THAT Asteroid Only Accelerated Inevitable Dinosaur Extinction

Updated 1 July, 2021 - 14:37 ashley cowie A team of scientists have discovered dinosaurs were on a downturn about 76 million years…

Amateur Fossil Hunters Find a ‘Rosetta Stone’ for Paleontology

Paleontologists affiliated with the Queensland Museum Network in Australia have unearthed both the head and body of a 100-million-year-old marine reptile known as…

What are these Giant Balls? Dinosaur Eggs, Meteorites, or Signs of an Ancient Civilization?

Updated 28 June, 2016 - 02:54 ancient-origins Found 30 metres underground at a coal mine, they are dubbed Jurassic pearls or the marbles…

Fossils from 55 million years ago reveal giant anchovies with monstrous fangs.

Scientists have made an amazing discovery about the humble anchovy. These small fish are usually found as a topping on a pizza. However,…

Dinosaur-Eating Galloping Crocodiles Once Existed in the Sahara Desert

Updated 11 September, 2022 - 22:55 Cecilia Bogaard Believe it or not, but 100 million years ago the area of the present-day scorching…

Mystery Solved For Football Sized Antarctica Fossil

Researchers believe that they have deciphered the secrets of a mysterious fossil that was found in Antarctica. They now believe that the Antarctica…

Prehistoric Crocodiles Moved Like Dinosaurs on Two Legs.

Updated 12 June, 2020 - 18:43 ancient-origins The discovery of large, well-preserved footprints belonging to an ancestor of modern-day crocodiles from the Lower…

Mokele-mbembe: The Monster of the Congo River

Updated 18 September, 2019 - 19:36 dhwty Mokèlé-mbèmbé is the name given to a creature believed to inhabit the upper reaches of the…

The world’s first preserved feathered dinosaur tail was discovered in amber.

Updated 10 December, 2016 - 14:51 ancient-origins Researchers from China, Canada, and the University of Bristol have discovered a dinosaur tail complete with…

Island in the Clouds: Could Mount Roraima Be A “Lost World” With Potential For Dinosaur Resurrection?

Updated 26 January, 2017 - 16:57 Kerry Sullivan Deep within the rainforests of Venezuela, a series of plateaus sit more than 9000 feet…

The Giant Dinosaurs Coexisted with This Tiny Predator

By Lars Schmitz & Jingmai Kathleen O'Connor / The Conversation In 2016, our colleague Xing Lida held up a small piece of polished,…

Huge Footprints Discovered by Scientists: Discover Which Ancient Animals They Belonged To

Updated 7 April, 2018 - 01:54 ancient-origins By Tom Ozimek , Epoch Times The biggest dinosaurs ever to have lived left footprints 170…