Jan Bartek –  AncientPages.com – Fossils of primitive cousins of T. rex that had short, bulldog snouts and even shorter arms have been discovered by scientists in Morocco. The two new dinosaur species belong to the Abelisauridae, a family of

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A new study reports the discovery of hundreds of mummified bees inside their cocoons. These cocoons, produced almost 3,000 years ago, were discovered in a new paleontological site discovered on the coast of Odemira, in

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Paleontologists working in northern Alaska have discovered a tiny fossil mammal that thrived in what may have been among the coldest conditions on Earth about 73 million years ago. The researchers, led by Jaelyn

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists have discovered and documented the largest known single dinosaur track site in Alaska. The site, located in Denali National Park and Preserve, has been dubbed “The Coliseum” by researchers.

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An international team of scientists, led by Egyptian researchers, has made a groundbreaking discovery of a new species of extinct whale, Tutcetus rayanensis, that inhabited the ancient sea covering present-day Egypt around 41 million years

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have discovered a partial skeleton of a whale that lived about 40 million years ago. Researchers say it is possible this is the heaviest animal ever to have lived. Until now, Balaenoptera musculus, the

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Excavations by a University of Kansas paleontologist working in a treasure trove of fossils called the “Spence Shale Lagerstätte” have revealed an ancient sea worm unknown to science until now. When she found the fossil,

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new species of dinosaur was discovered in Northeastern Thailand, in 2012, and now, a team of multidisciplinary experts in paleontology  led by Sita Manitkoon of the Palaeontological Research and Education Center of Mahasarakham University,

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A perfectly preserved turtle fossil from Lower Bavaria yields important clues about both the species and the habitat that existed in southern Germany 150 million years ago. Image credit: University of Tübingen The fossil is

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Did the pterosaurs, flying reptiles from the days of the dinosaurs, practice parental care or not? New research by scientists from Ireland (University College Cork), China (Nanjing and Yunnan Universities), and the UK (University

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Canadian and Chinese scientists have described an unusual fossil from around 125 million years ago that shows a dramatic moment in time when a carnivorous mammal attacked a larger plant-eating dinosaur. Fossil showing the