Animal fossils from 240 million years ago found in Poland Polish scientists have discovered the remains of over a thousand specimens of extinct animals from about 240 million years ago. Among them are the bones of a reptile unknown to science so far. In Miedary near Tarnowskie Góry (Upper Silesia), a team of scientists from … Read more
Fossilized Skulls Reveal Relatives Of Today’s Rhinos Had No Horn And Died Out 5 Million Years Ago Paleontologists from Tübingen have redefined a rhinoceros genus that had fallen into oblivion: Eochilotherium lived more than 5 million years ago and did not have a horn on its nose. Hornless rhinos were known to be ancestors of … Read more
Astonishing 15-Million-Year-Old Spider Fossil Is The Second Largest Ever Found Found at McGraths Flat, NSW, a fossil site known for its iron-rich rock called “goethite,” the new genus of spider is the first ever spider fossil of the Barychelidae family to be found. The discovery was made by a team of Australian scientists led by Australian Museum (AM) and … Read more
Unique Three-Eyed Fossil Animal From 520-Million-Year-Old Rocks Reveals Details Of Early Animal Evolution Researchers from the University of Leicester and the Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology employed advanced scanning technology to recreate a ‘fossil monster’ that lived half a billion years ago. A collaborative team involving researchers from the University of Leicester, Yunnan Key Laboratory for … Read more
Hundreds Of Mummified Bees inside their Cocoons from the Time of the Pharaohs found in Portugal A new study reports the discovery of hundreds of mummified bees inside their cocoons. These cocoons, produced almost 3,000 years ago, were discovered in a new paleontological site discovered on the coast of Odemira, in Portugal. About 2,975 years … Read more
Largest Known Single Dinosaur Track Site In Alaska Discovered And Documented Scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks have discovered and documented the largest known single dinosaur track site in Alaska. Located in Denali National Park and Preserve, this remarkable location has been named “The Coliseum” by the experts. Spanning the equivalent of one-and-a-half football … Read more
Egypt dig unearths 41-Million-Year-Old Whale in desert -Tutcetus rayanensis- An international team of scientists, led by Egyptian researchers, has made a groundbreaking discovery of a new species of extinct whale, Tutcetus rayanensis, that inhabited the ancient sea covering present-day Egypt around 41 million years ago. This new whale is the smallest basilosaurid whale known to … Read more
48-Million-Year-Old Fossil: Insect Inside Lizard Inside Snake Reveals Prehistoric Battle of Food Chain Palaeontologists have uncovered a fossil that has preserved an insect inside a lizard inside a snake – a prehistoric battle of the food chain that ended in a volcanic lake some 48 million years ago. Pulled from an abandoned quarry in southwest … Read more
Resurrecting the Ice Age Giants: Woolly Mammoth Hybrids Set to Grace the Arctic Landscape in Just Five Years! Over four billion species are estimated to have walked this planet over the last 3.5 billion years. Ninety-nine percent of them are now gone. But today’s researchers are hoping to reintroduce these lost species—or at least something … Read more
Flipping Amazing! Father-of-four Discovers 8,000-Year-Old Dolphin Bones While Digging a Pool in His Back Garden A man has discovered 8,000-year-old dolphin bones while digging in his back garden. Paul McDonald, 44, was digging a swimming pool for his children when he struck a bone of the 10ft foot mammal with his digger. The bottlenose dolphin … Read more