Antarctica’s first dinosaur fossil identified as titanosaur tail vertebra

Scientists share details about first dinosaur fossil found in Antarctica

Scientists share details about first dinosaur fossil found in Antarctica

First Antarctic Dinosaur Bone Discovered

Scientists have identified the first dinosaur fossil ever discovered in Antarctica after a specimen spent four decades forgotten in a drawer at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge.

This Fossil Sat in a Drawer for 40 Years. Now It’s Changing What We Know About Dinosaurs in Antarctica

A case of mistaken identity resolved decades later.

A Fossil From Antarctica Sat in a Drawer for 40 Years. It Turned Out to Be the First Dinosaur Bone Ever Found on the Continent

After being forgotten for decades, the mysterious tail vertebra has finally been identified as part of a titanosaur. The discovery helps researchers understand how dinosaurs may have traversed Earth's southernmost regions

Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil belonged to a group of the largest land animals ever

Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil belonged to a group of the largest land animals ever

IKIAM University Identifies First Dinosaur Fossil in Ecuadorian Amazon

The remains of ‘Wakrayampi’ were discovered in 2018 by residents of a community in the Napo province. This week, IKIAM University announced that its researchers have identified the first dinosaur fossil ever recorded in the Ecuadorian Amazon, a titanosaur sauropod that lived in the region about 67 million years ago. RELATED: Extinction of Indigenous Languages []

Koreanosaurus, 1st dinosaur fossil named after Korea to become natural monument

Korea's first indigenous dinosaur fossil to bear the country's name in its scientific classification is set to be designated a natural monument, the Korea Heritage Service said Monday. The agency said it plans to designate the Koreanosaurus boseongensis skeletal fossil discovered in Boseong, South Jeolla Province, as a natural monument, along with the pig-nosed turtle skeleton fossil from Yeosu (Pleurochayes yeosuensis) and the Tafoni weathering pits of Suudo Island in Tongyeong. Natural monumen

A rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica is found tucked away in a drawer

Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica tucked in a drawer.

A dinosaur fossil sat forgotten in a drawer since 1985 until scientists realized what it was

Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica tucked in a drawer

Antarctica's oldest known dinosaur fossil was hiding in a museum drawer for 40 years

Antarctica's oldest known dinosaur fossil was hiding in a museum drawer for 40 years

This bat fossil could fill in a piece of the evolutionary puzzle

Two 52 million-year-old bat skeletons discovered in an ancient lake bed in Wyoming are the oldest bat fossils ever found — and they reveal a new species.

Discovery of fish-eating raptor in Argentina points to prehistoric links with China

Scientists have uncovered a new species of raptor in Argentina that sports the same telltale curved claw as the velociraptors found in China, some 19,000km (11,800 miles) away. Though they were found on opposite ends of the world, these two dinosaurs were close kin – tracing back to a common ancestor from an era when the continents were knitted together to form one big land mass. This discovery, published late last month in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, has prompted scientists to...

Fossil From Spain Shows What The Skin And Color Patterns Of Crocodiles Looked Like 125 Million Years Ago

Eddie Gonzales Jr. - AnientPages.com - The soft tissues preserved in Montsecosuchus depereti, a Lower Cretaceous crocodylomorph from the Pedrera de Meià site in the province of Lleida (Catalonia, Spain), are described in detail for the first time in a new study. Image credit: Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont. The analysis, based on ultraviolet light, []

Scientists Have Identified a New Fossil Species of Axolotl in Mexico

Ambystoma quetzalcoatli is the first fossil salamander to be formally identified in Mexico, revealing that axolotls have inhabited the country for millions of years.

Ancient Molecules on a Pterosaur Fossil Revealed What Its Diet Looked Like 100 Million Years Ago

According to a new study in iScience, researchers found an especially well-preserved 113-million-year-old pterosaur fossil in Brazil. As if that wasn’t rare enough, this miraculously good-looking fossil had on its wing an equally well-preserved ancient steroid molecule, which has given researchers a molecular-level glimpse at what these ancient flying reptiles ate. A lot of the []

Rescued five-year-old sea turtle without front flippers finds new home at Brijuni

A rescued loggerhead sea turtle named Cvita has begun the next stage of her recovery at Brijuni National Park, where... The post Rescued five-year-old sea turtle without front flippers finds new home at Brijuni first appeared on Croatia Week.

