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Fallen Boulder at the Grand Canyon Exposes 300-Million-Year-Old Footprints

Science & Health

6 months ago

Fallen Boulder at the Grand Canyon Exposes 300-Million-Year-Old Footprints

George Dvorsky

How Do We Know If A Dinosaur Skeleton Is From A Child Dinosaur Or An Adult Dinosaur?

6 months ago

How Do We Know If A Dinosaur Skeleton Is From A Child Dinosaur Or An Adult Dinosaur?

Caitlin Syme

New Dinosaur Found on Isle of Wight Beach is Related to the T-Rex

Science & Health

7 months ago

New Dinosaur Found on Isle of Wight Beach is Related to the T-Rex

Holly Brockwell

‘Weirdest Fossil’ Wasn’t a Dinosaur After All

7 months ago

‘Weirdest Fossil’ Wasn’t a Dinosaur After All

George Dvorsky

Incredible Amber Fossils Reveal the True Colours of Ancient Insects

8 months ago

Incredible Amber Fossils Reveal the True Colours of Ancient Insects

George Dvorsky

A Fossil Discovery Reveals the Earliest Relative of Modern Mammals

Science & Health

8 months ago

A Fossil Discovery Reveals the Earliest Relative of Modern Mammals

Arjan Mann and Bryan Gee and Jason D. Pardo

Human Fossils Shouldn’t Just Belong to Whoever Digs Them Up

Science & Health

9 months ago

Human Fossils Shouldn’t Just Belong to Whoever Digs Them Up

The Conversation

Ancient Two-Legged Crocodile Left Behind These Awesome Footprints

Science & Health

9 months ago

Ancient Two-Legged Crocodile Left Behind These Awesome Footprints

George Dvorsky

Old Nukes, Hot Dog Toasters, And Dr. Phil: Best Gizmodo Stories Of The Week

10 months ago

Old Nukes, Hot Dog Toasters, And Dr. Phil: Best Gizmodo Stories Of The Week

Jody Serrano

Dramatic Fossil Shows A Squid-Like Creature Crushing A Fish In Its Jaws

10 months ago

Dramatic Fossil Shows A Squid-Like Creature Crushing A Fish In Its Jaws

George Dvorsky

‘Crazy Beast’ Fossil Discovered In Madagascar Reveals Bizarre Mammal From The Cretaceous

10 months ago

‘Crazy Beast’ Fossil Discovered In Madagascar Reveals Bizarre Mammal From The Cretaceous

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Fossilised Vomit And Faeces Are Delighting Paleontologists

11 months ago

Fossilised Vomit And Faeces Are Delighting Paleontologists

Jeanne Timmons

‘The Weirdest Fossil I’ve Ever Been Lucky Enough To Study’: Skull Found In Amber Reveals Tiny Toothed Bird

12 months ago

‘The Weirdest Fossil I’ve Ever Been Lucky Enough To Study’: Skull Found In Amber Reveals Tiny Toothed Bird

George Dvorsky

Extinct Humans May Have Passed Down Stone Technology For Thousands Of Generations

12 months ago

Extinct Humans May Have Passed Down Stone Technology For Thousands Of Generations

George Dvorsky

Prehistoric ‘Cat’ Skull Actually Belonged To An Ancestor Of Modern Wolverines

12 months ago

Prehistoric ‘Cat’ Skull Actually Belonged To An Ancestor Of Modern Wolverines

George Dvorsky

Paleontologists Are Sceptical About Baby Dinosaur Cells Supposedly Found In Fossil

12 months ago

Paleontologists Are Sceptical About Baby Dinosaur Cells Supposedly Found In Fossil

George Dvorsky

Kenyan Fossil Shows Chameleons May Have â€˜Raftedâ€™ From Mainland Africa To Madagascar

1 year ago

Kenyan Fossil Shows Chameleons May Have â€˜Raftedâ€™ From Mainland Africa To Madagascar

