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First near-complete dinosaur skull found in Australia reveals links between continents

A nearly complete skull of a 95-million-year-old sauropod dinosaur has been found in western Queensland, Australia.

Sadhna Yadav Apr 12, 2023

Skull of a 13-ton Diplodocus sauropod is seen at "The World's Largest Dinosaurs" exhibit at American Museum of Natural History in New York

100 million-year-old dinosaur footprints found at restaurant in China

A diner at a restaurant in the Sichuan province of China has accidentally helped palaeontologists unearth 100 million-year-old dinosaur footprints.

Sadhna Yadav Jul 29, 2022

Giant reptile found intact inside belly of ichthyosaur fossil found in China

Paleontologists believe the ichthyosaur died shorty after consuming its last meal due to a broken neck

Nina Siena Aug 21, 2020

Asteroid killed dinosaurs, unleashed 'billions of tonnes' of climate changing gases: Study

Researchers created first-ever fully 3D simulation of the whole event.

May 28, 2020

Scientists discover four new shark species that can walk

These might be one of the youngest sharks to evolve.

Jan 24, 2020

80 million year old dinosaur Mansourasaurus

Dinosour extinction first day recorded by rocks found at asteroid site

Dinosaur extinction is now widely believed to have been caused by a large asteroid impact.

Rishabh Jain Sep 10, 2019

Massive haul of 200 million-year-old fossils found on land that Trump admin removed from protections

Palaeontologists found a treasure trove of well-preserved Triassic period fossils on land that the Trump administration removed from the Bears Ears Monument.

India Ashok Feb 23, 2018

Racing birds could explain how giant dinosaurs moved and lived several million years ago

Scientists raced as many as 12 bird species on an enclosed track to understand and relate their locomotive traits to those of long-extinct dinosaurs.

Shubham Sharma Feb 22, 2018

Ice Age mammoth fossil tracks reveal how young ancient elephants cared for a wounded adult mammoth

Palaeontologists believe the ancient trackway represents footprints of "adult, juvenile and infant mammoths".

India Ashok Feb 13, 2018

205-million-year-old fossil is new reptile species

205-million-year-old fossil identified as new species of tiny reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs

The fossil, which was found in rocks in a quarry near Cardiff in South Wales, has been named Clevosaurus cambric.

India Ashok Feb 07, 2018

200 million-year-old fossil of rare Jurassic-era 'sea dragon' was found hidden in private collection

The fossil is only the second known specimen found to belong to the rare prehistoric sea creature species called Wahlisaurus massarae.

India Ashok Feb 03, 2018

90-million-year-old lizard fish fossil found by a young boy in South America is first of its kind

The fossil was discovered by a young tourist – a 10-year-old-boy – during his visit to the Monastery of La Candelaria in Colombia.

India Ashok Feb 03, 2018

12,000-year-old comet crash set fires larger than dinosaur-killing asteroid, caused another Ice Age

Scientists believe that around 12,800 years ago, the Earth was hit by fragments of a dying comet, measured around 100km in diameter.

India Ashok Feb 03, 2018

New Egyptian dinosaur fossil reveals link between Africa and Europe – here's all you need to know

Palaeontologists consider this find as the "Holy Grail" of discoveries, since dinosaur fossils from the end of the Age of Dinosaurs are hard to find in Africa.

India Ashok Jan 30, 2018

150-million-year-old fossil is oldest example of key transition species between dinosaurs and birds

Archaeopteryx is an important group of bird-like dinosaurs which marks the evolutionary transition between reptilian dinosaurs and birds.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 26, 2018

450-million-year-old fossil of ice cream cone shaped sea creature

450-million-year-old fossil of ancient sea creature that looked like ice cream cone has just been discovered

The new discovery of the mysterious prehistoric sea creature, which dates back to the Ordovician period, has stumped palaeontologists.

India Ashok Jan 25, 2018

Over 100,000-year-old fossils reveal 11-foot-long prehistoric crocodiles once hunted giant tortoises

Newly discovered fossils reveal that giant tortoises residing in the island of Aldabra Atoll were once preyed upon by gigantic crocodiles.

India Ashok Jan 25, 2018

435 million-year-old brittle star fossil is a new species that survived extinction of dinosaurs

The newly-identified brittle star species is believed to be the cousin of modern starfish and is considered to have had incredible survival powers.

India Ashok Jan 20, 2018

Rainbow-coloured dinosaur the size of a duck discovered in China

Caihong juji was about the same size as a duck and lived 161 million years ago, according to scientists.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 15, 2018

Palaeontology at home: You can now 3D print a 200-million-year-old dinosaur fossil in your own home

Palaeontologists were able to digitally reconstruct every bone of the dinosaur's skull, allowing them to study features like nerves, never described before.

India Ashok Jan 13, 2018

New turkey-sized dinosaur discovered in ancient Australian river bed

Previously unknown species, which has been named Diluvicursor pickeringi, uncovered in 113-million-year-old rocks in south-eastern Australia.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 11, 2018

83 million-year-old shark that lived during dinosaur age likely the ancestor of largest ever shark

33 fossil teeth of the Cretaceous Period shark, collected over a period of 38 years, revealed a new species that was likely the ancestor of the largest known shark – megalodon.

India Ashok Jan 10, 2018

Titanoboa: The monster snake that measured 50 feet and ate crocodiles for dinner

Titanoboa cerrejonensis is the largest snake ever known to have existed and an early ancestor to today's boa constrictors.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 08, 2018

385 million-year-old shark fossil reveals sharks and humans had a common ancestor

Scientists studied the fossilised bones of a shark that lived during the Devonian period to find that humans' ancient ancestor was also related to sharks.

India Ashok Jan 05, 2018