Paleontology
Eat Like a Neanderthal
Science-inspired recipes to help you dine like our evolutionary cousins
The Feathery Dinosaurs That Couldn’t Fly
Close inspection of “exceptionally preserved” fossils suggests that some dinosaurs shed their ability to take off
Ancient Bee Nests Hiding in Regurgitated, Fossilized Bones
A cave in the Dominican Republic has revealed the first recorded instance of bee larvae tucked into fossils
Hobbits May Have Been Victims of Climate Change
New research offers clues into the mysterious disappearance of these tiny hominins
Millions of Years Ago These Animals Shaped the Arabian Sea
Like modern sea cows, these Late Miocene marine mammals engineered their ecosystems
You Don’t Need a Big Brain to Fly
New research into the ancestors of pterosaurs reveals surprising clues to the evolution of flight
An Ancient Earthquake Might Have Unleashed a Sea Turtle Stampede
Potential flipper marks found by free climbers might point to the marks of frightened reptiles
Living Large: Giant Anacondas Blew Up 12 Million Years Ago
Recently unearthed fossilized vertebrae shows the resilience of the massive snakes
Behold the Biggest Dinosaur Parade
What the biggest set of trackways ever discovered says about life in the Late Cretaceous
This Huge Ocean Beast Shifts Sharks’ Evolutionary Timeline
Fossils from a 3-ton shark unearthed in northern Australia suggests these creatures grew into massive, fearsome predators earlier than previously thought
These Gory, Rare Fossils Unravel Ancient Marine Rivalries
Decapitated remnants of Aspidorhynchus fish from the Late Jurassic hint at who they hunted—and who hunted them
