Nov. 18, 2024 — The history of a major animal group, composed of millions of species of insects, arachnids, and nemotodes, has been elusive -- until now. A team has now identified the oldest ...
Someone who is fascinated by the flora, fauna and creatures of the distant past and who is inspired by the wonder of nature might consider studying paleontology. Paleontology focuses on the many ...
A fearsome flesh-eating bird from the Phorusrhacid family - known as "terror birds" - may be the largest of its kind ever found, despite being known only from a ...
In paleontology and paleobiology, we ask questions about the evolution of life that range across all geological time and span from individual species to the whole of life. We study the evolution of ...
Eric Burris learns the science behind paleontology at the Orlando Science Center TOP STORIES FROM WESH: Special edition Stanley tumblers are selling out, but these are still in stock READ THE FULL ...
The Journal of Paleontology publishes specimen-based research and welcomes your submission on all aspects of paleontology, including systematics, paleoecology, paleobiogeography, biostratigraphy, ...
A new species of ancient reptile has been named after spending more than 200 million years buried in the ground. Threordatoth chasmatos was one of the last survivors of the procolophonids, a group ...
You may have heard of Mary Anning, often celebrated as the mother of paleontology. Her remarkable life began in 1799, in the coastal town of Lyme Regis. Lyme Regis is known for its rich Jurassic ...
“This is going to become a symbol, an icon, of African paleontology,” Ibrahim tells me. For more than two decades a cavalcade of frozen carcasses has passed through the CT scanners of Ohio’s ...