Paleontology
- Life
Long-lasting daddy longlegs
Fossils of two new daddy longlegs species have been unearthed in China.
By Sid Perkins - Paleontology
Bird in the hand
Fossilized fingers strengthen evolutionary link between dinosaurs and avian relatives.
By Sid Perkins - Life
Trees of stone tell tropical tale
Peruvian petrified forest offers insight into low-latitude conditions of millions of years ago
By Sid Perkins -
- Paleontology
Ancient fish with killer bite
Dunkleosteus clamped down on prey with three-quarters-of-a-ton bite force.
By Sid Perkins - Life
Portuguese trove of trilobite fossils
Fossils include largest known trilobite specimen and groups of the ancient arthropods caught in the act of molting and spawning.
By Sid Perkins - Paleontology
Soft tissue from a dino fossil
Researchers have uncovered soft tissue and fragments of several proteins from a hadrosaur.
By Sid Perkins - Life
Fossil evidence for a Goldilocks tyrannosaur
A newly described species of tyrannosaur helps fill in details about the fearsome meat-eating dinosaurs.
By Sid Perkins - Paleontology
Dino feathers may have had earlier origin than thought
Researchers report that newly described dinosaur fossils suggest an ancient origin of feathers.
By Sid Perkins - Earth
North America’s smallest dino predator
A new fossil analysis uncovers what may have been North America’s tiniest dino predator.
By Sid Perkins - Paleontology
Dinosaur handprints reveal birdlike arm anatomy
Inward-facing palms evolved much earlier than previously recognized, a new study finds.
By Sid Perkins - Life
New stegosaur is quite a stretch
A newly discovered stegosaur has neck proportions like those of sauropods.
By Sid Perkins