October 2017

Ancient Footprints Reveal New Megatheropod Dinosaur Species From Southern Africa

Fabien Knoll, Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, lies next to the new exceptionally large c…

Dinosaur With Raccoon-like Mask Hid in Broad Daylight

This figure shows the best-preserved fossil specimen of Sinosauropteryx from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China an…

Yellowstone Supervolcano Erupts A Lot More Often Than We Thought

The Grand Prismatic hot spring in Yellowstone National Park is among the park's many hydrothermal features created by…

First Jurassic Ichthyosaur Fossil Found in India

Articulated skeleton of Ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur at the excavation site south of Lodai village, situated 30 km northea…

Corals Eat Plastic Because They Like the Taste

Scientists: Corals Eat Plastic for the Taste, Not by Accident. Corals eat plastic because they are drawn to its taste, new …

Fossils of Ancient Trees Show They Bizarrely Ripped Themselves Apart

The first trees to have ever grown on Earth were also the most complex, new research has revealed. Fossils from a 374-…

Blue Arhbarite Crystals

Beautiful Blue Arhbarite Crystals From Chile.  From: El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Prov…

Zircon as Earth's Timekeeper: Are We Reading the Clock Right?

Cathodoluminescence image from a scanning electron microscope of a typical igneous zircon crystal from samples studied by…

Tyrannosaur Fossil Found in Utah Is 'Most Complete Discovery in South-West Us'

Above, a cracked fossil from a tyrannosaur skeleton reveals the fossilized marrow inside at the site of a paleontological…

9.7-Million-year-old Teeth Discovery in Germany Could Re-write Human History

Ancient canine belonging to a yet unidentified ancient ape found in Germany. Credit: Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz. D…

Shedding New Light On Early Turquoise Mining In Southwest US

turquoise nuggets FROM Dyer Blue Mine, Nevada Turquoise is an icon of the desert Southwest, with enduring cultural si…

Earth's Underworld is Real and Scientists Just Mapped It

Scientists have created an "Atlas of the Underworld" compiling 94 slabs of ancient tectonic plates that now lie…

Hundreds of Mysterious Ancient Stone Structures Discovered on Lava Domes

Archaeologists have discovered 400 mysterious stone structures on the edge of volcanoes that could be thousands of years …

Japanese Tsunami Carried a Million Sea Creatures From Japan to US West Coast

Japanese mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis), barnacles (Megabalanus rosa) and sea anemones attached to a tsunami buoy wa…