Megaconus Mammaliaformis: Cute And Armed

Megaconus Mammaliaformis: Cute And Armed

Researchers have described Megaconus mammaliaformis, an unusual mammal that lived about 165 million years ago. Previously, all that was known about this long-extinct mammal was a few little teeth…
Looking Inside The Bones Of Dinosaurs

Looking Inside The Bones Of Dinosaurs

Everyone has seen dinosaur skeletons in museums. You're not supposed to touch them, even on the outside. Dr. Qi Zhao of the Institute for Vertebrate Paleontology in Beijing got to not only…
3 Billion-Year-Old Plankton Microfossils Found

3 Billion-Year-Old Plankton Microfossils Found

Spindle-shaped inclusions in 3 billion-year-old rocks are microfossils of plankton probably inhabited the oceans around the globe during that time - but these inclusions in the rocks were not…
Humans And Megafauna: Don't Blame Us

Humans And Megafauna: Don't Blame Us

Species of gigantic animals that once roamed Australia were long gone by the time people arrived, a major review of the available evidence has concluded. The research challenges the claim that humans…
New fossil arthropod named after Johnny Depp

New fossil arthropod named after Johnny Depp

There a lot of rules governing how you name new species. But that doesn't mean that fun things can't still get through.This is Kootenichela deppi, a new 540 million year old arthropod from a deposit…