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Life Almost Lost All Its Oxygen—And We May Be In For a Repeat
Hundreds of millions of years ago, a string of seemingly minor events coalesced into a major shift that…
Pollen in pee: fossilised urine from a small African mammal helps us understand past environments
The lessons pollen can teach us are not to be sneezed at. Elisa Manzati Lynne Quick, Nelson Mandela…
Here’s the Dinosaurs Your Childhood Book Didn’t Talk About.
You will be familiar with T. rex, Triceratops, and even Stegosaurus. There are hundreds more of perhaps lesser-known…
Dinosaur tracksite in Lesotho: how a wrong turn led to an exciting find
An artistic impression of the various dinosaur species that once roamed the Roma Valley. Akhil Rampersadh Miengah Abrahams,…
All Non-Avian Dinosaurs Died From the Asteroid 65 Million Years Ago. How Did Crocodiles Make It Out Alive?
Surprisingly enough, the closest living relatives to all dinosaurs—and, by extension, all living birds—are the crocodilians. Despite this,…
Fossil Discovery Challenges Assumptions About Pterosaur Ancestors
In a recent research endeavor, a collaborative team of paleontologists from Brazil, Argentina, and the U.S. has made…
Meg 2: the truth about the extinct mega shark – and why even this ridiculous film could inspire future palaeontologists
Jack Cooper, Swansea University Otodus megalodon, the biggest shark of all time, has long captured the imaginations of…
How Did Sauropods Carry All That Neck?
Sauropods, or the long-necked dinosaurs, have long been the subject of intense research and imagining—and the mysteries surrounding…
Unprecedented Discovery Unveils Bizarre Hand Structure of Newly Found Theropod Dinosaur
In collaboration with an Italian colleague, a team of archaeologists, paleontologists, and researchers from China have identified a…
Prehistoric Planet 2: How Did Dinosaurs Get So Massive?
Should you know just two things about dinosaurs, it’s that a) T-Rex exists, and b) they get absolutely…