Paleontology

Paleontology

Fish death, mammal extinction and tiny dino footprints

Paleontologists in Bristol, England, at the annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology report on fish fossils in Wyoming, the loss of Australia’s megafauna and the smallest dinosaur tracks.

Paleontology

Feather-covered dinosaur fossils found

Scientists have uncovered a feather-laden, peacock-sized dinosaur that predates the oldest known bird.

Paleontology

King of the ancient seas

Paleontologists discover fossilized skeleton of bus-sized marine reptile that had teeth with serrated edges.

Paleontology

Tiny T. rex-like tyrants

Fossils of new species suggest peculiar features weren’t limited to the biggest dinosaurs

Life

Dino-era delivery at sea

Genetic determination of gender is linked to live birth and evolutionary success of ancient marine reptiles, study finds.

Animals

Oops, missed that fossil iridescence

Nanostructures on a preserved feather offer the first fossil evidence of bird colors not from pigments, a new study says.

Animals

Back off, extinct moa

A New Zealand tree’s peculiar leaves may have served as defenses against long-gone giant birds.

Paleontology

Fossil shows first all-American honeybee

Nevada find contradicts long-held view of Europe and Asia as the native land of all honeybees.

Paleontology

Diggin’ dinos

Structures found in Australian rocks may be the filled-in remains of the world’s oldest dinosaur burrows.

Paleontology

Flexible molars made chewing champions out of duck-billed dinosaurs

Tiny scratches in the fossilized teeth of Edmontosaurus suggest what these large herbivores ate and how they ate it.

Life

Long-lasting daddy longlegs

Fossils of two new daddy longlegs species have been unearthed in China.

Paleontology

Bird in the hand

Fossilized fingers strengthen evolutionary link between dinosaurs and avian relatives.