Meet the 'horned crocodile-faced hell heron'
VIDEO Oct 1, 2021Palaeontologists have identified two predatory species of dinosaur that roamed what is now the Isle of Wight.
Oldest human footprints in North America found
Sep 26, 2021Archaeologists have identified what are now thought to be the oldest footprints ever found on the continent.
Tyrannosaurus rex wagged its tail when running
Sep 23, 2021Even the fiercest dinosaurs may have wagged their tails back and forth when running and walking.
Four-legged, land-walking whale discovered
Sep 2, 2021The fossil remains of a particularly unusual species of prehistoric whale have been unearthed in Egypt.
Prehistoric woolly mammoth traveled 70,000km
Aug 14, 2021Scientists have identified a mammoth that roamed a distance equivalent to circling the entire planet twice.
'Dragon Man' could be new human species
Jun 27, 2021Scientists in China have discovered a fossil skull belonging to what could be a totally new human species.
Prehistoric rhino was taller than a giraffe
VIDEO Jun 23, 2021Weighing the equivalent of four elephants, Paraceratherium linxiaense was an absolute monster.
Megalodons may have grown up to 20m long
Jun 9, 2021A 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
Jun 7, 2021An absolutely gargantuan dinosaur - the largest ever found in Australia - has been unearthed in Queensland.
Humans were apex predators for 2 million years
Apr 12, 2021A new study has indicated that Homo sapiens dined almost exclusively on meat for over two million years.
Dino-killing asteroid also created the Amazon
Apr 5, 2021A 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'
Apr 2, 2021Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a new species of large, carnivorous dinosaur in Argentina.
Argentinian titanosaur may be oldest ever found
Mar 1, 2021Palaeontologists have unearthed what is thought to be the oldest member of one of the largest dinosaur species.
Geomagnetic reversal linked to mass extinction
Feb 21, 2021Scientists believe that a historic reversal of the Earth's magnetic field may have proven catastrophic.
World's oldest mammoth DNA recovered
Feb 18, 2021Scientists have extracted DNA from the teeth of mammoths that roamed the Earth 1.2 million years ago.
Scientists examine dinosaur's fossilized butt
Jan 25, 2021A new study has revealed, for the first time, the detailed characteristics and functionality of a dinosaur's rear end.
Is this the largest dinosaur that ever lived ?
Jan 21, 2021Paleontologists in Argentina are in the process of unearthing a gargantuan, record-breaking dinosaur.
Newborn megalodons were larger than a human
Jan 11, 2021The world's largest shark was over two meters long at birth thanks to its penchant for eating its siblings.
Prehistoric 'sea dragon' fossil unearthed
Dec 27, 2020Palaeontologists have identified a new prehistoric sea creature that lived in what is now the English Channel.
Terrestrial relative of pterosaurs discovered
Dec 15, 2020Palaeontologists have shed new light on the evolutionary history of these abundant prehistoric flying reptiles.
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