World's largest dinosaur footprint discovered in Mongolia's Gobi Desert! (Pic inside)
The ancient footprint as big as a fully grown person was discovered by a team of Japanese and Mongolian paleontologists.
Oct 03, 2016, 12:11 PM IST
Fossil fuel reserves would crush climate goals: Report
Fossil fuels from active fields and mines allowed to operate through their projected lifetimes would punch through the two degree Celsius cap for global warming laid down in the Paris Agreement, said the report, based on industry data.
Sep 23, 2016, 03:03 AM IST
New dinosaur fossil from 90 mn years ago found in Argentina
The dinosaur was named Gualicho Shinyae, a combination of the name of an evil spirit Gualichu -- worshipped by the local Tehuelche community in the Patagonia region and Akiko Shinya, the scientist who first discovered the dinosaur in southern Rio Negro Province.
Jul 15, 2016, 08:43 AM IST
Smaller species may go extinct without fossil trace
The fossil record is much more durable than any human record, says researcher.
Mar 22, 2016, 12:16 PM IST
95-million-year old dinosaur fossils found in Mexico
Dinosaur fossils aged between 70-95 million years were discovered in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, the media reported on Thursday.
Mar 17, 2016, 13:44 PM IST
Fossil find sheds light on Tyrannosaurs rex mystery!
The new species of dinosaur, discovered by the US and Russia-based scientists working in Uzbekistan, is named Timurlengia.
Mar 16, 2016, 21:50 PM IST
New fossil fish species with giant mouth discovered
These new species have been named R. purgatoirensis and R. uyenoi, respectively.
Feb 09, 2016, 15:42 PM IST
Last common ancestor of humans and Neanderthals revealed in 3D
The virtual 3D ancestral skull bears early hallmarks of both species.
Dec 18, 2015, 16:44 PM IST
Canadian dinosaur closely related to mammals
The fossil, previously known at Bathygnathus borealis, was collected in 1845, and was named Bathygnathus borealis by palaeontologist Joseph Leidy.
Nov 26, 2015, 15:18 PM IST
Dinosaur fossil with preserved feathers, skin found
Although the preserved feathers are extremely crushed due to sediment compaction, scanning electron microscopy shows a three-dimensional keratin structure to the feathers on the tail and body.
Nov 02, 2015, 13:38 PM IST
New link in humans, apes evolution found
Researchers have identified a new species of small ape that existed before the evolutionary split of humans/great apes (hominids) and gibbons (the 'lesser apes' or hylobatids).
Oct 31, 2015, 00:33 AM IST
Tyrannosaurs were probably cannibals
A 66-million-year-old fossil unearthed in eastern Wyoming provides some of the strongest evidence yet that it did, according to researchers.
Oct 30, 2015, 15:46 PM IST
Student discovers rare fossil in China
The fossil, found in Yumen in Gansu province, preserved a 3-centimetre section of the ancient insect's wing.
Oct 29, 2015, 16:09 PM IST
Could early birds fly? 125m-yr-old wing holds clue to ancient mystery
125 million-year-old fossil discovered that reveals whether prehistoric birds could fly or not.
Oct 09, 2015, 08:58 AM IST
Mammalian reproductive system highly-developed 48 million years ago
The fossil was discovered at the Messel pit near Frankfurt, Germany, and studied by Jens Lorenz Franzen and colleagues from Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt.
Oct 08, 2015, 18:09 PM IST
100 million-year old insect fossils exhibited in China
An exhibition of a group of rare insect fossils opened on Saturday in China's Sichuan province.
Sep 26, 2015, 16:20 PM IST
'Cosmic fossils' shed light on galactic evolution
Fossils of galaxies have revealed the formation and evolution of massive galaxies.
Sep 26, 2015, 11:06 AM IST
`Living fossil`? Not quite as its genome is actively evolving!
A group of scientists has decoded the first lingulid brachiopod genome, from Lingula anatina collected at Amami Island, Japan to find that this so-called 'living fossil' is still evolving.
Sep 19, 2015, 09:39 AM IST
Rare primate's fossil closer to lemurs than humans
Based on how its teeth erupted, a model has suggested that a rare fossil of an early primate shares more in common with modern lemurs and not with monkeys or humans.
Sep 14, 2015, 00:04 AM IST
Intel Developer Conference: Fossil introduces Android Wear products
Watchmaker Fossil has unveiled its Android Wear products at Intel's Developer Conference.
Aug 20, 2015, 13:11 PM IST
