| 单词 | paleontologist |
| 例句 | Much of the ethnic diversity in Chokecherry comes from visiting paleontologists involved in the dinosaur excavation sponsored by Wexford-Smythe University. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z For a while, my friend Marisol and I both wanted to be paleontologists and search for dinosaur fossils. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As late as 1988 more than half of all American paleontologists contacted in a survey continued to believe that the extinction of the dinosaurs was in no way related to an asteroid or cometary impact. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Oh, who can say? We’re not paleontologists. I don’t know, Oliver, I’m just speculating. Don’t you think it’s at least possible?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Or I could have learned a whole lot more about fossils and become a paleontologist. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The assumed shape of the Jupiter bird’s toe bone, as imagined by paleontologists, the caption read. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The center incorporates a lab with a glass wall through which visitors can watch paleontologists cleaning bones. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Richard Owen, the paleontologist who hovered over England’s natural historians like a patrician falcon, descended from the Royal College of Surgeons, to verify and catalog Darwin’s fossil skeletons. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But if there had been any paleontologists living 67 million years ago, they could not have predicted the dinosaurs’ imminent demise, because asteroids belong to a field of science otherwise remote from dinosaur biology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It was before the beginning of history, so paleontologists have had to piece together the tale of the birth of mathematics from bits of stone and bone. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Mantell was a lanky assemblage of shortcomings–he was vain, self-absorbed, priggish, neglectful of his family–but never was there a more devoted amateur paleontologist. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Leakey was an anthropologist and paleontologist who was interested in animals and Early Man. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The upshot is that by the turn of the twentieth century, paleontologists had literally tons of old bones to pick over. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Not just geologists, paleontologists, and ornithologists, but also farmers, breeders, and his hairdresser. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching paleontologists pulling things out of the ground—mostly worms—isn’t A-list entertainment. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, paleontologists learned that about two-thirds of the species that vanished did so a little before Clovis appears in the archaeological record. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Paul Martin, a paleontologist who was one of Haynes’s Arizona colleagues, thought otherwise. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z If the Wexford-Smythe paleontologists are right and our little dig turns into a major find, Dad wants to reinvent Chokecherry as the dinosaur capital of North America. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Thus, the difficulties historians face in establishing cause-and-effect relations in the history of human societies are broadly similar to the difficulties facing astronomers, climatologists, ecologists, evolutionary biologists, geologists, and paleontologists. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The fossil is named after the amateur paleontologist Stan Sacrison, who first discovered the skeleton in 1987 on privately owned land in the Hell Creek Formation in the northwestern United States. A T. Rex Skeleton Arrives in Rockefeller Center Ahead of Auction 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Auctions like this one have drawn criticism from paleontologists at museums and universities who fear that scientifically important specimens could end up privately owned and out of the reach of researchers. Christie’s Pulls T. Rex From Auction, Citing Need for ‘Further Study’ 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z “Dinosaurs inspire me to study more to be a paleontologist,” she told The Washington Post last year. 7-year-old’s ‘Dino Doodle’ makes Web debut on Google homepage 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z “The realization that birds are dinosaurs is probably the single most important fact ever discovered by dinosaur paleontologists.” When the Dinosaurs Reigned 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z The collection reflects the influences of his paleontologist father and his draftsman grandfather, he says. Two Emerging Designers Who Find Comfort in Antiquity 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Since Cuvier’s time, paleontologists and geologists have identified with confidence five major mass extinctions — the Big Five, they call them. When Woolly Mammoths Roamed the Earth 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z It turns out the fossil is probably about 300 million years old, possibly from a species that no longer exists, said John Calder, a geologist and paleontologist from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Woman on beach finds fossil from unknown animal likely