Lubang biru terumbu karang ditemukan di Laut China Selatan

BEIJING: Lubang biru terumbu karang pertama China, lekukan semula jadi besar di dasar laut, dikenal pasti di perairan berhampiran Pulau Huangyan di Laut China Selatan, dan didapati menjadi kawasan tumpuan biodiversiti. Menurut laporan yang dikeluarkan pada Khamis, teknologi DNA alam sekitar digunakan oleh saintis untuk mengesan lebih daripada 2,700 spesies marin di dalam dan sekitar ... Read more The post Lubang biru terumbu karang ditemukan di Laut China Selatan appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

Koreanosaurus fossil to receive South Korea natural monument status

Koreanosaurus fossil to receive South Korea natural monument status

Sea turtle hunters become their protectors in Cabo Verde

Former sea turtle hunters in Cabo Verde, off the coast of West Africa, have shifted to working in loggerhead turtle conservation along the archipelago nation’s main nesting beaches. The change was propelled by 2018 legislation that criminalized killing threatened turtle species, Sonam Lama Hyolmo reported for Mongabay. Rangers, around a dozen of which used to []

This four-winged dinosaur may have terrorized Earth's earliest birds

A newly discovered feathered dinosaur called Jian changmaensis may be the missing predator responsible for mysterious piles of crushed prehistoric bird bones in China. The four-winged glider, a close cousin of Velociraptor, helps reveal how early birds and their dinosaur relatives shared the same ancient landscape.

‘Extraordinarily rare’ dolphin sightings reported in B.C.’s waters

Video shot in Esperanza Inlet on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island captured an extremely rare sighting of a long-beaked common dolphin.

New Frog Species Discovered in Costa Rica’s Los Santos Region

Scientists have identified a new frog species in the mountain streams of Costa Rica’s Los Santos region, a discovery that links biodiversity with one of its most important coffee-growing areas. The frog, named Isthmohyla nacientes, is a metallic green amphibian found in rivers and creeks in Dota, Tarrazú and León Cortés. The area is known [] The post New Frog Species Discovered in Costa Rica’s Los Santos Region appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

Forgotten megalodon vertebrae reveal age, size and last meal of giant shark

Forgotten megalodon vertebrae reveal age, size and last meal of giant shark

Cape Verde’s World Cup run offers Haiti a bold blueprint for success | Analysis 

MIAMI — Cape Verde, a tiny island of about 530,000 people off Africa’s western coast, made history when it became the second smallest nation ever—after Dutch Caribbean island Curaçao— to [] The post Cape Verde’s World Cup run offers Haiti a bold blueprint for success | Analysis appeared first on URL Media.

New dinosaur species with neck as long as cricket pitch discovered in Thailand

The plant-eating dinosaur, named Uragasaurus kalasinensis, is thought to have lived about 150 million years ago.

T rex skeleton ‘Gus’ presented in New York ahead of auction

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — One of the world's most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons, nicknamed Gus, was showcased Wednesday at Sotheby's auction house in New York ahead of its sale later this month.Valued at between 20 million to 30 million -- the highest price estimate ever for a dinosaur -- the giant fossil was discovered on a cattle ranch in South Dakota in 2021.Gus lived during the Maastrichtian period, some 72 to 66 million years ago, which was characterised by a warm climate, high sea levels and vast floodable coastal plains.The skeleton measures 38 feet (11.6 meters) in body length, making it one of the largest T rexes ever discovered. It has 183 fossilised bones and is roughly 63 per cent complete.Gus is on view in New York until July 14, when the auction will take place.

