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Reconstruction of the appearance in life of a gorgonopsian in a floodplain of the Permian of Mallorca. Credit: Henry Sutherland Sharpe

World’s oldest mammalian ancestor discovered in Mallorca

An strange, extinct plant once thought to be related to modern ginseng is now considered the lone representative of an unknown family. Credit: Florida Museum of Natural History / Jeff Gage

Mysterious plant fossil belongs to a family that no longer exists

A close-up of two tiny, whitefly puparia.

Insect fossil find ‘extremely rare’

Geobiologist Shuhai Xiao (at left) and colleague in the field in Canada. Photo courtesy of Danielle Fitzgerald.

Chart of life extended by nearly 1.5 billion years

Fluorescent and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of fossil and modern juniper leaves. (a, b) Fluorescent microscope imagery of fossil juniper branchlet (LACMHC 1469B). (b) Close-up of leaf scale with smooth leaf margins and acute-slightly obtuse apical shape. (c) SEM image of entire fossil leaf scale from adaxial (dorsal) perspective. (d–g) Close-up imagery of abaxial (ventral) side of modern (d) J. blancoi, (e) J. scopulorum, (f) J. virginiana, and (g) fossil juniper leaf (P23-47594).

Researchers identify a mysterious fossil seed to reveal new chapters in...

UV photography of Pterodactylus. Ultraviolet light reveals remarkable details of the fossil invisible under normal lighting. This famous specimen showcases preserved soft tissues, including the delicate wing membranes, which fluoresce vividly under UV illumination.

A festive flying reptile family reunion 150 million years in the...

Monazite crystals from samples associate professor Sean Regan gathered in the Coast Mountains near Juneau. Images courtesy of Sean Regan

Denali Fault tore apart ancient joining of two landmasses

Representative image: Hand holding a rock

Prehistoric rock in Japan reveals clues to major ocean anoxic event

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New simulation method sharpens our view into Earth’s interior

An imposing fully-grown male Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus wandering the Kashmir Valley, 400 thousand years ago, towering over a herd of Central Asian red deer traversing by. In the distance, a small band of prehistoric humans set up campfire to cook their meal. Credit: Chen Yu, University of Helsinki

Giant prehistoric elephant skull from India belongs to mysterious extinct species

The fossil is believed to be between 11 and 16 million years old, from the Miocene Period. Credit: Michael Frese, University of Canberra

Extremely well-preserved fossil sawfly sheds new light on co-evolution of insects...

The holotype specimen of Lomankus edgecombei. Photograph at left, other images at right are 3D models from CT scanning. Credit: Luke Parry (photograph), Yu Liu, Ruixin Ran (3D models).

Golden bugs: Spectacular new fossil arthropods preserved in fool’s gold

This image provided by Mariana Chuliver shows the oldest-known tadpole fossil found in Patagonia, Argentina. Credit: Mariana Chuliver via AP

This ancient tadpole fossil is the oldest ever discovered

Life restoration of two Skiphosoura bavarica in flight. Credit: Gabriel Ugueto.

New fossil reveals the evolution of flying reptiles

Paleontologists and students from McGill University have documented Saskatchewan's first confirmed fossil specimens

Paleontologists discover Saskatchewan’s first Centrosaurus and Citipes elegans fossils

Fossil skull of the newly described amphibian. Credit: David Lovelace

Fossil amphibians found in burrows where they waited for the next...

The newly discovered worm lizard species is the largest in the world. Presumably, the animals fed mainly on snails 50 million years ago. Credit: Jaime Chirinos

World’s Largest Worm Lizard Fossil Discovered

A 3D-printed model of the Parasaurolophus skulls at a 1:3 scale to the original fossil. The white model is the nasal passages inside the skull. Credit: Hongjun Lin

The Parasaurolophus’ pipes: Modeling the dinosaur’s crest to study its sound

The new dinosaur is called Tralkasaurus, which means "thunder reptile" in the indigenous Mapuche language common in Patagonia. In this file photo, a boy in Melbourne, Australia inspects the teeth of a theropod dinosaur

Thanksgiving special: Dinosaur drumsticks and the story of the turkey trot

Sliding Champatis, the seeds of the Lapsi tree, can provide insight into devastating landslides and rock avalanches. Credit: Pudasaini et al.

Sliding seeds can provide insight into devastating landslides and rock avalanches

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