A Man Spotted Strange-Looking Rocks Near a Pond in Thailand. They Turned Out to Be the Bones of a Massive New Dinosaur Species
Paleontologists have dubbed the long-necked, plant-eating creature “Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis.” It’s the 14th named dinosaur from Thailand, and it might be the biggest one ever found in Southeast…
She Was Half Ape, Half Human—and She May Hold the Secret to What Makes Us Who We Are
In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking. Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if…
Megalodon’s Terrifying True Size Confirmed By Rediscovered Fossil
Megalodon’s enormous size is estimated from limited fossils, including vertebrae and teeth. (lexaarts/Creatas Video+/Getty Images Plus) In 1978, a wonder emerged from the crumbling earth of the Gram Clay…
800 Skeletons at 16,000 Feet: The Himalayan Lake That Has No Explanation
At nearly 16,000 feet above sea level, in a bowl of rock and snow in the Indian Himalayas, there is a small glacial lake less than 50…
The Lizard That Got Caught in a Drop of Sap — and Waited 23 Million Years to Be Found
It is smaller than your finger. Less than two inches, nose to tail. And it is looking out at you through a window of golden glass that…
The Seashells at the Top of the World: How Earth’s Highest Point Was Once Its Deepest
At nearly 8,800 meters, the air holds barely a third of the oxygen your body expects. The cold doesn’t bite — it erases. Climbers say the silence…
800 Skeletons at 16,000 Feet: The Himalayan Lake That Has No Explanation
At nearly 16,000 feet above sea level, in a bowl of rock and snow in the Indian Himalayas, there is a small glacial lake less than 50…
Dunkleosteus: The Armored Fish With a Guillotine for a Mouth
Long before sharks ruled the oceans, and nearly 150 million years before the first dinosaur walked the Earth, the seas had a different king. It had no…
Argentavis Magnificens: The Largest Flying Bird That Ever Lived — And the Mystery of How It Got Off the Ground
Something in the red dust of Argentina shouldn’t have been possible. Six million years ago, a creature roughly the size of a small aircraft cast its shadow…
The Graveyard That May Prove Triceratops Was Never Alone
For more than a hundred years, we have told ourselves the same story about Triceratops: a massive, three-horned loner, plodding across the Late Cretaceous on its own,…