Picture the closing chapters of the Cretaceous, when shorelines were louder, skies busier, and the largest flying animals ever known prowled like herons with skyscraper wings. The puzzle scientists are still piecing together is how such giants rose from the ground, hunted, and survived in a world already tipping toward catastrophe. New analyses of fossil ...
Imagine staring into a skull that seems stitched together from different chapters of evolution: a turtle-like beak, a pair of tusk-like saber teeth, and the face of a distant mammal relative. The creature in question isn’t a cat, a pig, or a reptile, though at a glance you might guess all three. These were the ...
Science loves a clean origin story, but the truth is messier – and far more exciting. Our understanding of prehistory was built not just on eureka moments but on glorious blunders that jolted entire fields forward. From shark teeth mistaken for magical “tongues” to dinosaur parents smeared as thieves, each error carried a lesson that ...
