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Five-eyed fossil shrimp is evolutionary 'missing link'

Sara Hussein, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 05 02:13 PM

"After careful preparation... I knew it was a new and very important arthropod." Read more »

These winged dinosaurs hurtled through the trees like haywire hang gliders

Sabrina Imbler, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 23 08:34 AM

During a blip in time in the late Jurassic, a dinosaur that weighed no more than a chinchilla flung itself from tree to tree, spread its wings and tried to soar. In theory, it sounds beautiful — an early attempt at flight before birds figured out the blueprint. Read more »

T-Rex fossil sells for record-breaking $31.8 million

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 07 01:14 PM

The fossil was discovered in South Dakota in 1987 and named after the amateur paleontologist who came across the remains, Stan Sacrison. Read more »

Graveyard of mammoths unearthed at Mexico's new airport

Yussel Gonzalez, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 09 12:30 PM

ZUMPANGO, Mexico - Archaeologists in hard hats and face masks carefully remove earth from around enormous bones at the site of Mexico City's new airport, where construction work has uncovered a huge trove of mammoth skeletons. Read more »

Monster munch: Ancient marine reptile died after dining on fellow titan

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 21 06:33 AM

WASHINGTON - More than 230 million years ago, a giant, dolphin-like marine reptile known as an ichthyosaur devoured its final meal -- a creature almost its own size -- then died a short time later. Read more »

Tanystropheus: One of the most baffling animals that ever lived

Asher Elbein, The New York Times
Updated as of Aug 13 08:07 AM

Nearly 250 million years ago, a very odd reptile patrolled the shorelines and coves of the Triassic Alps. Called Tanystropheus, it had a toothy head and a body echoing that of modern monitor lizards. But between them stretched a horizontal, giraffelike neck. Read more »

Hundreds of fossils of strange primordial predator unearthed in Canada

Will Dunham, Reuters
Posted at Jul 31 07:26 AM

Scientists on Tuesday said the creature, called Cambroraster falcatus, was a distant relative of today's arthropods - the diverse group of animals including insects, spiders and crabs - and lived during the Cambrian Period 506 million years ago, when all animal life lived in the oceans. Read more »

An ancient human species is discovered in a Philippine cave

Carl Zimmer, The New York Times
Updated as of Apr 11 06:30 PM

In a cave in the Philippines, scientists have discovered a new branch of the human family tree. Read more »

Were dinosaurs killed off by asteroid or volcanoes? It's complicated

Ivan Couronne, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 22 06:48 AM

WASHINGTON - Every school child knows the dinosaurs were killed off by an asteroid smashing into the Earth some 66 million years ago.   Read more »