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Scientists unearth fossil of Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur in Thailand

Nagatitan lived at a time when Earth's atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were rising, coinciding with high global temperatures.

Artist reconstruction of the Cretaceous Period sauropod dinosaur Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, whose fossils were unearthed in Thailand, seen in this illustration released on May 14, 2026.
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Newly discovered fossil challenges idea of ape origins in east Africa - study

 A handaxe incorporating a geode (“Elijah’s apple”) from the Sakhnin Valley in northern Israel, March 24, 2026.

Stone handaxes found in Galilee show early humans valued aesthetics of their tools - study

A 46-foot (14m) long Spinosaurus cast debuts at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, US, June 2, 2023.

Fossils of a new species of huge dinosaur Spinosaurus unearthed in Niger


Megalodon shark may have reached 80 feet, new study finds

Megalodon sharks roamed the seas between 20 million and 3.6 million years ago.

 an illustration of a shark being eaten by an even larger shark Scientists have long assumed megalodons looked like big great white sharks, but new research suggests this is not the case

New fossils reveal Paranthropus robustus walked upright like modern humans

Researcher Cazenave emphasizes, "these fossils show that this species, comparable to modern humans, walked upright but was extremely small in size."

 New fossils reveal Paranthropus robustus walked upright like modern humans.

Meet 'Pink': The 1.4-million-year-old face changing Europe's human story

Researchers say the fossil suggests a previously unknown human species lived in Europe over one million years ago.

 Meet 'Pink': The 1.4-million-year-old face changing Europe's human story.

Discovering the leaf-eating, tree-clinging mammal of the Paleocene

Skeleton shows Mixodectes pungens lived in trees and primarily ate leaves during the Paleocene epoch, highlighting its unique ecological niche after the dinosaurs.

 Discovering the leaf-eating, tree-clinging mammal of the Paleocene.

Meet Chadititan calvoi: The Graceful Titanosaur Newly Unveiled in Patagonia

Paleontologists uncovered fossils of a new species of long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur named Chadititan calvoi in northern Patagonia.

 Patagonia.

Scotland's most complete dinosaur fossil extracted from Isle of Skye cliff

Bone analysis reveals the Elgol dinosaur is a 166-million-year-old ornithopod.

 Scotland's most complete dinosaur fossil extracted from Isle of Skye cliff.

Scientists discover six new fossil eggshell types in Utah's Mussentuchit Member

Study provides earliest evidence of multiple oviraptorosaurs co-existing in North America.

 Scientists discover six new fossil eggshell types in Utah's Mussentuchit Member. Illustration.

125-million-year-old, palm-sized scorpion fossil discovered in China

The fossil has been named Jeholia longchengi after its discovery site in the Jehol Biota of Longcheng District in Liaoning Province.

 Scorpion fossil. Illustration.

Zealandia’s bee: 14.6-million-year bee fossil found in New Zealand's Hindon Maar

Paleontologists believe that Leioproctus barrydonovani inhabited broadleaf forests surrounding a Miocene maar lake—a crater formed by a volcanic explosion.

 Michael S. ENGEL & Uwe KAULFUSS

778,000-year-old animal tracks found on Isla de las Palomas

Over 600 fossilized footprints of species like elephants and giraffes suggest Tarifa was a transit corridor in the Early Pleistocene.

 Tarifa seen from the Isla de Las Palomas. Most southern point of Europe, Costa de la Luz, Spain.