🇧🇷 Brazil
This ancient crocodile relative walked on two legs in Brazil
A crocodile relative that walked on two legs. That is what paleontologists have uncovered in southern Brazil.
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🇧🇪 Belgium
Lost Megalodon Vertebrae Confirm 80 Foot Giant Shark
A set of megalodon vertebrae that vanished for over a century has resurfaced in Belgium, finally confirming th
🇦🇺 Australia
Whales Have Died in This Indian Ocean Spot for 5 Million Years
For at least 5 million years, whales have been swimming to the same patch of the Indian Ocean to die. Scientis
🇺🇸 United States
Meet Tylosaurus rex, the 43-Foot Marine T. rex of Ancient Texas
The king of the ancient seas now has a name that echoes the most famous dinosaur of all. Scientists have ident
🇨🇳 China
China Fossil Site Pushed the Complex Animal Story Before the Cambrian
A newly reported fossil site in southwest China has pushed parts of the complex animal story deeper into time,
🇦🇺 Australia
A Century-Old Skull Put the Giant Echidna Back on Victoria's Map
A fossil collected from a Gippsland cave 119 years ago has confirmed that giant echidnas once lived in Victori
🇺🇸 United States
Hamster-Sized Mammal Fossil Adds a Dinosaur-Era Pacific Coast Clue
Researchers have described a new hamster-sized mammal from the Pacific Coast that lived alongside dinosaurs, a
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Museum Fossil Rewrites Coelacanth Family Tree
A fossil kept in a museum collection for more than 150 years has been reidentified as an important piece of co
🇨🇳 China
Tiny Dinosaur Fossils Revealed as Baby Ankylosaurs
For two decades, a collection of tiny armored dinosaur fossils from China represented one of paleontology's mo
🇺🇸 United States
A 'Uniquely Sucky' Fossil Rewrites Dinosaur History
A grotesque, mangled dinosaur skull, once dismissed as a worthless specimen and forgotten in a museum drawer f
🇨🇳 China
A 550-Million-Year-Old Soft Sponge Solves a Fossil Mystery
A 550-million-year-old fossil, found along a riverbank in China, has finally explained why the earliest sponge
🇿🇦 South Africa
A 250-Million-Year-Old Egg Solves a Mammal Ancestor Mystery
A 250-million-year-old egg, discovered in South Africa, has definitively proven that the ancestors of mammals
🇦🇺 Australia
Giant Echidna Fossil Emerges from a Century in Storage
A giant, meter-long echidna once walked the ancient landscapes of Australia, a fact confirmed only when a crit
