(Natural News) A new study published in the journal PNAS suggests that Greenland might have been largely ice-free millions of years ago. Researchers arrived at this conclusion after studying ice core samples that U.S. Army scientists dug from a mile below northwestern Greenland in 1966 as part of a top-secret project codenamed “Iceworm.” The ice core was lost in a freezer for decades before […]

(Natural News) Scientists discovered fossils of what may now be considered to be the oldest green algae known to science. The seaweed, named Proterocladus antiquus, was said to have lived about a billion years ago. Despite its size (about 2 millimeters in length), the algae had a big role: it was able to produce oxygen through photosynthesis, […]

(Natural News) Researchers from the U.S. and the U.K. have uncovered the longest fossilized trackway made by man. Discovered in 2018, the trail of footprints stretches nearly a mile in what’s now the White Sands National Park in New Mexico. The team suggests that the trail was left by a woman carrying a toddler as they rushed across a muddy […]

(Natural News) A gigantic collision in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter 466 million years ago plunged the Earth into a prehistoric ice age that ushered in a significant increase in marine biodiversity, scientists have revealed. This event, according to an international team of scientists and experts, occurred during the Ordovician Period, a geologic […]

(Natural News) Two researchers from England have found that baby pterodactyls, or flaplings, could fly from birth. Their discovery, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, contradicts the long-standing belief that pterodactyls only took to the air when fully grown. Earlier research on fossilized pterodactyl embryos with poorly developed wings gave rise to […]

(Natural News) As it turns out, the secret behind the Tyrannosaurus rex’s supremacy over all other dinosaurs during the Mesozoic Era was all in its head – literally. According to researchers, this is because the T. rex had an extremely stiff skull that allowed it to effectively crush its prey’s bones without cracking its own […]

(Natural News) A bird that weighed around 992 lbs (450 kg) – nearly as heavy as a polar bear – was discovered in a the Taurida Cave in Crimea, Ukraine. This is the first evidence scientists have found suggesting that early Europeans lived alongside one of the most enormous birds to have ever existed. Previous […]

(Natural News) Modern crocodiles are known as apex predators – and rightly so. While these fearsome reptiles don’t primarily hunt people, estimates indicate that crocodiles kill about 1,000 humans per year. They kill more people per year than other fearsome animals like sharks and hippopotamuses. However, recent research shows that the crocodile’s ancient relatives, which […]

(Natural News) Paleontologists working in southern Brazil have unearthed a new species of dinosaur. This particular species was carnivorous and used its claws to capture small prey over 90 million years ago. The new dinosaur, called the Vespersaurus paranaensis, was a theropod, or a bipedal carnivorous dinosaur. Popular theropods include the T-rex and the Velociraptor. Paleontologists […]

(Natural News) Most living creatures on Earth need oxygen to live – as such, the element is considered one of the building blocks of life. With this in mind, it might come as a surprise to find out that oxygen wasn’t present in the atmosphere of the early Earth. Now, a recent study has discovered how […]