Researchers have unearthed a spooky pair of dinosaur mummies that seem to have been preserved in an unexpected way. These dinosaur remains are different from the wrapped mummies of Egypt or natural ...

Scientists have discovered evidence of stone megastructures on the Karst Plateau on the border of Slovenia and Italy that ...

Researchers often rely on fossil teeth for clues about what extinct animals ate. Giant ground sloths’ teeth have been tricky to analyze, though – until now.

Unlike the carefully wrapped mummies of ancient Egypt or naturally preserved human remains found in bogs and deserts, dinosaur mummies are created when skin and soft tissues fossilise over millions of ...

A major motivation for the effort is combating wildfires. As the Przewalski's horses hadn't been seen in Iberia in 10,000 years, and domestic cattle operations have closed, few grazing animals have ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed ...

Many popular modern foods can trace their origins back thousands of years. These seven foods in particular have been around for centuries.

In Kilmartin Glen, Scotland, archaeologists uncovered the first prehistoric animal carvings ever found in Britain. Inside Dunchraigaig Cairn, a burial chamber dating to 3000 BCE, images of red deer ...

Largely outshone by fossils of horses, the earliest camels are getting another look from scientists determined to sort out ...

The Isle of Skye holds the key to ancient species. From the Elgol dinosaur to the Krusatodon or the world’s largest pterosaur fossil from the Jurassic period, fossils found here have shaped our ...

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