Malformations of spiked structures on the surface of fossil plant spores (right), researchers interpret as a sign of UV damage. (Image: John Marshall)
What caused...
Prehistoric anchovy Monosmilus chureloides in the mouth of a whale (Image: Joschua Knüppe)
Evolution has not only produced land predators with giant teeth like the...
Paleontologists question the image of the prominent predatory dinosaurs. leonello / iStock
Her deadly teamwork has made her famous: In films like "Jurassic Park", the...
Artist's impression of the head and tail of Spinosaurus. (Image: Davide Bonadonna)
15 meters long and 20 tons heavy: Spinosaurus is considered the largest of...
Lava flow during the eruption of the Kīlauea volcano in 2018. (Image: U.S. Geological Survey)
The lava bubbled after the record rain: study results suggest...
This is what the Antarctic forest could have looked like 90 million years ago. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute)
Today Antarctica is the most hostile and...
Artist's impression of Dineobellator. (Photo: Sergey Krasovskiy)
It had feathers, an iron grip and a flexible tail for balance in chases: fossil hunters discovered a...
The North Atlantic circulation current drives the warm North Atlantic current and forms cold deep water (NADW) (Image: Yair Rosenthal / Rutgers University New...