5+ hour, 19+ min ago   (481+ words) Learn about the most complete Homo habilis fossil ever found, and how this fossil is changing what we know about human evolution. A remarkably complete fossil from northern Kenya is giving scientists their clearest picture yet of what one of…...

11+ hour, 3+ min ago   (611+ words) Learn about the woolly rhino genome that was recovered from a wolf's stomach, providing insight on the extinct species' genetic health. Although the woolly rhinoceros died out alongside other iconic Ice Age megafauna, a trace of this extinct species has…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (663+ words) Learn more about the Norris Uplift Anomaly at Yellowstone National Park and how advanced monitoring systems helped researchers spot it again. While remarkable hydrothermal features, like bubbling hot springs and explosive geysers, are common at Yellowstone National Park, other events…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (428+ words) Learn how fossil evidence shows that ceratopsians lived across Europe during the Late Cretaceous, challenging long-held assumptions about where horned dinosaurs evolved. Horned dinosaurs lived in Europe during the Late Cretaceous, despite being thought largely absent from the continent's fossil…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (600+ words) Discover how the first mass extinction put jawed fishes on the map, species that would later come to dominate animal life on the planet. Past mass extinctions, as devastating as they are, have shaped the vast biodiversity of today's Earth…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (598+ words) Learn how exhaust methane from lunar spacecraft may pollute the moon, potentially contaminating molecules that are billions of years old. As more lunar landers start to aim for the moon, they may contaminate craters that hold clues to the origin…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (635+ words) Learn how precisely dated fossils from Morocco reveal a population with a mix of archaic and emerging traits, helping clarify when African and Eurasian human lineages began to diverge. Along Morocco's Atlantic coast, hominin fossils dated to about 773,000 years ago…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (558+ words) Learn how detailed 3D analysis uncovered evidence that upright walking emerged near the very start of the human lineage. How one of the oldest candidates for a human ancestor moved through its environment has remained an open question. A seven-million-year-old fossil…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (419+ words) Learn more about Mount Etna's most recent eruption and why 2025 had a series of activity that fascinated researchers. On Christmas Eve 2025, deep within Sicily's Mount Etna, it started to rumble again. Although Mount Etna is one of the most active…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1050+ words) Spiked armor, tyrannosaurids, and new discoveries from the early development of birds mark important milestones in 2025 paleontology. Mini tyrannosaurs locked in eternal battle with triceratops, sword-like snouts, and a deeper understanding of the early development of flight are some of…...