Paleontology
Want to own a real T. rex? It could cost you $30 million
A remarkably complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton discovered in South Dakota is heading to auction with a high price estimate.
Stanford study reveals metabolic failure caused Earth's greatest extinction
Research indicates that the Great Dying was driven by the inability of slow-metabolizing marine life to adapt to rising temperatures and deoxygenation. These findings provide insight into how today's climate stressors may affect modern marine ecosystems.
Researchers link Earth's largest mass extinction to volcanic activity
New evidence identifies volcanic degassing and ocean warming as the primary drivers of Earth's most severe environmental crisis 252 million years ago.
A rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica is found tucked away in a drawer
A forgotten specimen from a 1985 expedition has been identified as the first dinosaur fossil found in the Santa Marta Formation of Antarctica.
First Antarctic dinosaur bone identified as Titanosaur after 40 years
A dinosaur tail vertebra forgotten in a storage drawer for 40 years has been identified as the first dinosaur bone ever discovered in Antarctica.