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Paleontology

How Coastlines Shape the Extinction Risk for Marine Invertebrates

Invertebrates that lived on north-south coastlines had better chances of survival

January 16, 2026

Tyrannosaurids Took Their Time Growing to 17,000 Pounds

Forty-year growth periods may have given them a leg up in dominating their ecosystems

January 15, 2026

The Secrets of an Ancient Hunk of Woolly Rhinoceros Meat

It helps decipher what exactly happened to its species about 14,000 years ago

January 14, 2026

The Taste of Prehistory

Three recipes our Neanderthal cousins might have enjoyed

December 23, 2025

Eat Like a Neanderthal

Science-inspired recipes to help you dine like our evolutionary cousins

December 23, 2025

The Feathery Dinosaurs That Couldn’t Fly

Close inspection of “exceptionally preserved” fossils suggests that some dinosaurs shed their ability to take off

December 17, 2025

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

December 16, 2025

Hobbits May Have Been Victims of Climate Change

New research offers clues into the mysterious disappearance of these tiny hominins

December 10, 2025

Millions of Years Ago These Animals Shaped the Arabian Sea

Like modern sea cows, these Late Miocene marine mammals engineered their ecosystems

December 10, 2025

You Don’t Need a Big Brain to Fly

New research into the ancestors of pterosaurs reveals surprising clues to the evolution of flight

December 8, 2025

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

December 4, 2025

Living Large: Giant Anacondas Blew Up 12 Million Years Ago

Recently unearthed fossilized vertebrae shows the resilience of the massive snakes

December 3, 2025