older than dinosaurs 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z How ridiculous it seemed when the paleontologist bleached his teeth to UV-whiteness in The One with Ross’s Teeth. From guybrows to manbags: eight unlikely things that Friends popularised 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z An exhibition highlighting discoveries made by the paleontologist and geologist during his adventures. At museums this fall: Art and science, civilization and extinction The park will also serve as a museum and research lab for paleontologists working in the area. National Parks Gear Up for Summer Rush 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Last year, LEGO, home of the popular, traditional sex role-friendly “Friends” line, introduced a limited edition science themed “Research Institute” kit with a female paleontologist, astronomer and chemist. It’ll take more than pink dinosaur shirts to fix sexism in STEM 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z The draw for most visitors is Camp Leakey, the research and education center in Tanjung Puting National Park that Dr. Galdikas established and named for her mentor, Louis Leakey, the paleontologist, archaeologist and anthropologist. An Orangutan Expert Says Now Is the Time to Visit Indonesia 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Rachel wants to become a paleontologist like her father. Y.A. Crossover 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z There followed what paleontologists call the Great Dying, the worst extinction in the planet’s history, which extinguished 90 percent of life on Earth. When Woolly Mammoths Roamed the Earth 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Famed paleontologist Jack Horner was used during production to ensure the dinosaurs exhibited scientifically accurate behavior, and Robert T. Bakker — also a paleontologist — gave animators information about the dinosaur's physical characteristics. 20 things you might not know about "Jurassic Park" 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Finding the fossils of a large duck-billed dinosaur in southern Missouri is exciting enough, but a paleontologist who helped lead the dig thinks there are many more in the same area. Fossils discovered in Missouri may lead to big find, scientist says 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The source of Cage’s fossil was a “commercial paleontologist” named Eric Prokopi, who recently pleaded guilty to conspiring to import illegally obtained fossils from Mongolia. Nic Cage’s dino bones blues: The scientific ethics and international crimes behind the eccentric actor’s latest Hollywood-scale drama 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z He said the site forms part of a dinosaur-rich area of the Free State and Eastern Cape, which he hopes will one day become a famous “Dinosaur Route” for paleontologists and tourists. In South Africa, scientists are piecing together dinosaur fossils from a ‘Triassic Park’ 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z Hawking, director of research at the Center for Theoretical Cosmology at Cambridge University in England, will join paleontologist Jack Horner and biologist Leroy Hood on an evolution-themed panel in the Seattle Science Festival Luminaries Series. Stephen Hawking in Seattle on June 16 for science fest 2012-05-22T18:52:03Z With Microraptor, paleontologists beheld the first dinosaur outfitted with asymmetrical feathers on its hind legs — that is, feathers designed specifically to aid flight instead of for warmth or display. Fine Feathered Fiends: ‘Dinosaurs Among Us’ at the American Museum of Natural History 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z SAT Close-up view of the museum's paleontology collections, paleontologists talks about dinosaur fossil expeditions around the world; see fossils, hands-on dinosaur activities, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Community calendar 2012-02-29T23:02:08Z The series – notably devoid of pink – includes an astronomer with a telescope, a paleontologist with a dinosaur skeleton and a chemist in a lab. Lego to launch female scientists series after online campaign 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z See and touch fossils, meet paleontologists and join a fossil dig pit for kids. A&E highlights: ‘Oz the Great and Powerful,’ Flogging Molly, Joyce Carol Oates 2013-03-07T20:22:37Z "This great ichthyosaur cemetery, the way the remains are deposited, is unique," Christian Salazar, paleontologist researcher and natural history museum curator, said on Tuesday. Chile's Torres del Paine park yields dinosaur treasure trove 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z SUN Family Day with up-close view of the Burke’s paleontology collections, see and touch fossils, meet paleontologists, join a fossil dig pit for kids, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-03-06T02:19:18Z There’s the tale of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Ghost Ranch, “bursting with dinosaur bones,” becoming a mecca for young paleontologists who flocked there after her death. When the Dinosaurs Reigned 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Cary Grant plays a paleontologist with a missing dinosaur bone. TV Picks: The classic Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn comedy 'Bringing Up Baby' on KCTS 2010-08-13T00:04:00Z The house sold it for $1 million in 2012 but the sale was annulled after two paleontologists noticed the auction, grew suspicious and alerted United States officials. Dinosaur Fossil Smuggler Gets 3-Month Sentence 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z I first heard the words “climate change” in 1994 when I asked a paleontologist friend “What are you afraid of for our future?” 