January 2022

Mushroom Growing Out of 50-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Ant Reveals New Fungal Parasite

Oregon State University research has identified the oldest known specimen of a fungus parasitizing an ant, and the fossil al…

Huge Fossilised Prints on Welsh Beach 'Were Made by Dinosaurs 200m Years Ago'

An individual footprint of a sauropodomorph dinosaur on the foreshore near Penarth, south Wales, the United Kingdom. Credit:…

New Mineral Described From Uranium Mine In Utah

New Mineral Described From Uranium Mine In Utah. Yellow oldsite blades with blue stanleyite and white szomolnokite on asphal…

Fossil of a Giant Millipede Reveals 'The Biggest Bug That Ever Lived'

The fossil – the remains of a creature called Arthropleura – dates from the Carboniferous Period, about 326 million years a…

99 Million-year-old Spider Mummies Reveal Moms Cared for Teeny Spiderlings

99 Million-year-old Spider Mummies Reveal Moms Cared for Teeny Spiderlings. A mother spider positioned over her egg sac was …

Mind-Blowing New Fossil Site Found in The 'Dead' Heart of Australia

Mind-Blowing New Fossil Site Found in The 'Dead' Heart of Australia Spider fossil found in new fossil site. Credit: …

Triassic Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in Wales

An individual footprint of a sauropodomorph dinosaur on the foreshore near Penarth, south Wales, the United Kingdom. Image c…