Andrej Čerňanský

How I Discovered A 40-Million-Year-Old Whale In Kitchen Limestone

1 year ago

How I Discovered A 40-Million-Year-Old Whale In Kitchen Limestone

Abdullah Gohar

Jaw Of 330-Million-Year-Old Shark Found In Kentucky Cave

1 year ago

Jaw Of 330-Million-Year-Old Shark Found In Kentucky Cave

George Dvorsky

Radar Scans Reveal Ancient Human Footprint Embedded In Mammoth Track

1 year ago

Radar Scans Reveal Ancient Human Footprint Embedded In Mammoth Track

Jeanne Timmons

Lego’s New Dinosaur Fossils Turn Your Desk Into A Miniature Natural History Museum

1 year ago

Lego’s New Dinosaur Fossils Turn Your Desk Into A Miniature Natural History Museum

Andrew Liszewski

Meet The ‘Cold Dragon Of The North Winds,’ A Gigantic Canadian Pterosaur

Science & Health

1 year ago

Meet The ‘Cold Dragon Of The North Winds,’ A Gigantic Canadian Pterosaur

George Dvorsky

Fossil Hunters Found Bones From An Ancient Whale… And Then They Saw The Bite Marks

Science & Health

2 years ago

Fossil Hunters Found Bones From An Ancient Whale… And Then They Saw The Bite Marks

Jeanne Timmons

Tiny Fossil Tooth Found In The Amazon May Have Come From Ancient, Baseball-Size Monkey

Science & Health

2 years ago

Tiny Fossil Tooth Found In The Amazon May Have Come From Ancient, Baseball-Size Monkey

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Ancient Bird Weighed Nearly 1,000 Pounds But Could Still Haul Arse Like An Ostrich

Science & Health

2 years ago

Ancient Bird Weighed Nearly 1,000 Pounds But Could Still Haul Arse Like An Ostrich

George Dvorsky

‘Spectacular’ Opal-Laced Fossils Reveal Previously Unknown Australian Dinosaur

Science & Health

2 years ago

‘Spectacular’ Opal-Laced Fossils Reveal Previously Unknown Australian Dinosaur

George Dvorsky

Incredible Fossil Shows Coordinated Swimming In A School Of Extinct Fish

2 years ago

Incredible Fossil Shows Coordinated Swimming In A School Of Extinct Fish

George Dvorsky

New Breakthrough Means We Can Finally Detect The Colour Red In Ancient Fossils

2 years ago

New Breakthrough Means We Can Finally Detect The Colour Red In Ancient Fossils

George Dvorsky

Adorable Jurassic Dinosaur May Have Flown With Bat-Like Wings

2 years ago

Adorable Jurassic Dinosaur May Have Flown With Bat-Like Wings

George Dvorsky

Gigantic T. Rex Skeleton Found In Canada Is Officially World’s Biggest

2 years ago

Gigantic T. Rex Skeleton Found In Canada Is Officially World’s Biggest

George Dvorsky

Scientists Find Huge Trove Of Marine Fossils From The ‘Cambrian Explosion’ In China

2 years ago

Scientists Find Huge Trove Of Marine Fossils From The ‘Cambrian Explosion’ In China

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Ancient Bird Fossil Includes Evidence Of An Unlaid Egg

2 years ago

Ancient Bird Fossil Includes Evidence Of An Unlaid Egg

George Dvorsky

Rare Spider Fossil Preserves 100-Million-Year-Old Glowing Eyes

2 years ago

Rare Spider Fossil Preserves 100-Million-Year-Old Glowing Eyes

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Cartoonishly Well-Preserved Fossil Is The Earliest Bird Of Its Kind

2 years ago

Cartoonishly Well-Preserved Fossil Is The Earliest Bird Of Its Kind

George Dvorsky

Look At These Incredible Dinosaur Footprints Found In England

2 years ago

Look At These Incredible Dinosaur Footprints Found In England

George Dvorsky

World’s Oldest Fossils Aren’t Actually Fossils, New Research Suggests

2 years ago

World’s Oldest Fossils Aren’t Actually Fossils, New Research Suggests

George Dvorsky

Ancient Steroid Suggests Sea Sponges Were One Of Earth’s First Animals

2 years ago

Ancient Steroid Suggests Sea Sponges Were One Of Earth’s First Animals

George Dvorsky

Meet The New Long-Necked Dinosaur Called ‘Giant Thunderclap At Dawn’

