prehistoric

Researchers in Canada recently discovered a bizarre, roughly 30-armed prehistoric life form that may have been an early player in arthropods’ rise to world domination.

Researchers in Scotland have unveiled the skeleton of a 164-million-year-old fossil known as the Storr Lochs Monster which is an ancient marine reptile believed to have existed at the same time as the dinosaurs.

New research details the discovery of two fossilized bird wings estimated to be 99 million years old.

On May 20, a paleontologist in Irvine, California came upon something truly remarkable. The researcher was performing the standard examination at the Frank R. Bowerman Landfill when she discovered bones and teeth.

In 1901, divers exploring off the coast of Greece came upon a vast sunken treasure, and amidst the many fabulous objects was an item that continues to intrigue many to this day. Called the Antikythera Mechanism, the 2,100-year-old artifact is a mind-bending assembly of moving parts.

A lizard fossilized in amber that was found in Southeast Asian could date back 99 million years, which would make it among the oldest reptile of its kind ever found.

520-million-year-old fossils belonging to a shrimp-like crustacean are deemed extraordinary due to how much of the creature’s central nervous system remains intact.

An international team of researchers claims to have confirmed the existence of a massive, flightless bird that lived in the Arctic some 53 million years ago.

A renovation and expansion of Oregon State University’s Reser Stadium recently led to the unexpected discovery of what appear to be the remains of a mammoth among other extinct mammals.

A significant dinosaur discovery has been made in Wales. A recently published study states that the 201-million-year old creature is “the oldest known Jurassic dinosaur and it represents the first dinosaur skeleton from the Jurassic of Wales.”

Archaeologists are increasingly discovering megaliths across the continent – albeit a small number so far – that were previously put up in earlier monuments.

The newly-discovered pig-nosed turtle is not like other turtles.

A new study describes how a small bone fragment indicates that a giant predatory lizard akin to the Komodo Dragon likely lived alongside Aborigines on the Australian continent about 50,000 years ago.

A mass grave uncovered by scientists yielded the remains of 26 Neolithic individuals who appear to have been tortured and killed.

Paleontologists have recently announced the discovery of a new winged dinosaur in China named “Yi qi” meaning “strange wing”; it is estimated to be around 160 million years old.