12 Artists On: Climate Change 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z In its locomotion, meanwhile, “you’re looking sort of at a model of a duck, something that’s paddling with its hind legs,” added the renowned paleontologist. Spinosaurus aegyptiacus revealed to be first semiaquatic dinosaur 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Fighting occurs among certain turtles alive today, especially male tortoises, according to paleontologist Edwin Cadena of Del Rosario University in Colombia, who led the research published in the journal Science Advances. Fossils of car-size ancient turtles found in South America 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The article also omitted the name of a Mongolian paleontologist who, with Mark A. Norell of the American Museum of Natural History, played a role in halting the auction of the skeleton last year. Dinosaur Skeleton to Be Returned to Mongolians 2013-05-06T20:19:56Z SAT Explore the past of Washington State on tour of the museum's paleontology collection lead by Burke curators, geologists and paleontologists, 12:30 and 2 p.m. Community calendar 2011-08-17T23:00:57Z MacNeil said that, like Calder, she was anxious to get the fossil safely out of the bedrock and into the hands of expert paleontologists. Woman on beach finds fossil from unknown animal likely older than dinosaurs 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Because of the videos, the suggestive text, the display of paleontologists’ tools, the reminders of changing interpretations, and the emphasis on new research, dinosaurs here become part of a contemporary evolutionary process of understanding. Exhibition Review: Giants on Tiptoe at a Los Angeles Museum 2011-07-19T16:30:28Z For years, the high prices for fossils have rankled academic paleontologists who are afraid that scientifically important specimens will disappear into the showrooms of the wealthy. T. Rex Skull Brings $6.1 Million at Sotheby’s, Well Below Estimate 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The auction raised questions about whether the gold rush moment for dinosaurs — which has upset many academic paleontologists who fear that their research is being turned into trophies — was showing signs of ebbing. T. Rex Skull Brings $6.1 Million at Sotheby’s, Well Below Estimate 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Many of the hall’s objects are also recent finds, discovered by the Dinosaur Institute, a research arm of the museum directed by the hall’s main curator, the paleontologist Luis M. Chiappe. Exhibition Review: Giants on Tiptoe at a Los Angeles Museum 2011-07-19T16:30:28Z Scott Sampson, paleontologist and consultant/host for the PBS children's show "Dinosaur Train," will talk about "Dinosaurs of the Lost Continent" on Friday at the Burke Museum. Scientist to delve into dinosaur topics at the Burke 2010-05-20T21:23:00Z A paleontologist, he obsesses over dinosaurs, grammar and documentaries. A Viewing Guide for the 'Friends' Newbie 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z There will be talks by Burke paleontologists, a Dino Dig Pit and more, 10 a.m.- The Week Ahead: Dino Day at the Burke, Gerard Schwarz at Benaroya Hall 2014-02-26T22:37:34Z Some paleontologists have long argued against the practice of auctioning off these fossils because they fear the specimens could end up being sold at prices that are out of the reach of museums. Dinosaur Skeleton Sells for $12.4 Million at Christie’s 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z In the end, Dr. Grant is still the same cranky, competent, paleontologist professional right up into the end, when he gruffly informs Hammond that he won't be endorsing his park. 'Jurassic World' battles sexism claims, in heels 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Kristi Curry Rogers, a paleontologist at Minnesota’s Macalester College, who also wasn’t part of the study, praised the work as important. Newly named dinosaur makes T. rex look tiny 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z "This is definitely the most important pterosaur site ever found," said paleontologist Zhonghe Zhou, director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology. Stunning fossil eggs provide insight on ancient flying reptiles 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z The paleontologist thus becomes part of the display, and not only because of the multiple video screens that show field and preservation work. Exhibition Review: Giants on Tiptoe at a Los Angeles Museum 2011-07-19T16:30:28Z In her email, my friend encouraged me to head north from my Colorado home, post haste, and to plant my kids in the shoes of a paleontologist for a day. A real Jurassic park lies underground at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z RELATED: "A paleontologist explains why bringing back dinosaurs is a really bad idea" Laura Dern, Sam Neill and a "Jurassic" age difference that seems troubling now 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z As the adults in the group crowded around the diagram, our pint-size paleontologist was more impressed by the femur of the 34-ton allosaurus that loomed over him. On a dino