2 years ago

Meet The New Long-Necked Dinosaur Called ‘Giant Thunderclap At Dawn’

George Dvorsky

Extraordinary Evidence Suggests 558-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is The Oldest Known Animal On The Planet

2 years ago

Extraordinary Evidence Suggests 558-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is The Oldest Known Animal On The Planet

George Dvorsky

Stunning Fossils Show Ancient Parasitic Wasps Still Inside Their Unfortunate Hosts

3 years ago

Stunning Fossils Show Ancient Parasitic Wasps Still Inside Their Unfortunate Hosts

George Dvorsky

Misidentified Fossils Could Rewrite The History Of Lemurs On Madagascar

3 years ago

Misidentified Fossils Could Rewrite The History Of Lemurs On Madagascar

Jessica Boddy

The Asteroid That Killed The Dinosaurs Also Jumbled Shark Evolution

3 years ago

The Asteroid That Killed The Dinosaurs Also Jumbled Shark Evolution

Jessica Boddy

New ‘Amazing Dragon’ Dinosaur Species Discovered In China

3 years ago

New ‘Amazing Dragon’ Dinosaur Species Discovered In China

Jessica Boddy

Giant Dinosaur Foot Identified 20 Years After Being Unearthed In Wyoming

3 years ago

Giant Dinosaur Foot Identified 20 Years After Being Unearthed In Wyoming

Jessica Boddy

Look At This Incredible New Armoured Dinosaur Found In The US

3 years ago

Look At This Incredible New Armoured Dinosaur Found In The US

George Dvorsky

Baby Snake That Lived Among Dinosaurs Found Preserved In Amber

3 years ago

Baby Snake That Lived Among Dinosaurs Found Preserved In Amber

George Dvorsky

Extinct Giant Panda Lineage Discovered Thanks To DNA From 22,000-Year-Old Skull

3 years ago

Extinct Giant Panda Lineage Discovered Thanks To DNA From 22,000-Year-Old Skull

Jessica Boddy

These Are The Oldest Known Footprints On The Planet

3 years ago

These Are The Oldest Known Footprints On The Planet

George Dvorsky

This Stupid Tick Managed To Get Itself Wrapped In Spider Silk — And Then Fossilized In Amber

3 years ago

This Stupid Tick Managed To Get Itself Wrapped In Spider Silk — And Then Fossilized In Amber

George Dvorsky

88,000-Year-Old Middle Finger Found In Saudi Arabia Could Rewrite Human History

3 years ago

88,000-Year-Old Middle Finger Found In Saudi Arabia Could Rewrite Human History

George Dvorsky

Fossilised Ichthyosaur Was Pregnant With Octuplets When She Died

3 years ago

Fossilised Ichthyosaur Was Pregnant With Octuplets When She Died

George Dvorsky

Freaky Ancient Lizard Had Four ‘Eyes’

3 years ago

Freaky Ancient Lizard Had Four ‘Eyes’

George Dvorsky

Australian Scientists Just Discovered The Royal Family Aren’t The Only Fossils In Buckingham Palace

3 years ago

Australian Scientists Just Discovered The Royal Family Aren’t The Only Fossils In Buckingham Palace

This 3-Metre-Long Jurassic Crocodile Once Menaced Britain’s Seas

3 years ago

This 3-Metre-Long Jurassic Crocodile Once Menaced Britain’s Seas

George Dvorsky

Super-Accurate Sculpture Of Ancient Sea Creature Is Surprisingly Adorable

3 years ago

Super-Accurate Sculpture Of Ancient Sea Creature Is Surprisingly Adorable

George Dvorsky

Australian Scientists Just Found 400 Million Year Old Fish With Human-Like Jaws

4 years ago

Australian Scientists Just Found 400 Million Year Old Fish With Human-Like Jaws

Australian Scientists Just Found A ‘Perfectly Preserved’ 275 Million Year Old Starfish Fossil

