16 million-year-old tardigrade found in amber
10-6-2021 |
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The microscopic specimen was found trapped inside a lump of amber dating back to the Miocene epoch.
Meet the 'horned crocodile-faced hell heron'
VIDEO 10-1-2021 | 5
Palaeontologists have identified two predatory species of dinosaur that roamed what is now the Isle of Wight.
Oldest human footprints in North America found
9-26-2021 | 18
Archaeologists have identified what are now thought to be the oldest footprints ever found on the continent.
Tyrannosaurus rex wagged its tail when running
9-23-2021 | 5
Even the fiercest dinosaurs may have wagged their tails back and forth when running and walking.
Four-legged, land-walking whale discovered
9-2-2021 | 7
The fossil remains of a particularly unusual species of prehistoric whale have been unearthed in Egypt.
Prehistoric woolly mammoth traveled 70,000km
8-14-2021 | 3
Scientists have identified a mammoth that roamed a distance equivalent to circling the entire planet twice.
'Dragon Man' could be new human species
6-27-2021 | 6
Scientists in China have discovered a fossil skull belonging to what could be a totally new human species.
New type of ancient human discovered in Israel
6-25-2021 | 5
Named 'Nesher Ramla Homo', this previously unknown species of human walked the Earth 120,000 years ago.
Prehistoric rhino was taller than a giraffe
VIDEO 6-23-2021 | 3
Weighing the equivalent of four elephants, Paraceratherium linxiaense was an absolute monster.
Megalodons may have grown up to 20m long
6-9-2021 | 6
A new study has indicated that the largest shark that ever lived may have been even bigger than we thought.
Australia's largest known dinosaur unearthed
6-7-2021 | 7
An absolutely gargantuan dinosaur - the largest ever found in Australia - has been unearthed in Queensland.
Oldest human burial in Africa found in Kenya
5-7-2021 | 6
Archaeologists have unearthed a child who was buried at Panga ya Saidi cave almost 80,000 years ago.
How many Tyrannosaurus rex walked the Earth?
4-20-2021 | 1
It's arguably the world's most famous dinosaur, but just how many of these notorious carnivores were there ?
Humans were apex predators for 2 million years
4-12-2021 | 24
A new study has indicated that Homo sapiens dined almost exclusively on meat for over two million years.
Dino-killing asteroid also created the Amazon
4-5-2021 | 9
A new study has shown that the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs also gave birth to the Amazon rainforest.
New dinosaur is the 'one who causes fear'
4-2-2021 | 2
Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a new species of large, carnivorous dinosaur in Argentina.
Human ancestor facial reconstructions revealed
3-5-2021 | 6
Scientists have painstakingly recreated the faces of two of our earliest ancestors dating back millions of years.
Argentinian titanosaur may be oldest ever found
3-1-2021 | 3
Palaeontologists have unearthed what is thought to be the oldest member of one of the largest dinosaur species.
Geomagnetic reversal linked to mass extinction
2-21-2021 | 20
Scientists believe that a historic reversal of the Earth's magnetic field may have proven catastrophic.
World's oldest mammoth DNA recovered
2-18-2021 | 4
Scientists have extracted DNA from the teeth of mammoths that roamed the Earth 1.2 million years ago.