crusade in Utah, tracks don’t always follow the map 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z We imagine the paleontologist as part of the tableau, testing, explaining, reconsidering and shaping scenes of the distant past. Exhibition Review: Giants on Tiptoe at a Los Angeles Museum 2011-07-19T16:30:28Z Others include the filmmaker Errol Morris, who is interviewed, and the Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould, who collaborated with Ms. Purcell on many books, articles and exhibitions. Review: ‘An Art That Nature Makes,’ an Illuminating Look at Rosamond Purcell 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z “The Day the Dinosaurs Died,” Douglas Preston’s remarkable story on a young paleontologist’s stunning discovery in North Dakota, is No. 3. The Top Twenty-Five New Yorker Stories of 2019 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Now a vertebrate paleontologist at Chicago, the Moroccan-German scientist was a doctoral student at University College Dublin, when he began the quest. Spinosaurus aegyptiacus revealed to be first semiaquatic dinosaur 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Other interesting career choices included paleontologist, pastry chef, chemist and choreographer. Class of KidsPost: Halley Elementary sixth-graders know the three R’s plus one 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z It’s the lack of a guarantee that rankles paleontologists. Dinosaur Skeletons Headed to Auction, Not Museum 2013-07-29T22:33:04Z Mr. Fortey is a British paleontologist who worked for many years at the Natural History Museum in London. Books of The Times: ?Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms,? by Richard Fortey 2012-04-12T19:42:43Z Other activities include excavating a model of a long-ago seabed; making fossil models of prehistoric marine animals; and meeting paleontologists. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The last sauropod to generate this much controversy was a Tyrannosaurus Rex named “Sue,” after Sue Hendrickson, the paleontologist who discovered the fossils in South Dakota in 1992. Nic Cage’s dino bones blues: The scientific ethics and international crimes behind the eccentric actor’s latest Hollywood-scale drama 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z When paleontologists were studying their newly uncovered skeleton, they noticed things that seemed very odd. Meet the Spinosaurus, the most dangerous dinosaur to walk — or swim — the Earth That scientific development is one reason academic paleontologists might be interested in studying specimens like Hector. Dinosaur Skeleton Sells for $12.4 Million at Christie’s 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The case came to light last year when the chief paleontologist of the American Museum of Natural History, Mark A. Norell, noticed the skeleton being advertised for sale by Heritage Auctions in Manhattan. Dinosaur Skeleton to Be Returned to Mongolians 2013-05-06T03:00:01Z Hearing of the recent fossil discoveries in Essex, she decides to follow in the footsteps of the paleontologist Mary Anning and see whether she can’t find some petrified bones of her own. The most delightful heroine since Elizabeth Bennet 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Going against the hopes of many paleontologists, these two nearly complete skeletons, found by commercial prospectors on a private ranch, are not going directly to a museum for further study. Dinosaur Skeletons Headed to Auction, Not Museum 2013-07-29T22:33:04Z “I don’t think it is important at all because it was not collected as a scientific specimen,” said Jack Horner of Montana State University, a longtime dinosaur paleontologist. Dinosaur Skeletons Headed to Auction, Not Museum 2013-07-29T22:33:04Z “He actually thought about being a paleontologist but opted for chemistry instead.” Before a ‘Classy Dinosaur’ Wedding Came Leukemia and I.V.F. 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Growing up in Atlanta, she thought she might become a paleontologist so she could “sort and analyze bones.” 2 Murders 3 Decades Ago: A Podcaster and a TV Producer Dig In 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Using fossilized teeth and data about its descendants, paleontologists and marine biologists weigh in with their theories of why this shark went extinct. What’s on TV Sunday: Shark Week and ‘Pennyworth’ 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z Zuul is one of the most complete and best-preserved ankylosaur ever found, including rare soft tissue, paleontologist Victoria Arbour of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto said. Who you gonna call? Dinosaur named for 'Ghostbusters' beast Zuul 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z WED Burke educators lead activities for students ages 4 to 14, find out about the work of paleontologists, sort and identify fossils, 10 a.m. Community calendar 2012-10-10T22:25:05Z But many paleontologists acknowledge that there are commercial collectors who excavate sites with care. Dinosaur Skeletons Headed to Auction, Not Museum 2013-07-29T22:33:04Z Stephen King has this analogy, that as a writer you’re a paleontologist unveiling a fossil one bone at a time, and the fossil tells you what’s coming next. A Walk Through the ‘Barbarian’ Basement With Zach Cregger 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Among paleontologists, “It's sort of been one of these enduring mysteries.” Spinosaurus aegyptiacus