4 years ago

Australian Scientists Just Found A ‘Perfectly Preserved’ 275 Million Year Old Starfish Fossil

Scientists Just Named A Newly-Discovered Dinosaur After A Ghostbusters Character

4 years ago

Scientists Just Named A Newly-Discovered Dinosaur After A Ghostbusters Character

Germain Lussier

Your Favourite Paperweight May Be A Plesiosaur Bone

4 years ago

Your Favourite Paperweight May Be A Plesiosaur Bone

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

This New Amber Discovery Is Like The Start Of Jurassic Park But With Ancient Monkeys

4 years ago

This New Amber Discovery Is Like The Start Of Jurassic Park But With Ancient Monkeys

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

$1300 Reward If You Know Who Stole Death Valley’s Missing Fossils

4 years ago

$1300 Reward If You Know Who Stole Death Valley’s Missing Fossils

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

This 400-Million-Year-Old Worm Monster Is Metal As Hell

4 years ago

This 400-Million-Year-Old Worm Monster Is Metal As Hell

Rae Paoletta

This Sea Monster News Is Really Messing Me Up

4 years ago

This Sea Monster News Is Really Messing Me Up

Adam Clark Estes

This Is Quite Possibly The Ugliest Bug Ever Found Trapped In Amber

4 years ago

This Is Quite Possibly The Ugliest Bug Ever Found Trapped In Amber

George Dvorsky

Watch How Fossils Get Cleaned And Prepared

4 years ago

Watch How Fossils Get Cleaned And Prepared

Casey Chan

Subway Expansion Uncovers Mastodon Remains At Least 10,000 Years Old

4 years ago

Subway Expansion Uncovers Mastodon Remains At Least 10,000 Years Old

Hudson Hongo

Feathers On This 130-Million-Year-Old Fossil Still Contain Traces Of Colour

4 years ago

Feathers On This 130-Million-Year-Old Fossil Still Contain Traces Of Colour

George Dvorsky

Newly Discovered Raptor Suffered A Slow, Miserable Death

Science & Health

4 years ago

Newly Discovered Raptor Suffered A Slow, Miserable Death

George Dvorsky

This Might Be A Fossilised Dinosaur Brain

4 years ago

This Might Be A Fossilised Dinosaur Brain

Sophie Kleeman

Oldest Proteins Ever Recovered Found In 3.8 Million-Year-Old Eggshell

4 years ago

Oldest Proteins Ever Recovered Found In 3.8 Million-Year-Old Eggshell

George Dvorsky

How This Weird Dinosaur Used Camouflage To Evade Predators

4 years ago

How This Weird Dinosaur Used Camouflage To Evade Predators

George Dvorsky

Strange Mammoth Skull Found In California Puzzles Palaeontologists

4 years ago

Strange Mammoth Skull Found In California Puzzles Palaeontologists

George Dvorsky

Scientists Just Found Signs Of Supernovae On The Sea Floor

5 years ago

Scientists Just Found Signs Of Supernovae On The Sea Floor

Jennifer Ouellette

99-Million-Year-Old Bird Wings Found Encased In Amber

5 years ago

99-Million-Year-Old Bird Wings Found Encased In Amber

George Dvorsky

Australian Expedition To Antarctica Uncovers A Treasure Trove Of 71-Million-Year-Old Fossils

5 years ago

Australian Expedition To Antarctica Uncovers A Treasure Trove Of 71-Million-Year-Old Fossils

