Paleontology

400 Million Year Old Penis And 4 Other Bizarre Fossils That Changed Science

coined in the early 1990s to encompass all matter of excreta preserved in the rock record, and in the ...

Article - The Conversation - Jul 18 2015 - 8:00am

'Lost Continent' Of Laramidia Finds Two New Dinosaurs

glimpse into this entire ancient ecosystem. Most remarkable of all is that virtually every identifiable ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 22 2010 - 7:13pm

Paleontology 2.0: Google Earth?

A limestone countertop, a practiced eye and Google Earth all played roles in the discovery of ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2009 - 1:07am

Megaconus Mammaliaformis: Cute And Armed

million years ago. Previously, all that was known about this long-extinct mammal was a few little teeth ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 12 2013 - 1:30pm

Mystery Of Earth's Innermost Core Solved

a fluid, which lacks all resistance to shear, making it easy for shifts to take place in the matter in the ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 19 2007 - 12:18am

80 Million Year Old Fossils Show Some Dinosaurs Got Smaller Over Time So They Could Fly

bats, all evolved from small ancestors. With the discovery of Mahakala we were able to show that this ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 6 2007 - 5:08pm

New Dinosaur Species, Gryposaurus Monumentensis, Unearthed In Utah

horned dinosaurs. In all, more than a dozen kinds of dinosaurs have been recovered from these badlands, ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 3 2007 - 6:36pm

The Rocks Versus Clocks Debate: When Did Modern Birds Exist?

I did was apply all of these new methods to the problem of the origin of modern birds, with each method ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 5 2008 - 6:54pm

Fossils Show Effects Of Ancient Climate Change On Insects

feeding occurred in all plant species and that a more diverse array of insects fed on the leaves. The ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 14 2008 - 6:30am

Did The Monito Del Monte Make Its Way From South America To Australia- And Back- Millions Of Years Ago?

ago. It is a kind of Australian Eve, possibly the mother of all the continent's unusual pouched ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 25 2008 - 7:49pm