revealed to be first semiaquatic dinosaur 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Thus he describes the paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould, “whose genius for getting things wrong matched the eloquence with which he did so.” Review: ‘Brief Candle in the Dark,’ by Richard Dawkins, Puts Intellect Over Intimacy 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z The digging started in 1909 by a team of paleontologists led by the Carnegie Museum’s Earl Douglass, on a mission to bring truckloads of ancient bones back to Pittsburgh. On a dino crusade in Utah, tracks don’t always follow the map 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z A Missouri paleontologist purchased the property in the 1980s. Fossils discovered in Missouri may lead to big find, scientist says 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Clashing Titans for Sale Many paleontologists agree that two fossilized dinosaur skeletons found in the Hell Creek formation in Montana might be a major discovery. Dinosaur Skeletons Headed to Auction, Not Museum 2013-07-29T22:33:04Z Bear in mind that my cocktail parties are often with other paleontologists and biologists. Secrets of T-rex sex! 2012-10-28T00:30:00Z "I wanted to be a paleontologist," she recalled. L.A. Philharmonic's notable lead clarinetist scales down her career after 54 years 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z But that way of thinking is criticized by some paleontologists because they fear it will cause illegal digging to proliferate and drive up prices so public institutions can’t bid competitively. Christie’s to Sell a Dinosaur That Inspired the ‘Jurassic Park’ Raptor 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County paleontologist Luis Chiappe, who led the study, said Changyuraptor lived in a forested environment in a temperate climate, hunting birds, mammals, small reptiles and fish. Plumage aplenty: fossil found of 'four-winged' feathered dinosaur 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Martin is a geologist and paleontologist focused primarily on ichnology -- the study of traces of life such as tracks, burrows, nests and tooth marks. Birds set foot near South Pole in Early Cretaceous, Australian tracks show 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z "We aren't just looking at fossils in the ground, we are trying to better understand life through working with amazing paleontologists." 450-million-year-old organism finds new life in Softbotics 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z "This project focuses on a very distinctive fossil primate known to paleontologists since the 1960s," said lead author Kathleen Rust, a doctoral candidate in paleontology at KU's Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum. Fossils tell tale of last primate to inhabit North America before humans 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z It makes sense that arms and legs originated in these folds, but “the girdle is more complex as it has links to head and its musculature,” says Martin Brazeau, a paleontologist at Imperial College London. Where did shoulders come from? Ancient fish reveal joint’s evolution 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z “The lamprey fossil record, compared with records of other vertebrate groups, must be among the least complete,” says University of Chicago paleontologist Michael Coates, who was not involved with the study. This 160-million-year-old fish gouged out its victims’ flesh 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Stephen Brusatte, a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh who was not involved in the research, said studies like this one aided understanding of the time period after the asteroid’s impact. Dust Might Have Snuffed Out the Dinosaurs 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z "It’s certainly a significant volume of dinosaur bones," says David Evans, a paleontologist at the Royal Ontario Museum who’s not involved in the case. U.S. charges poaching ring allegedly involved in massive Utah dinosaur bone heist 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z By that time, Ekgmowechashala was notoriously enigmatic among North American paleontologists. Fossils tell tale of last primate to inhabit North America before humans 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z As paleontologists, we were trained to think in deep time. We Need to Think about Conservation on a Different Timescale 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z The fossil fish were described recently in Nature Communications by Chinese Academy of Sciences paleontologist Feixiang Wu and colleagues. This 160-million-year-old fish gouged out its victims’ flesh 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Almost overnight, the entire scientific community, including the paleontologists, were compelled to agree that, in fact, natural global catastrophes do happen. We're all gonna die! How the idea of human extinction has reshaped our world 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Most paleontologists thought mammals only scavenged dinosaur remains, but the find suggests early mammals hunted live dinosaurs several times their size. Science News Briefs from around the World: October 2023 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z The stunning find ended up at a local museum, where paleontologist Petr Kraft came across the trilobite as a child and noticed something crammed