Palaeontology

Scientists dissolved a boulder in acid – and a thylacine jumped out The Age00:03
Friday essay: Giant shark megalodon was the most powerful superpredator ever. Why did it go extinct? The Conversation (UK)21:39
New bone-crushing Tasmanian tiger species dug up by paleontologists Popular Science00:06
Ancient discovery in Aussie outback provides clue to development of modern humans Yahoo! Australia10:06
A fossilized Neanderthal skeleton unearthed in France may have belonged to a previously undescribed lineage that split… Arkeonews22:22
‘Weird’ prehistoric bird had a weaponized beak with teeth Popular Science16:06
Meet 2 ‘Indestructible’ land animals that survived Earth’s 4 mass extinctions Forbes21:18

Latest News

In the last hour

Ice Age Teens Hit Puberty Around the Same Time as Modern Humans Discover Magazine19:00

In the last 2 hours

Slovak-Belgian team unearths extinct lizard in Europe—a species once known only from the US The Slovak Spectator18:31

In the last 4 hours

Scientists Offer New Theory for How ‘the Great Dying’ Wiped Out 90 Percent of Life on Earth The New York Sun16:43

In the last 6 hours

Rare woolly rhino mummies emerge from the permafrost Ars Technica15:45

Earlier today

Large dinosaurs 'thrived' near the South Pole - footprints in Australia show CBBC Newsround07:07

Yesterday

University to set up new 'dinosaur department' as popularity grows Japan Today22:46 16-Sept-24

Mega El Niños May Have Sparked The Greatest Mass Extinction Event In Earth's History IFLScience16:18 16-Sept-24

Jurassic World Dominion's Scariest Dinosaur Is A Massive Lie ScreenRant15:24 16-Sept-24

Paleontologists find omnivorous ancestor of the giant panda, revealing it was not always just a … Phys.org15:09 16-Sept-24

6 Saplings of Dinosaur-Era Tree Species Being Auctioned to Spread the Pines Around Australia Good News Network15:03 16-Sept-24

Yukon Gold Miners Keep Finding Mummified Animals Popular Mechanics14:37 16-Sept-24

A Cambrian moment: AI has propelled chip architecture towards a tighter bond with software The Economist14:13 16-Sept-24

Earth’s greatest mass extinction 250 million years ago shows what happens when El Niño gets out … Yahoo! UK & Ireland14:07 16-Sept-24

Could early humans have caused extinction of Cyprus’ dwarf hippos Cyprus Mail12:16 16-Sept-24

Which animals are evolving fastest? Live Science10:04 16-Sept-24

Japan university to set up new 'dinosaur department' as popularity grows The Mainichi07:42 16-Sept-24

Which countries have the critical minerals needed for the energy transition? Our World in Data07:15 16-Sept-24

New species of tiny dinosaur discovered in Japan CBBC Newsround06:41 16-Sept-24

Climate change shaped human evolution, driving migration and cultural adaptation across ancient landscapes News-Medical.Net04:28 16-Sept-24

In the last 7 days

Largest Mass Extinction In Earth’s History Linked To Climate Chaos Forbes19:58 15-Sept-24

The future of human evolution research in Africa needs to be collaborative: Dr. Elizbeth… Cleveland.com19:57 15-Sept-24

Zelda: Tears of Kingdom art director says Depths were inspired by “Cretaceous Period-like world … My Nintendo News19:50 15-Sept-24

The Enduring Influence of Marx’s Masterpiece 3 Quarks Daily18:13 15-Sept-24

570-million-year-old fossil provides a glimpse of jellyfish history The Weather Network17:26 15-Sept-24

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Art Director Says "Cretaceous Period-Like World With Dinosaurs" Inspired the Depths Comic Book17:24 15-Sept-24

‘Entire ecosystem’ of fossils 8.7m years old found under Los Angeles high school Yahoo! UK & Ireland12:10 15-Sept-24

Scientists discover extra set of legs in ancient trilobite fossils from New York Knowridge Science Report11:43 15-Sept-24

MUN scientists' discovery of 570-million-year-old fossil provides a glimpse of jellyfish history CBC.ca09:35 15-Sept-24

Aisha Tyler on Friends: ‘I nearly wrecked the car when I was cast’ The Independent06:22 15-Sept-24

How to Watch Jurassic Park Movies and TV Shows in Order (Chronologically and by Release Date) People20:13 14-Sept-24

'I have never written of a stranger organ': The rise of the placenta and how it helped make us human Live Science10:04 14-Sept-24

Remains of new dinosaur species discovered in Kyrgyzstan China.org.cn02:26 14-Sept-24

'We didn't find all of them yet': Alaskan fossils studied by NM paleontologist hold insights for desert dinos Santa Fe New Mexican01:44 14-Sept-24

