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Giant North American 'hell pigs' could crunch bones like lions 30 million years ago, tooth analysis revealsArchaeotherium, or North American "hell pigs," had different feeding strategies depending on their size, according to preliminary research presented at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2025 annual meeting.
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240 million-year-old 'warrior' crocodile ancestor from Pangaea had plated armor — and it looked just like a dinosaurThe armor-plated lizard is an ancestor of modern crocodiles and lived just before dinosaurs took over Earth.
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First of its kind 'butt drag fossil' discovered in South Africa — and it was left by a fuzzy elephant relative 126,000 years agoThe first hyrax fossil tracks and traces ever to be discovered were identified on South Africa's coast.
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Ancient 'frosty' rhino from Canada's High Arctic rewrites what scientists thought they knew about the North Atlantic Land BridgeResearchers have gained new insights into rhinoceros evolution and the longevity of the North Atlantic Land Bridge from analyzing the perfectly preserved fossils of a "frosty" Arctic rhino.
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Nanotyrannus isn't a 'mini T. Rex' after all — it's a new species, 'dueling dinosaurs' fossil revealsAn argument over whether fossils from several small dinosaurs represent a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex or smaller adults of a separate species may finally be settled.
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First-ever 'mummified' and hoofed dinosaur discovered in Wyoming badlandsResearchers have unearthed two dinosaur "mummies" in the badlands of Wyoming, confirming duck-billed dinosaurs had hooves, alongside a string of other discoveries.
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Rare fossils in New Mexico reveal dinosaurs were doing just fine before the asteroid annihilated them allNew dating has revealed that New Mexico's last dinosaurs were healthy, diverse and thriving at the end of the Cretaceous period, suggesting non-avian dinosaurs weren't in decline before being snuffed out by the asteroid strike.
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New species of Jurassic 'sword dragon' could help solve an evolutionary mysteryThe newly discovered ichthyosaur dubbed Xiphodracon goldencapsis was about 10 feet long and had a sword-shaped snout.
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Mysterious 160 million-year-old creature unearthed on Isle of Skye is part lizard, part snakeResearchers have discovered a mysterious ancient lizard with snake-like teeth in Scotland. Breugnathair elgolensis is one of the oldest relatively complete lizard fossils and helps scientists better understand the origins of snakes in the Jurassic period.