inside it. Last Meal of 465-Million-Year-Old Trilobite Discovered 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The fossil eventually made its way to the Dr. Bohuslav Horák Museum, where Petr Kraft—now a paleontologist at Charles University—saw it for the first time as a little boy. Scientists reveal half-billion-year-old ‘last supper’ 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z In August, a team of paleontologists announced the discovery of another extraordinary creature that was blotted out of existence. An Ancient Whale Named for King Tut, but Moby-Dinky in Size 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z On Earth, paleontologists can estimate the size of a long-extinct dinosaur, for instance, by digging just its thigh bone from the ground—because the part is proportional to the whole. JWST Finds Strange Harmony in Early Galaxies and Black Holes 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z For many decades, paleontologists depicted Gastornis as a predator on small mammals. 'Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales' tracks Washington fossils and their stories 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Fossils, moreover, provide direct evidence for the long history of life, allowing paleontologists to test hypotheses about evolution with data only they provide. Paleontology Is Far More Than New Fossil Discoveries 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Luis Chiappe, a paleontologist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, says it’s not surprising that the evolution of perching behavior seemed to play a prominent role in the path toward pedal dexterity. Without hands, some birds wing it with their feet 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Thanks to a wealth of sauropod discoveries over the past few decades, paleontologists are beginning to piece together the answer to this question. How Sauropod Dinosaurs Became the Biggest Land Animals Again and Again 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Until now, paleontologists hadn’t found anything that could even compare to that behemoth. Bizarre-Looking Colossus Whale May Have Been Heaviest Animal Ever (Sorry, Blue Whales) 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z They originally considered the huge beak suitable for a predatory carnivore, but now paleontologists conclude that Gastornis was herbivorous and used the beak for cracking nuts and seeds. 'Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales' tracks Washington fossils and their stories 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Low levels of private and public support of paleontological research have contributed to a reduction in the number of paleontologists in academia, where large grants are valued highly and increasingly difficult to obtain. Paleontology Is Far More Than New Fossil Discoveries 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z “It’s just exciting to see such a giant animal that’s so different from anything we know,” said Hans Thewissen, a paleontologist at Northeast Ohio Medical University who had no role in the research. The heaviest animal ever may be this ancient whale found in the Peruvian desert 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z A paleontologist can spend a field expedition digging up just a handful of sauropod bones or, in the same amount of time, scout and collect several skeletons of smaller creatures. How Sauropod Dinosaurs Became the Biggest Land Animals Again and Again 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z “It’s an astonishing specimen,” says Philip Gingerich, a paleontologist at the University of Michigan, who was not involved in the new research. Bizarre-Looking Colossus Whale May Have Been Heaviest Animal Ever (Sorry, Blue Whales) 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z As happens in the world of fossilized tracks where no bones exist, paleontologists gave the trackways a specific trace fossil name, Rivavipes giganteus, meaning “the footprint of a giant bird on the river.” 'Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales' tracks Washington fossils and their stories 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Another contributing factor is the closing of Earth science departments, a primary employer of paleontologists, at too many small and medium-sized institutions. Paleontology Is Far More Than New Fossil Discoveries 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Over the past two decades, paleontologists have discovered several well-preserved jellyfish-like fossils from sites in Utah and China that are similar in ages to the Burgess Shale. 505-Million-Year-Old Jellyfish Fossils May Be the Oldest Ever Found 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z In the 1990s the situation began to change, as interest in dinosaurs ratcheted up and paleontologists undertook more excavations. How Sauropod Dinosaurs Became the Biggest Land Animals Again and Again 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z “I do like the hypothesis of a large scavenger that would just eat sunken carcasses,” says study co-author Eli Amson, a paleontologist at the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart in Germany. Bizarre-Looking Colossus Whale May Have Been Heaviest Animal Ever (Sorry, Blue Whales) 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z What makes these trackways particularly interesting is that paleontologists have found only a single vertebrate body fossil in the Chuckanut rocks. 'Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales' tracks Washington fossils and their stories 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Many Ivy League and Big Ten schools, once central to the training of paleontologists, have sharply reduced or eliminated paleontologists in geoscience departments. Paleontology Is Far More Than New Fossil Discoveries 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z According to Bruce Lieberman, a paleontologist at the University of Kansas who studied the Utah fossils, the new paper lacks compelling evidence to connect the earlier fossils with comb jellies. 