4 days ago · Paleontology These fossil finds shed new light on the past in 2025 The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent …

Sep 22, 2025 · Paleontology An ancient reptile’s fossilized skin reveals how it swam like a seal A reptile fossil is the first of its kind with skin and partially webbed feet, possibly showing how later ...

Dec 5, 2025 · Paleontology Nanotyrannus is still not a teenage T. rex Nanotyrannus wasn’t a juvenile T. rex but a petite adult of a separate species, a new study of fossil hyoid bones finds, bolstering a ...

Dec 30, 2025 · The finds may at last settle one of paleontology’s longest-standing debates, sparked by an enigmatic fossil skull unearthed in the 1940s: Some said it was a new species, Nanotyrannus …

Oct 30, 2024 · Paleontologist David Hone’s latest book fleshes out our understanding of dinosaur behavior.

Jun 21, 2023 · When researchers study fossils from lower-income countries, they often engage in dubious or illegal practices that can stifle science.

May 14, 2025 · This exquisite Archaeopteryx fossil reveals how flight took off in birds Analyses of the fossil show never-before-seen feathers and bones from the first known bird

Apr 14, 2025 · Researchers are still divided about whether Spinosaurus was a swimmer or a wader. What’s clear is that confirming the first swimming dinosaur would be a game-changer.

By Javier Barbuzano Paleontology Nanotyrannus was not a teenaged T. rex A new Nanotyrannus fossil suggests the diminutive dino lived alongside T. rex in the late Cretaceous Period.

Jul 14, 2025 · Tracks of dinosaur footprints can hint at how fast the extinct animals moved. Here’s how guinea fowl can help fact-check those assumptions.