March 2020

Fossil of 67m-year-old Raptor Dinosaur Found in New Mexico

Illustration of three Dineobellator near a water source, with the ceratopsid Ojoceratops and sauropod alamosaurus in the…

Fragments of a Long Lost Continent Found in Canada

Diamond embedded in a piece of kimberlite. Image credits James St. John / Flickr Geologists find lost fragment of anc…

'Wonderchicken': Oldest Fossil of Modern Bird Discovered

Photograph: University of Cambridge Experts have discovered a fossil of the world’s oldest known modern bird – a dimin…

Giant Clam Shells: Unprecedented Natural Archives for Paleoweather

Giant Clam shell Paleoclimate research offers an overview of Earth's climate change over the past 65 million year…

Ice Age Structure Made From Hundreds of Mammoth Bones Discovered

Ice Age Structure Made From Hundreds of Mammoth Bones Discovered. Hundreds of mammoth bones were found at the Kostenki 11…

Microbial Life Has Been Found Deep in Earth's Crust Beneath the Ocean Floor

Detailed examination of rocks nestled thousands of feet beneath the ocean floor revealed life in plutonic rocks of the lo…

A Chunk of Yellowstone the Size of Chicago Has Been Pulsing. Why?

Grand Geyser eruption. Photo:  Jacob W. Frank An injection of magma under Norris Geyser Basin may be why the region…

New Dinosaur Tracks on Scotland’s Isle of Skye

Fossil tracks left by a stegosaur on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. The footprints of stegosaurs, carnivorous theropods …

Protein Discovered Inside a Meteorite

A new discovery could be a clue for us to see if life could emerge elsewhere in the Solar System. Using a new analysis …

Earth's Mantle, Not Its Core, May Have Generated Planet's Early Magnetic Field

Earth's Mantle, Not Its Core, May Have Generated Planet's Early Magnetic Field. Scientists are finding that Earth…

Smallest-ever Fossil Dinosaur Found Trapped in Amber

The head of Oculudentavis khaungraae, the world's tiniest dinosaur, preserved in amber. The world’s smallest dinos…

Dinosaur-age Cockroaches Found Preserved in Amber

Scientists found ancient cockroaches preserved in amber.  (Image: © Lenka Podstrelená, Sendi et al. Gondwana Res 2020 …

Chrysoberyl: Exotic and Expensive Gemstone

Chrysoberyl i s a rare and precious gemstone, primarily composed of beryllium and aluminum the formula BeAl 2 O 4 . Chrysob…

Earth May Have Been a 'Waterworld' Without Continents 3 Billion Years Ago

The Earth of 3.2 billion years ago was a "water world" of submerged continents, geologists say after analyzin…

Traces of DNA Found in Fossilized Dinosaur Skull

Traces of DNA Found in Fossilized Dinosaur Skull. Ground section of Hypacrosaurus (MOR 548) supraoccipital shows exceptio…