3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (320+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026 4:10 PM EDT W. linsterorum is a belemnite, a group of prehistoric cephalopods who left behind some of paleontology’s most common fossils. Examples of their bullet-shaped structures known as a rostrum have regularly shown up at dig sites around the…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (286+ words) Gondwana is an ancient continent which scientists have now confirmed was a supercontinent that spread over 80 per cent of the landmass on Earth. They found 25,000 ancient rocks, and AI helped them determine that they belonged to Gondwana 500 million years ago....

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (568+ words) A "peculiar" new species of Jurassic squid-like animal has been unearthed in Wyoming, USA, following the discovery of two exceptionally rare fossils dating back around 160 million years. The newly named species, Wyoteuthis linsterorum, has been identified as a type of…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (129+ words) When an 11-year-old's keen eye spotted something unusual in a Wyoming badlands, he uncovered a 48-million-year-old turtle that museums had never seen before. Published September 9, 2026 · How we edit The BLM’s Rock Springs Field Office paleontology staff was notified, and Touren…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (430+ words) The whole case for the largest marine reptile ever described rests on fragments of a single bone from one side of one jaw. Recovering the rest took until October 2022. What emerged was a surangular, a curved bone that forms the…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (317+ words) A fossil hunter who helped reshape how scientists understand prehistoric life has been honoured with a national blue plaque at the Natural History Museum in Tring, Hertfordshire. Dorothea Bate, one of the first women employed by the museum, is being…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (138+ words) FOSSIL themercury.com Corbin Bullard, 12, recently displayed his fossil discovery in Manhattan at the Flint Hills Discovery Center. 4-Her's rare fossil find highlights Kansas State Fair exhibits In the nearly four months since publicly revealing that he had uncovered a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (810+ words) Corbin Bullard, 12, recently displayed his fossil discovery in Manhattan at the Flint Hills Discovery Center. In the nearly four months since publicly revealing that he had uncovered a rare prehistoric fossil during a Kansas 4-H geology dig, 12-year-old Corbin Bullard’s…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (405+ words) Tracking the movements of emperor penguins is vital for conservation efforts, say scientists Credit: Dr Peter Fretwell, British Antarctic Survey. Tracking the movements of emperor penguins is vital to understand their breeding cycles, which helps inform conservation efforts. But researchers…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (505+ words) Paleontologists studying a fossil unearthed in southern Manitoba, Canada, have identified what they believe are two bite marks on the internal skeleton of the ancient giant cephalopod Enchoteuthis, offering rare evidence of predator-prey interactions in the Cretaceous seas that once…...