Neanderthals And Modern Humans Started Burying Their Dead At The Same Time And Place IFLScience01:21 14-Sept-24

El Niño caused greatest ever mass extinction new research reveals University of Leeds22:21 13-Sept-24

Fossil fish explains how tectonics played a key role in evolution Cosmos17:36 13-Sept-24

Jurassic World Rebirth Set Photos Offer an Exciting Glimpse of Marvel Veteran in Action GameRant17:25 13-Sept-24

Pivotal Ancient Fish Fossils Mark a Key Turning Point in a Slow Evolution Discover Magazine17:20 13-Sept-24

Why haven’t we evolved better knees? Silicon Republic14:52 13-Sept-24

Reading in the news - Fri 13 Sep University of Reading13:59 13-Sept-24

Mega El Niños Could Have Inflamed Earth's Most Devastating Extinction ScienceAlert13:52 13-Sept-24

Plant-eating dinosaur species discovered in Japan named after gnomes The Independent13:26 13-Sept-24

A 149 million-year-old pterosaur is Britain’s largest flying animal—scientists prove it from a… Knowridge Science Report11:34 13-Sept-24

A huge deposit of marine fossils found under San Pedro High School Los Angeles Times11:04 13-Sept-24

The Great Dying once wiped out 90 per cent of life on Earth. A new theory may explain why 9News02:21 13-Sept-24

How El Nino and mega ocean warming caused the greatest-ever mass extinction ScienceDaily00:04 13-Sept-24

New research reveals how El Nino caused the greatest ever mass extinction University of Bristol22:29 12-Sept-24

Friday essay: Giant shark megalodon was the most powerful superpredator ever. Why did it go extinct? The Conversation (UK)21:39 12-Sept-24

Mega El Niños may have played a part in the Permian mass extinction New Scientist21:36 12-Sept-24

Sue the T. rex: 6 Facts About the Famous Dinosaur Fossil History.com21:06 12-Sept-24

Trilobite fossils from upstate New York reveal 'extra' set of legs ScienceDaily20:00 12-Sept-24

Research reveals reality of Ice Age teen puberty ScienceDaily20:00 12-Sept-24

Mega El Niños kicked off the world’s worst mass extinction Science News Online19:14 12-Sept-24

Mega El Niños helped kill 90 percent of life on Earth Popular Science19:08 12-Sept-24

'Mega' El Niño may have fueled Earth's biggest mass extinction Live Science19:07 12-Sept-24

New fossil fish species unearthed in Western Australia tied to Earth’s crust movement Tech Explorist14:24 12-Sept-24

Evolution created tiny bones that actually make knee pain worse Study Finds13:41 12-Sept-24

A 149 million-year-old pterosaur is Britain’s largest flying animal – how scientists proved it… Yahoo! UK & Ireland13:36 12-Sept-24

Meet The World’s Oldest Fish—Presumed Extinct For 60 Million Years, Then Rediscovered In A Small Fishing Town Forbes13:20 12-Sept-24

ARU lecturer Kate Winter wins £5,000 book prize Anglia Ruskin University12:50 12-Sept-24

Exceptional new fish fossil sparks rethink of how Earth’s geology drives evolution The Conversation (AU)12:12 12-Sept-24

Yukon gold miners are unearthing mummified ancient creatures and truckloads of fossils from the … Business Insider10:31 12-Sept-24

The ‘living fossil’ that thrived during a mass extinction Popular Science10:09 12-Sept-24

Ancient discovery in Aussie outback provides clue to development of modern humans Yahoo! Australia10:06 12-Sept-24

Peptide bond interactions explain collagen’s ‘impossible’ longevity in dinosaur bones Chemistry World Magazine10:02 12-Sept-24

Footprints Reveal Big Theropod Dinosaurs Lived Close To The Antarctic Circle IFLScience08:11 12-Sept-24

New ‘bone-crushing’ Tasmanian tiger ancestor discovered The Independent07:46 12-Sept-24

New species of giant dinosaur discovered in Spain CBBC Newsround07:06 12-Sept-24

These Tiny, Overlooked Bones Could Tell Us Why Our Knees Hurt ScienceAlert06:02 12-Sept-24

A fossilized Neanderthal skeleton unearthed in France may have belonged to a previously undescribed lineage that split… Arkeonews22:22 11-Sept-24

24 dinosaur footprints discovered in southeastern Australia Cosmos21:25 11-Sept-24

The Colugo Looks Like a Cross Between a Bat and a Monkey, But Is Neither Discover Magazine19:10 11-Sept-24

Meet Thorin: A Cave-Dwelling Population Of Neanderthals Were Isolated For 50,000 Years IFLScience19:08 11-Sept-24

