Researchers have identified Vasuki indicus from fossils unearthed in Gujarat as one of the longest snakes ever known. The find broadens evidence of giant prehistoric snakes in India and its ancient ...

This video follows the discovery of Titanoboa, a massive prehistoric snake found in Colombia’s Cerrejón coal mine after fossils were first mistaken for other animals. Scientists eventually identified ...

Twenty-seven massive vertebrae uncovered in Gujarat reveal an extinct ambush predator that rivaled the largest snakes ever ...

The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where preservation shouldn’t be possible. Scientists now think their survival in ...

Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica, tucked away for decades in a drawer. The bone comes from the tail of a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur called a titanosaur.

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...

A fossil that was sitting in a collection drawer for decades has been found to belong to the first dinosaur remains ever discovered in Antarctica. The vertebra or backbone was found in 1985 by a ...

The deep sea, which is typically defined as depths of at least 200 feet, is home to 90% of marine fish life, but the fishes that inhabit it are poorly represented in the fossil record. Whole body fish ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This is the first evidence of dinosaurs ever collected from Antarctica. (Barrett et al. 2026/Natural History Museum) A fossil that ...

The SL300 Sublayer consists of the following areas: Tallfall Cliffs, Longneck Plateau (plus its Village area), Foreman's Island, Twin-Horn Smokestacks, Big-Stretch Base, Big-Stretch Peak, Neckreach ...

A new protein analysis of Homo naledi skeletons reveals a curious twist—none of them seem to have Y chromosomes. Researchers have excavated hundreds of Homo naledi bones from the cave system known as ...