Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news of fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. CNN — An ancient bug-like sea creature with a fan-shaped…
Growing up, Danny Case became interested in fossils through his father, an amateur paleontologist.Starting at age 10, he says he began traveling with his father and his father's friends to…
About 70 percent of Earth's animals — including centipedes and bees, shrimp and crabs — are arthropods with mandibles, or pincer-like jaws. To understand how organisms with this anatomical feature…
Miguel Eduardo Delgado and others. Martin De Los Reyes (left) and Guillermo Joffre, two of the researchers involved in the study, discovered fossils of an extinct Ice Age armadillo relative…
Heavy rains in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, have brought to the surface an amazing discovery that has been hidden for millions of years. A team…
Fona herzogae, a recently discovered dinosaur from Utah, likely lived partially underground, as evidenced by its anatomical adaptations and frequent fossil preservation in burrows, reshaping our understanding of Cretaceous life.…
Benggwigwishingasuchus eremicarminis on the shores of the Pantalasan Ocean. Credit: Jorge GonzalezNewly discovered Triassic crocodilian relative shows that pseudozoan archosaurs inhabited global coastal areas, greatly enriching our understanding of Mesozoic…
Artist's impression of the dinosaur. Credit: John SibikA new dinosaur kindsComptonatus chasei, discovered on the Isle of Wight, represents a major advance in understanding chalkvariety of dinosaurs from the England…
A new study challenges the view that ammonoids declined before their extinction 66 million years ago, showing instead that they remained diverse and robust globally. This research highlights that their…
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