Researchers found the remains of the world’s largest Jurassic pterosaur — an extinct winged reptile informally known as a pterodactyl — at the Scottish Isle of Skye. The researchers extracted the bones wedged into a layer of limestone on a …
World-renowned Kenyan paleoanthropologist and politician Richard Leakey, who discovered evidence that helped prove humankind evolved in Africa, died on Jan. 2 at the age of 77. “I have this afternoon… received with deep sorrow the sad news of the passing …
The fossilized remains of the world’s largest known Triceratops sold for a European record price of €6.6 million ($7.7 million) on Oct. 21 at the Drouot auction house in Paris. An anonymous American buyer bought the skeleton, dubbed as “Big …
The fossilized remains of the world’s largest known Triceratops sold for a European record price of €6.6 million ($7.7 million) on Oct. 21 at the Drouot auction house in Paris. An anonymous American buyer bought the skeleton, dubbed as “Big …
UK scientists on Wednesday published the discovery of a fossil of an ancient carnivorous dinosaur claimed to be one of the oldest meat-eating species in the Royal Society Open Science . The study analyzed the fossil of the dinosaur that …
Australian researchers from the Flinders University in Adelaide have confirmed on Monday the discovery of the fossil of a previously unknown species of eagle that preys on koalas in South Australia. The research, published in the journal Historical Biology, shed …
Bioscience and genetics firm Colossal has launched on Monday with $15 million raised in private investment carrying the mission of advancing the de-extinction of species starting with the woolly mammoth. Geneticist George Church and emerging technology and software entrepreneur Ben …
Scientists have discovered remains of a new species of dinosaur in northern Chile. Scientists have named the new dinosaur species Arackar licanantay, which means “Atacama bones” in the indigenous Kunza language. A team led by Chilean geologist Carlos Arevalo unearthed …