160 Million Years Old Ankylosaur Grow Spikes From Its Ribs, Oldest-Known Dinosaur Features Body Armor

Medicine & Technology Sep 26, 2021

A group of paleontologists announced this week the finding of the oldest-known ankylosaur, a dinosaur species that's popular for its clubbed tail and armor plating.

Researchers Find Powerful and Precise Bite of a Jurassic-Period Mammal

Dec 28, 2020

Priarcodon fruitaensis, an early mammal, was well adapted for powerful and precise biting. It also had a diverse faunivorous diet that possibly comprised insects and small vertebrates, a study found.

Biologists Monitor Shape Changes In Amazon Fish After Dam Closes River

Sep 25, 2020

A team of biologists reports a comparison between museum collection of cichlid fishes kept before a dam closed on the Amazon Tocantins River in 1984, and current species from the Tucurui Reservoir - collected 34 years later.

Female Face 13,640 Years Old Reconstructed

Apr 23, 2017

Scientists pieced together some data to construct a face that dated back to the Late Pleistocene period.