Paleontology
“Hell Heron”: New Dinosaur Species with a Head-mounted Sword Discovered in Africa
The dramatic find sheds new light on the diversity of spinosaurs
Newly Discovered Prehistoric Crocodilian Had Legs That Went All the Way Up
This stilt-legged reptile stalked the grasslands of Triassic Britain
The Spy Who Found T. Rex
Pioneering paleontologist Barnum Brown took on some curious gigs outside of his digs
This Football-Shaped Creature Was an Early Terrestrial Plant-Eater
The newly discovered specimen shows how early herbivory evolved
Inside the Mouth of Earth’s Oldest Bird
A new look at an Archaeopteryx skull reveals some familiar and fascinating structures
Baby Sauropods Were the Potato Chips of the Jurassic Era
“Life was cheap in this ecosystem”
Straight-Tusk Elephants Once Roamed Europe. And We Used Their Bones as Hammers
A 480,000-year-old battered bone is the earliest known flintstone hammer in Europe
How Coastlines Shape the Extinction Risk for Marine Invertebrates
Invertebrates that lived on north-south coastlines had better chances of survival
Tyrannosaurids Took Their Time Growing to 17,000 Pounds
Forty-year growth periods may have given them a leg up in dominating their ecosystems
The Secrets of an Ancient Hunk of Woolly Rhinoceros Meat
It helps decipher what exactly happened to its species about 14,000 years ago
