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Some of the world’s oldest rubies linked to early life

A closeup view of the Flyby Trike’s occipital condyle bone — nicknamed the “trailer hitch” — the ball on the back of the skull that connects to neck vertebrae.Rachel Ormiston/Burke Museum/University of Washington

Four dinosaurs discovered in Montana

Fig. 1. Cretapsara athanata Luque gen. et sp. nov., a modern-looking eubrachyuran crab in Burmese amber. (A to D) Holotype LYAM-9. (A) Whole amber sample with crab inclusion in ventral view. (B) Close-up of ventral carapace. (C) Whole amber sample with crab inclusion in dorsal view. (D) Close-up of dorsal carapace. White arrows in (B) and (D) indicate the detached left fifth leg or pereopod. Photos by L.X. Figure by J.L.

First dinosaur era crab fully preserved in amber discovered

Image: Artists impression of newly identified species Credit: Anthony Hutchings

Two new species of large predatory dinosaur discovered on Isle of...

Life reconstruction of herbivorous dinosaurs based on 220-million-year-old fossil footprints from Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. (Image credit: Anthony Romilio)

‘Raptor-like’ dinosaur discovered in Australian mine, actually uncovered as a timid...

Artist’s impression of Spinosaurus. Credit: Davide Bonadonna

Early dinosaurs may have lived in social herds as early as...

A trilobite fossil, Redlichia rex found at Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island – a marine creature that lived over 500 million years ago during the Cambrian period. Credit: Macquarie University

What to do if you find fossils or artifacts

Eograminis balticus

Grass found in Baltic amber

During the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in June 1991, large quantities of ash particles were ejected into the stratosphere. The eruption’s impact on the climate lasted for years. (Bild: Dave Harlow, USGS)

How to better identify dangerous volcanoes

Locations of earthquakes (red) and corresponding seismic stations (yellow pins). Credit: Butler and Tsuboi (2021).

Earth’s ‘solid’ inner core may contain both mushy and hard iron

Ecological changes following intense volcanic activity 230 million years ago paved the way for dinosaur dominance

Dinosaurs’ ascent driven by volcanoes powering climate change

CT scan of a cat-eyed snake (Leptodeira septentrionalis) reveals a frog (blue skeleton) in its digestive tract. Snake specimen from U-M's Museum of Zoology. Image credit: Ramon Nagesan, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.

Mammals on the menu: Snake dietary diversity exploded after mass extinction...

A chimpanzee in Kibale National Park, Uganda.

Primates’ ancestors may have left trees to survive asteroid

The dispersal of the Vishnuonyx otters from the Indian subcontinent to Africa and Europe about 13 million years ago. The star (HAM 4) shows the position of the Hammerschmiede fossil site. Image: Nikos Kargopoulos

New Fossil: A new species of otter discovered in Germany

Molten lava from a Hawaiian volcano. Image: Willyam/Adobe

What lies beneath: Volcanic secrets revealed

The Kawhia giant penguin Kairuku waewaeroa. Image credit: Simone Giovanardi. Permission for use of the image by media is granted by the artist, with credit.

Giant Waikato penguin: School kids discover new species

The rim of Cone D—inside the Okmok Volcano caldera—with the blue lake in the background. Credit: Nick Frearson

A journey into an Alaskan volcano

The extinction of their competitors allowed snakes to move into new niches and diversify enormously (Credit: Joschua Knüppe).

Modern snakes evolved from a few survivors of dino-killing asteroid

fossilized teeth from M. Latidens showing where cavities formed.

Oldest known mammal cavities discovered in 55-million-year-old fossils suggests a sweet...

500-million-year-old fossil represents rare discovery of ancient animal in North America

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