Carli Velocci

We Finally Know What This Freaky-Arse Creature Is

5 years ago

We Finally Know What This Freaky-Arse Creature Is

Maddie Stone

This 520 Million-Year-Old Fossil Is So Intricate You Can See Individual Nerves

5 years ago

This 520 Million-Year-Old Fossil Is So Intricate You Can See Individual Nerves

Sophie Kleeman

Behold The First Erect Penis Ever Found Preserved In Amber

5 years ago

Behold The First Erect Penis Ever Found Preserved In Amber

George Dvorsky

Mongolia Is Getting Its Stolen Tyrannosaurus Skull Back

5 years ago

Mongolia Is Getting Its Stolen Tyrannosaurus Skull Back

Maddie Stone

This New Hadrosaur Species Is A Classic Missing Link

5 years ago

This New Hadrosaur Species Is A Classic Missing Link

Kiona Smith-Strickland

Complex Skeletons Might Be Older Than Anyone Thought

5 years ago

Complex Skeletons Might Be Older Than Anyone Thought

Kiona Smith-Strickland

Scientists Have Found Fossilized Brains

5 years ago

Scientists Have Found Fossilized Brains

Kiona Smith-Strickland

This Incredible Fossil Of An Ancient Horse Still Contains Its Unborn Foal

5 years ago

This Incredible Fossil Of An Ancient Horse Still Contains Its Unborn Foal

George Dvorsky

A 125-Million-Year-Old Fossil Indicates Birds Lived (And Flew) Like This

5 years ago

A 125-Million-Year-Old Fossil Indicates Birds Lived (And Flew) Like This

Esther Inglis-Arkell

GPS Has Revealed How The Oldest Multicellular Organisms Had Sex

6 years ago

GPS Has Revealed How The Oldest Multicellular Organisms Had Sex

Diane Kelly

Buy This Actual Velociraptor Claw For Surprisingly Little Money

6 years ago

Buy This Actual Velociraptor Claw For Surprisingly Little Money

Chris Mills

75 Million-Year-Old Blood Cells Found In Dinosaur Fossils

6 years ago

75 Million-Year-Old Blood Cells Found In Dinosaur Fossils

Sarah Zhang

Anthropologists Have Discovered A Totally New Human Ancestor

6 years ago

Anthropologists Have Discovered A Totally New Human Ancestor

Kiona Smith-Strickland

Aussie Opal Miner May Have Accidentally Discovered A New Dinosaur

6 years ago

Aussie Opal Miner May Have Accidentally Discovered A New Dinosaur

This Mean Predatory Cockroach Was Caught In Amber 100 Million Years Ago

6 years ago

This Mean Predatory Cockroach Was Caught In Amber 100 Million Years Ago

Jamie Condliffe

The Smithsonian’s New App Brings Museum Skeletons And Fossils To Life

6 years ago

The Smithsonian’s New App Brings Museum Skeletons And Fossils To Life

Andrew Liszewski

Dismantling A 150-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Is Just As Tough As You’d Think

7 years ago

Dismantling A 150-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Is Just As Tough As You’d Think

Jordan Kushins

The Moon Might Be Littered With Fossils From Ancient Earth

7 years ago

The Moon Might Be Littered With Fossils From Ancient Earth

Sarah Zhang

This Paleo Beer Is Made With Yeast From A 35-Million-Year-Old Fossil

7 years ago

This Paleo Beer Is Made With Yeast From A 35-Million-Year-Old Fossil

Sarah Zhang

The Fossilised Machines Humans Will Leave Behind

7 years ago

The Fossilised Machines Humans Will Leave Behind

Geoff Manaugh

Molten Lava Fossilised This Plant Down To Its Single Cells

7 years ago

Molten Lava Fossilised This Plant Down To Its Single Cells

Jamie Condliffe

Ice Age Fossils Are Being Unearthed By L.A.’s Subway Construction

7 years ago

Ice Age Fossils Are Being Unearthed By L.A.’s Subway Construction

Alissa Walker

Science & Health

7 years ago

How To Fossilise… Yourself

Jamie Condliffe

How The AMNH Is Using 3D Printing To Copy Dinosaur Bones

7 years ago

How The AMNH Is Using 3D Printing To Copy Dinosaur Bones

Leslie Horn

3D-Print Your Own 20-Million-Year-Old Fossils

7 years ago

3D-Print Your Own 20-Million-Year-Old Fossils

Robert Sorokanich