505-Million-Year-Old Jellyfish Fossils May Be the Oldest Ever Found 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z This preserved many of the region’s prehistoric inhabitants in three dimensions, offering paleontologists detailed snapshots of this ancient ecosystem. Mammals Preyed on Much Larger Dinosaurs, a Stunning New Fossil Reveals 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z “It does seem like this is a prehistoric hunt, captured in stone, like a freeze frame,” University of Edinburgh paleontologist Steve Brusatte, who was not involved with the study, said in an email. Mammals may have hunted down dinosaurs for dinner, rare fossil suggests 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Alerted to the discovery, the Burke Museum sent a paleontologist and an archaeologist to investigate. 'Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales' tracks Washington fossils and their stories 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z At a time when instruction in biology can be increasingly reductive and ahistorical, paleontologists teach us the astonishing breadth of past and present life on Earth and the long history that led to today’s biosphere. Paleontology Is Far More Than New Fossil Discoveries 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z “If you see a jellyfish outside of the water, a couple hours later it’s just a ball of goo,” said Jean-Bernard Caron, a paleontologist at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. 505-Million-Year-Old Jellyfish Fossils May Be the Oldest Ever Found 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z The new study’s fossilized brawl was uncovered in 2012 by a local farmer and was soon acquired by Gang Han, a paleontologist at China’s Hainan Vocational University of Science and Technology. Mammals Preyed on Much Larger Dinosaurs, a Stunning New Fossil Reveals 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The work of a paleontologist is often like solving a puzzle with no picture on the box and most of the pieces missing. This Fossil Is a Freeze-Frame of a Mammal Fighting a Dinosaur 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The idea that evolution is not reversible was first put forward by Belgian paleontologist Louis Dollo in the 19th century. Dolphins and Whales Will Never Evolve Back into Land Animals 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z The extent to which humans have uniquely impacted biological systems would also be largely unknown without the context provided by paleontologists. Paleontology Is Far More Than New Fossil Discoveries 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z By the 1950s, Dr. Adams said, academic collecting in the state slowed as a generation of paleontologists retired or died. A Fossil Dream as Big as Texas 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z “My eyes just about popped out of my head when I was shown the fossil,” says study co-author Jordan Mallon, a paleontologist at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ontario. Mammals Preyed on Much Larger Dinosaurs, a Stunning New Fossil Reveals 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z “There are examples today of small carnivorous mammals taking down much, much larger prey,” said Jordan Mallon, a paleontologist at the Canadian Museum of Nature and a co-author of the study. This Fossil Is a Freeze-Frame of a Mammal Fighting a Dinosaur 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z After an exhaustive study of skulls, jaws and teeth, a team of Australian paleontologists presented their conclusion that modern mammals originated in the Southern Hemisphere. Fossils Where They Don’t Belong? Maybe We Just Didn’t Look Hard Enough. 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z The very concept of a Sixth Extinction would not exist without paleontologists documenting the first five. Paleontology Is Far More Than New Fossil Discoveries 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The high prices leave public museums and academic paleontologists worried that potentially important specimens will be cloaked from scientific research. A Fossil Dream as Big as Texas 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z “You would surely assume that it was the dinosaur eating the mammal, but the roles are reversed,” says Stephen Brusatte, a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh who was not involved in the new study. Mammals Preyed on Much Larger Dinosaurs, a Stunning New Fossil Reveals 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z In 1982 paleontologist Dale Russell and taxidermist Ron Séguin published what they called a “dinosauroid,” the first purportedly scientific reconstruction of a hypothetical dinosaur that evolved to achieve intelligence similar to ours. How Smart Were Dinosaurs? New Studies Fuel the Debate 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z It can also enable paleontologists to reconstruct patterns of ancestry and, in turn, evolution. Fossils Where They Don’t Belong? Maybe We Just Didn’t Look Hard Enough. 