SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontologyThe Best Places to See Fossils in the United StatesThese modern destinations are stunning windows into the ancient past.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedDecember 27, 2023Comments (5)
SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontologySexing Dinos: Paleontologists Seek Fossilized HormonesDeep-time fossils usually don't reveal the sex of the ancient creature, but new research aims to change that.ByJeanne TimmonsPublishedDecember 27, 2023Comments (2)
SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontologyThe Coolest Dinosaur-Age Discoveries of 2023From a tyrannosaur's last meal to the ancient nests of giants, this year provided plenty of new detail about dinos…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedDecember 21, 2023Comments (4)
SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontologyTyrannosaur Ate Baby Dino Drumsticks Before It Died, Stunning Fossil RevealsThe preserved last meal of a Gorgosaurus offers rare insight into tyrannosaur behavior.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedDecember 8, 2023Comments (6)
SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontologyWoolly Rhino DNA Recovered From Fossilized Hyena PoopCoprolites found in German caves yielded DNA from both predator and prey.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedNovember 9, 2023Comments (6)
SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontologyAncient 'Lazarus' Primate Was North America's Last—Until Humans Arrived, Researchers SayPrimate fossils dating back 30 million years reveal the emergence of a North American mammal lineage that originated…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedNovember 6, 2023Comments (4)
SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontologyDust Doomed the Dinos, Scientists SayA team of researchers posit that silicate dust had an outsized impact on our prehistoric predecessors.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedNovember 2, 2023Comments (6)
SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontologyCould DNA Have Survived 6 Million Years Inside a Turtle Shell?Paleontologists found "nucleus-like" structures in a Miocene turtle fossil from Panama.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedOctober 3, 2023Comments (1)
SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontologyPaleontologists Find Trilobite’s Last Meal in 465-Million-Year-Old Fossilized StomachThe "absolutely stuffed" arthropod evinces a scavenged diet of several marine species.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedSeptember 27, 2023Comments (3)
SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontologyUnique Triassic Reptile Had Slenderman Claws and a BeakA 230-million-year-old lagerpetid from Brazil is revealing the diversity of pterosaurs’ ancestors.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedAugust 16, 2023Comments (9)
SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontologyOn the Heels of a Heavy Whale, Paleontologists Find a Puny OneA 41-million-year-old basilosaurid named for King Tut is a mere 8 feet long.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedAugust 10, 2023Comments (4)
SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontologyMassive Extinct Whale May Be the Heaviest Animal EverThe gargantuan creature, weighing upwards of 750,000 pounds, may have sat in shallow waters, scavenging carcasses 39…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedAugust 2, 2023Comments (32)
SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontologyStupendously Preserved Fossil Shows Mammal Preying on Beaked DinosaurTwo early Cretaceous creatures were apparently caught in a mudslide, freezing their interaction in time.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJuly 23, 2023Comments (17)
SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontologyFossil Discovery Reveals Two Previously Unknown Species of Sabertooth CatsThe newly discovered fossils, dating back to roughly 5 million years ago, could have implications for human…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJuly 20, 2023Comments (1)
SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontologyExtinct Short-Snouted Gator Munched on Snails 230,000 Years AgoThe extinct species, uncovered in Thailand, is keying researchers into how and when American and Chinese alligators…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJuly 13, 2023Comments (4)
SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontologyExtinct Megalodons Swam Slower to Eat More, New Research SuggestsDespite its place in the food chain, the 65-foot-long shark was an “average swimmer.”ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJuly 11, 2023Comments (6)
SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontologyNew Theory Suggests Hardy Tardigrades Evolved From Ancient WormsA study of 40 tardigrade species and their ancestors suggests that ancestral tardigrades were clawed and worm-like.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJuly 6, 2023Comments (14)
SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontologyMeet the Dinosaurs of Prehistoric Planet Season 2The Apple TV+ show explores the Cretaceous world through the lens of a nature documentary.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 21, 2023Comments (8)
SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontologyPaleontologists Perplexed by Swimming Predator With 'Screwdriver' Teeth"What’s it eating? Phillips head screws? IKEA furniture? Who knows.”ByLauren LefferPublishedMay 17, 2023Comments (16)
SciencePaleontologySciencePaleontology30,000-Year-Old Tusk Reveals Male Mammoths’ Horny AggressionNew research finds that mammoths experienced musth, a phenomenon that sends modern elephants into a frenzy.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 3, 2023Comments (3)