Fossils of bone-crushing and meat-slashing Tasmanian tiger ancestors discovered in Australia Live Science18:47 11-Sept-24

Ancient DNA unveils a previously unknown line of Neandertals Science News Online16:12 11-Sept-24

This Fossilized Prehistoric Bird With Teeth Likely Used Its Head as a Weapon Discover Magazine16:10 11-Sept-24

Evidence of long-lost Neanderthal tribe discovered inside cave Yahoo! Australia16:02 11-Sept-24

Neanderthals’ social isolation may have sped up their extinction Popular Science16:01 11-Sept-24

'Weird' bird species with teeth at the tip of its beak ate fruit not flesh in China 120 million … MailOnline11:11 11-Sept-24

New dinosaur – a long-necked titanosaur – uncovered in Spain EarthSky11:02 11-Sept-24

Could Comets Be the Architects of Life on Ocean Worlds? Curiosmos09:55 11-Sept-24

Why humanity should apologise to snails forced to travel halfway round world The Scotsman06:00 11-Sept-24

Multiple ways to evolve tiny knee bone could have helped humans walk upright King's College London01:38 11-Sept-24

Pterosaurs flew by flapping or soaring DevX.com19:47 10-Sept-24

‘Weird’ prehistoric bird had a weaponized beak with teeth Popular Science16:06 10-Sept-24

Paleontologists discover fossil birds with teeth had seeds in their stomachs, indicating that… Phys.org16:03 10-Sept-24

Undercover in the Dordogne: Creation Lake, by Rachel Kushner, reviewed The Spectator16:00 10-Sept-24

Scientists find large dinosaurs thrived near the south pole Knowridge Science Report15:17 10-Sept-24

'My toddler's four word reaction perfectly summarised the new Jurassic World Exhibition' The Mirror12:49 10-Sept-24

In the last month

How Dinosaur Collagen Has Been Found To Survive For 195 million Years IFLScience18:13 9-Sept-24

Prehistoric Giants: The Largest Dinosaurs That Walked the Earth Greek Reporter18:01 9-Sept-24

Fossils: Iconic Tasmanian Tiger’s Earliest Ancestors Discovered The Charlotte Observer16:29 9-Sept-24

In paleontology, visibility is power KPBS14:07 9-Sept-24

Former undergraduate blog reaches Mongolia University of Birmingham11:01 9-Sept-24

Accelerating segmentation of fossil CT scans through Deep Learning Nature.com09:54 9-Sept-24

Meet 2 ‘Indestructible’ Land Animals That Survived Earth’s 4 Mass Extinctions Forbes21:18 8-Sept-24

Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Origins: Scientists Believe They Now Know Where It Came From CNET.co.uk14:06 8-Sept-24

Turtle, bird, dinosaur tracks reveal NW China's Cretaceous past China.org.cn03:36 8-Sept-24

Could Comets have Delivered the Building Blocks of Life to “Ocean Worlds” like Europa, Enceladus, and Titan too? Universe Today00:22 8-Sept-24

A Biologist Spotlights 4 ‘Invincible’ Animals That Survived The 5 Mass Extinctions Forbes19:34 7-Sept-24

Across China: Turtle, bird, dinosaur tracks reveal NW China's Cretaceous past Xinhua Agency15:34 7-Sept-24

New bone-crushing Tasmanian tiger species dug up by paleontologists Popular Science00:06 7-Sept-24

Scientists dissolved a boulder in acid – and a thylacine jumped out The Age00:03 7-Sept-24

Scientists pinpoint dino-killing asteroid’s origin: past Jupiter Borneo Bulletin23:04 6-Sept-24

'Some pterosaurs would flap, others would soar' -- new study further confirms the flight… ScienceDaily21:06 6-Sept-24

Two Different Pterosaur Fossils Reveal That the Creatures Likely Used Flying Methods Discover Magazine21:00 6-Sept-24

Tiny Fossil Illuminates Penguin’s Surprisingly Useful Wings and How They Evolved Good News Network19:47 6-Sept-24

The moon had active volcanoes while dinosaurs were still chilling on Earth ZME Science17:40 6-Sept-24

The Nature of Nature – The Metabolic Disorder of Climate Change Organic Consumers Association17:25 6-Sept-24

New Species of Beaked Dinosaur Is Tiny Triceratops Relative Miami Herald17:04 6-Sept-24

This 50-Million-Year-Old Fish Has Had Scientists Stumped For 200 Years IFLScience15:17 6-Sept-24

New Pterosaur Fossils Reveal Diverse Flight Styles in Giant Flying Reptiles Science Blog (Weblog)14:44 6-Sept-24

How did massive pterosaurs fly? New fossils from Middle East help explain Cosmos13:35 6-Sept-24

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