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Paleontology

The Travels of Straight-Tusked Elephants in Europe, Written in Their Teeth

… and their travails as they encountered early humans

March 13, 2026

This Ancient Crocodile Ancestor Learned to Walk on Two Legs

It was a childhood crawler before it walked upright

March 9, 2026

Restoring Panama to When Prehistoric Beasts Roamed the Jungle

The Central American nation never fully recovered from the loss of its megafauna

March 6, 2026

The Dainty Dinosaur That’s Rewriting Evolutionary History

New alvarezsaur fossil offers a Cretaceous missing link

March 5, 2026

When Scientists Are Dinosaurs 

At the paleontology conference, her new theory was shouted down

March 3, 2026

How the Triceratops Used Its Giant Nose

Its outsized nasal cavities helped it maintain body temperature

February 24, 2026

Paleontologists Solve a Prehistoric Murder Mystery

Welcome to CSI: Cretaceous Period

February 23, 2026

“Hell Heron”: New Dinosaur Species with a Head-mounted Sword Discovered in Africa

The dramatic find sheds new light on the diversity of spinosaurs

February 20, 2026

Newly Discovered Prehistoric Crocodilian Had Legs That Went All the Way Up

This stilt-legged reptile stalked the grasslands of Triassic Britain

February 18, 2026

The Spy Who Found T. Rex

Pioneering paleontologist Barnum Brown took on some curious gigs outside of his digs

February 12, 2026