Mysterious whale 'necropolis' discovered at the bottom of the Indian Ocean

A team of researchers has uncovered hundreds of fossilized whale carcasses off the southwest coast of Australia. Spanning 1,200 kilometers, this is the largest, deepest and oldest cetacean bone graveyard ever observed.

Thai paleontologists discover new dinosaur species from 150 million years ago with neck the length of a cricket pitch

Thai palaeontologists have named Uragasaurus kalasinensis, a herbivorous sauropod from Kalasin Province whose exceptionally long neck places it in the Mamenchisauridae family, a group previously found almost exclusively in China, researchers report in Scientific Reports The post Thai paleontologists discover new dinosaur species from 150 million years ago with neck the length of a cricket pitch appeared first on ProtoThema English.

Guardians of The Deep: Namibia’s sharks and rays

Sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras are unlike most fish. They have skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone, and inhabit oceans worldwide, as well as in some estuaries and even in freshwater environments. Namibia is home to 87 of these species: 52 sharks, 27 skates and rays, and eight chimaeras. Crucially, 29 are listed as [] The post Guardians of The Deep: Namibia’s sharks and rays appeared first on The Namibian.

Centuries-old pirate mystery deepens after wrecks are found near Bahamas haven

Filmmakers and archaeologists say they discovered the first shipwrecks linked to real-life pirates who operated from Nassau in the Golden Age of Piracy.

Scientists Stumble on Historic Discovery in Forgotten Drawer

BBCA fossil forgotten for 40 years in a drawer has been identified as the first dinosaur bone ever discovered in Antarctica, researchers say. The specimen was originally collected in 1985 on James Ross Island during a British Antarctic Survey expedition, but was stored away in the collection in Cambridge after scientists were unsure what they had found. It has now been re-examined and confirmed as a tail vertebra from a Titanosaur, a group of long-necked plant-eating dinosaurs that included some of the largest creatures ever to walk the Earth. Dr. Mark Evans of the British Antarctic Survey rediscovered the fossil while reviewing archived specimens, noting its distinctive structure. He then called in experts from the Natural History Museum, where paleontologists confirmed its identity. “As soon as I saw it, I knew what we were dealing with it was a dead cert we were dealing with a Titanosaur,” said Professor Paul Barrett told the BBC. Scientists estimate the animal was around 23 feet long, possibly a juvenile or unusually small adult, living about 82 million years ago when Antarctica was forested and far warmer than today.Read it at BBCRead more at The Daily Beast.

100,000 years ago, one of the earliest Homo sapiens outside Africa was stabbed in the face, analysis finds

100,000 years ago, one of the earliest Homo sapiens outside Africa was stabbed in the face, analysis finds

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18th-Century Spanish warship wreck identified off coast in San Pedro

Underwater archaeologists in Andalucia have successfully linked a historic shipwreck off the coast of San Pedro de Alcantara to the []

China releases report on rare coral reef blue hole in Huangyan Dao

China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Thursday released the 2025 Survey Report on the Blue Hole of Huangyan Dao. The report shows that the Huangyan Dao blue hole is a marine blue hole of the world-rare coral reef growth structure type, and it is also the first coral reef blue hole ever identified in China. Its entrance covers an area of approximately 1,491.7 square meters, with a maximum diameter of 56.3 meters and a depth of 16.6 meters. Its internal structure is funnel-shaped, with a narrow bottom and layered water turbidity. Preliminary geochronological studies indicate that this blue hole formed at least 3,200 years ago. The Huangyan Dao blue hole and its surrounding waters are rich in biodiversity, the report said. #SeeChina

Travel Book Review: Peru Seen Clearly By Young Eyes

A smart, 138-page guide to Peru’s history, culture and living Andean traditions. By Rick Vecchio Peruvian Times Contributing Editor* When I opened Peru: The Cultural Gem of South America, I had the Almost Famous moment — when Ben Fong-Torres realizes the seasoned rock and roll writer on the other end [] The post Travel Book Review: Peru Seen Clearly By Young Eyes first appeared on News from Peru - Peruvian Times.