of dinosaurs when...
“It Was Bigger Than A Killer Whale”: 66 Million-Year-Old Tooth Suggests Mosasaurs Were Hunting In Rivers, Not Just Seas
Imagine a creature, larger than a killer whale, patrolling not just the vast, salty oceans, but also the twisting, murky currents of ancient rivers....
Turns out humans were making fire 400,000 years ago – way earlier than we thought!
Get ready to have your mind blown. You know those fundamental stories we tell about human history? The ones that anchor our understanding of...
Nine-Ton Dinosaur With Odd Duck-Like Face Discovered
The world of paleontology is once again abuzz with a remarkable discovery that challenges existing notions of dinosaur anatomy and evolution. Researchers have unearthed...
Massive anaconda bones turned up in Venezuela. What did scientists figure out when they put them back together?
The whispers from Venezuela's ancient swamps often carry tales of unimaginable scale, but sometimes, those whispers turn into undeniable shouts from the past. Recently,...
The ‘Vampire Squid From Hell’ just showed us the ancient roots of octopuses.
Deep within the abyssal plains, a creature lurks with a name that conjures images straight from a horror novel: the 'Vampire Squid From Hell'...
Scientists uncover ancient magnetic fossils of a mystery creature with its own internal GPS.
Imagine navigating the world not with a phone or a map, but with an innate sense, an invisible compass built right into your very...
Scientists reveal astonishingly preserved pregnant ichthyosaur fossil shedding light on ancient marine life
The vast, silent depths of our planet's ancient oceans hold countless secrets, slowly revealing them through the meticulous work of paleontologists. One such astonishing...
