Paleontology

And likely gobbled up its smaller cephalopod relatives for lunch

Proof the defense tactic has been used for at least 99 million years

It lived in the Triassic muck on the seafloor

The swamp-dwelling iguanodon relative may have been dinner for spinosaurs

Footprints found at White Sands, New Mexico, were dated to the height of the last ice age

It’s a story of human resilience

Its name means “unconquered female warrior”

But it was strictly a vegetarian

Polymers are stubborn things

As if they weren’t terrifying enough

An elephant’s tooth never forgets

Its unique throat paved the way for our big brains