Archeology
Peru announces crocodile fossil dating back more than 10 million years
Fossils of an ancient crocodile species have been discovered in Peru. Paleontologists believe the fossils date back more than 10 million years.
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The famous bone war between two paleontologists
Both Othniel Marsh and Edward Cope discovered countless dinosaur fossils in the 19th century but were obsessed with the goal of taking each other down in the Bone Wars.
Archeology
Argentina discovered fossils of herbivorous dinosaurs 90 million years ago
This new dinosaur is a bipedal herbivore, the most important feature is a tail that curves downward unlike other dinosaurs where the tail is horizontal.
Archeology
Colombia discovered giant turtle fossils dating back 57 million years ago
The expedition's leader said the fossil of Puentemys mushaisaensis, estimated to be about 1.5 meters long, was found in the mountainous municipality of Socha, northeaste…
Archeology
New giant dinosaur fossils discovered in Argentina
A reporter in Buenos Aires quoted Conicet's announcement as saying that this new species of dinosaur lived in the Patagonia region of Argentina 66 million years ago.
Oceanography
The blue whale reclaims the title of largest animal on the planet
New research results show that the ancient whale Perucetus was very large but still inferior to today's blue whales.
Biology
Ants help scientists discover thousands of fossils
A team of paleontologists recently discovered 10 previously unknown species of ancient mammals with the help of reaping ants.
Animal world
Why do turtles have shells?
Turtles are a very strange reptile compared to other reptiles, especially in the carapace, so why do they have shells? How do they evolve?
Archeology
The oldest dinosaur species in Asia has been identified
Chinese and British paleontologists have identified a new species of dinosaur from the genus Stegosaur in China.
Technology
Grow ancient creatures from scientifically accurate augmented reality
Paleontologists from La Brea Tar Pits are currently developing a scientifically accurate herd of extinct animals for use in augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (V…
Archeology
Found a flower intact in 99 million years of amber
Paleontologists have discovered two extremely rare fossil flowers inside Cretaceous amber found under dinosaur footprints.
Archeology
Discovered a mammoth cemetery more than 210,000 years old
Paleontologists have found five fossilized mammoth skeletons from the last ice age in southwestern England.
Archeology
When the ground was too boring, this 'monster' began to learn the ancestors of whales and went to the sea to live.
They are large mammals, appearing 7 million years ago, but after 4 million years, they completely disappeared because of changes in the environment.
Archeology
Discovered an ancient fossil as big as a crocodile
A team of paleontologists has released a giant millipede fossil, found on a beach in England in 2018.
Archeology
Two extinct creatures appeared intact after 400 million years
Two legendary names Excalibur and Shuriken have been given by paleontologists to two creatures from the world lost before the Devonian period of the Earth.