🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
Monkey Feet Upend Fossil Clues to Human Evolution
Wild monkeys in West Africa can bend their feet in ways scientists thought only apes could, a discovery that t
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🇯🇵 Japan
Hidden Bones in 30-Year-Old Fossil Hint at New Mosasaur Species in Japan
A fossil collected in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, more than three decades ago has just given up a secret: four bo
🇦🇷 Argentina
236-Million-Year-Old Fossil May Rewrite Mammal Birth Origins
A fossil from Argentina suggests that live birth in mammal ancestors occurred 236 million years ago, pushing b
🇨🇦 Canada
Canadian fossils push animal origins back 10 million years
A remote fossil bed in Canada's Northwest Territories has yielded 567-million-year-old creatures that could mo
🇺🇸 United States
School-Bus-Sized Terror Croc That Ate Dinosaurs Returns
A 31-foot predator that once hunted dinosaurs across the eastern United States has been brought back to life a
🇯🇵 Japan
Giant Octopuses Ruled Ancient Oceans as Top Predators
Giant octopuses once sat at the top of the ocean food chain, long before sharks and whales took over that role
🇯🇵 Japan
New Giant Salamander Species Found in 3.5 Million Year Old Japanese Fossils
Three fossilized vertebrae sat in a Japanese collection for more than two decades before scientists realized t
🌍 Dominican Republic
Ancient Bees Used Mammal Tooth Sockets as Tiny Nurseries 20,000 Years Ago
A stunning fossil discovery shows that ancient bees used the empty tooth sockets of mammal bones as tiny nests
🇧🇷 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.
🇧🇪 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
