The Latest Breaking News on Paleontology

New dinosaur-era insect found trapped in tree resin named after Teletubbies character

'Noo-Noo' lived some 99 million years ago and featured long mouthparts that reached nearly twice its body length

The Independent UK · Oct 6

From hotel suites to virtual reality, museums turn to licensing deals as costs rise

Natural History Museum and British Museum among cultural institutions leveraging collections and exhibitions

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5

An ancient shark graveyard has been discovered in an Egyptian desert

Researchers have discovered at least seven different species of sharks in the desert

The Independent UK · Oct 2

Japan’s first named ankylosaur was linked to nodosaurids millions of years ago

More than three decades after a partial ankylosaur skull was first discovered in a Hokkaido riverbank deposit, researchers have formally named it as a new genus and species, Nipponopelta yezoensis, the first ankylosaur ever formally named from Japan. The study, ‘ A new nodosaurid ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Upper…

The Times of India · Sep 25

Giant dinosaur footprints on Skye mapped for the first time after 170 million years

SCOTLAND’S largest dinosaur site, where sauropods the size of three elephants left ancient tracks 170 million years ago when the country was a…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 23

Tasmanian devils lived in Australia’s Pilbara for years before disappearing from the mainland

Recent archaeological discoveries in Juukan Gorge have shed light on the ancient habitat of Tasmanian devils in the Pilbara region. Analysis of two dental samples places their existence during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene ages. The findings also reveal long-standing interactions with humans evidenced by chewed bones, suggesting that these…

The Times of India · Sep 23

New bizarre, long-clawed dinosaur species discovered in China

Dinosaur belongs to a group known for oversized hand claws

The Independent UK · Sep 22

Iron Meteorite Crater Proven: Drilling confirms young impact site; geochemistry shows iron projectile

A geologist discovered a near-perfect circle in Western Australia's outback. Years of analysis and drilling confirmed it as a young impact crater. The crater, named Hickman Crater, measures approximately 260 meters across. Scientific drilling revealed fragmented and melted rocks consistent with a meteorite impact. High nickel concentration indicated an iron…

The Times of India · Sep 20

Meet Kent Hups, the teacher behind a major T. rex footprint discovery

Kent Hups, a Colorado high school teacher and amateur fossil hunter, was looking for an easier route out of a narrow, rocky valley in North Dakota's badlands in 2025 when he noticed something unusual protruding from the ground. To Hups, who had spent about 30 years searching for ancient footprints…

The Times of India · Sep 19

The T. rex had a body temperature similar to our own, study finds

A new study has found that the T

The Independent UK · Sep 16