INDIA

The largest dino

Argentina

From the realms of past

...researchers discover oldest hard-shelled marine animal

Leviathan mystery

This lady reveals our past

A fossil from the early Stone Age

Bear truths

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Giant returns

Fossils>> Smuggling • Mongolia/USA

Egypt

Greenland fossil find may force rethink on origin of life

Discovered four years ago, the finds were not publicised at that time as geologists led by Allen P Nutman of the University of Wollongong in …

FOSSIL FUND

Gorgosaurus: Sotheby’s all set to auction T-Rex’s cousin

Bird-like dinosaurs challenge evolutionary trend

New fossils found fix the age of mountain basin in Vindhyan

25 million years of error

Scientists got the origin of flowering plants wrong

Enigmatic human fossil jawbone may be evidence of an early Homo sapiens presence in Europe — and adds mystery about who those humans were

In contrast to earlier analyses, the Banyoles jawbone was found to be most similar to Homo sapiens fossils, not Neandertals  

How do you weigh a dinosaur? There are two ways, and it turns out they’re both right

An animal’s body mass is a fundamental property of its biology. It dictates what an animal can eat, how far and fast it can move, and how …

Giant frog links South America, Madagascar

Did scientists just discover the world’s oldest fungi?

It is an indication that life-forms evolved to survive deep under the sea, without access to either light or oxygen

The CO2 factor

Global warming, say researchers, was responsible for mass extinction of life forms some 200 million years ago

Earth on verge of mass extinction

Event will be human-induced, warn scientists

Walking whales

Recently found fossils provide evidence that mammals were predecessors of whales

Bytes

Climate has its say

Land formation does not get to decide biodiversity alone  

This week from the world of science and environment

The discovery of an important piece in evolutionary science and the threat of extreme weather events to our food security—a quick look at …