Battle scars on the skulls of Triceratops fossils have revealed a pattern of injuries that is best explained by Cretaceous-era combat in a study that could settle a long-running debate over whether the creature’s horns were used for fighting or display
AFP – Stunned scientists have found the fossilized remains of the world’s greatest snake — a record-busting serpent that was as long as a bus and snacked on crocodiles.
AFP – Early whales gave birth — and probably rested and mated — on land, according to a study published Wednesday that examined 47.5 million-year-old fossils discovered in Pakistan.
AP – Never mind the 40-foot snake that menaced Jennifer Lopez in the 1997 movie “Anaconda.” Not even Hollywood could match a new discovery from the ancient world. Fossils from northeastern Colombia reveal the biggest snake ever discovered: a behemoth that stretched 42 to 45 feet long, reaching more than 2,500 pounds.
LiveScience.com – The oldest fossilized evidence of animals has been unearthed in Oman and reveals that tiny sea sponges were abundant 635 million years ago, long before most of the planet’s other major animal groups evolved, according to a new analysis.
AFP – Animal life first appeared on Earth tens of millions of years earlier than thought, according to a new study released Wednesday.
Reuters – Chemical traces left in 635 million-year-old rocks in Oman provide the earliest evidence so far of animal life, researchers said Wednesday.
Reuters – It was the all-time titan of snakes — a monster as long as a Tyrannosaurus rex that stalked a steamy South American rain forest after the demise of the dinosaurs and ate crocodiles for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Reuters – Fossils from two early whales — a male and a rare pregnant female — shed light on how these ancestors to modern whales made the leap from walking on land to ruling the sea.
The largest snake the world has ever known — as long as a school bus and as heavy as a small car — ruled tropical ecosystems only 6 million years after the demise of the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex, according to a new discovery published in the journal Nature.