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z And fossils are the remains of living things, so paleontologists must know biology and chemistry, from anatomy to genetics, to botany, microbiology, biochemistry and zoology. Paleontology Is Far More Than New Fossil Discoveries 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Mr. LuJan kept thinking about how many of Texas’ fossils had left the state, including world-class Permian Period remains collected by notable paleontologists in the east like Edward Drinker Cope, Alfred Romer and Barnum Brown. A Fossil Dream as Big as Texas 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z The new study — authored by Dr. Jorge Velez-Juarbe, a paleontologist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County's Department of Mammalogy — analyzed fossils of three ancient odontocetes, which are completely new species to science. Ancient dolphin cousins with odd teeth hint at echolocation evolution 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z The victim was Tanystropheus, whose neck is “completely unique” in the fossil record, said Stephan Spiekman, a paleontologist with the State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart, Germany, and an author on the study. Fossils Show How Long-Necked Reptiles Lost Their Heads 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Guillermo Rougier, a paleontologist at the University of Louisville and a peer reviewer of the paper by Dr. Flannery and his colleagues, offered a cautious endorsement of the Southern Hemisphere origin argument. Fossils Where They Don’t Belong? Maybe We Just Didn’t Look Hard Enough. 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z The Jurassic Park and Meg franchises would not exist without paleontologists first showing that dinosaurs and megalodon sharks existed. Paleontology Is Far More Than New Fossil Discoveries 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z “It’s a fabulous specimen that is just exquisitely preserved,” said Xiaoming Wang, a vertebrate paleontologist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. A Bear That Looked Like a Raccoon and Had a Dangerous Appetite 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Despite being the most successful plant-eater of their day, “nobody has ever heard of them,” said Michael Benton, a paleontologist at the University of Bristol in England. The Sad Story Behind a Prehistoric Reptile’s ‘Grin’ 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z This hunting style seems plausible, according to Robert Boessenecker, a paleontologist at the College of Charleston in South Carolina who was not involved in the new study. This Extinct Dolphin Had Tusks That Fish Were Wise to Avoid 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z For as long as paleontologists have been looking, dinosaur fossils were extraordinarily rare in Australia, and the continent was a missing piece in scientists’ understanding of dinosaurs globally. Aussie Farmers Unleash Dinosaur Rush as Fossil Findings Rewrite History 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Geochemists and paleontologists look to fossilized traces of these sterols as evidence for the presence of eukaryotes in ancient ecosystems. How did cholesterol evolve? Oil trapped in ancient rocks hides clues 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Also in 2021, a study in the scientific journal iScience shed light on an enigma that had long plagued paleontologists: How could pterosaurs swoop down and scoop up large prey without breaking their necks? The oldest pterosaur ever was just discovered; it's 107 million years old 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z As more fossils emerged, paleontologists realized that theropods were not the only dinosaurs with feathers. How Did Birds First Take Off? 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z Someone in Facebook’s comments section tagged Wayne Thompson, a paleontologist at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. Santa Cruz beachgoers find 5,000-year-old mastodon tooth over the Memorial Day weekend 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z It was lucky he did, as the resulting excavation upended paleontologists’ understanding of how to find dinosaur fossils in Australia. Aussie Farmers Unleash Dinosaur Rush as Fossil Findings Rewrite History 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z To identify the reptile, paleontologists stuck the perplexing patient under an X-ray machine to piece together the petrified puzzle. X-Ray Vision Brings New Life to a Fossil Flattened by Time 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z A paleontologist needs to be knowledgeable in biology, ecology, chemistry, geology, and many other scientific disciplines. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “These organisms are just weird, and I think they defy our logic,” said Jingmai O’Connor, a paleontologist at the Field Museum in Chicago. How Did Birds First Take Off? 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z The paleontologist couple initially discovered the deposit in 2013, when they spotted sponge fossils in a small quarry surrounded by sheep pasture. 462-Million-Year-Old Fossil Trove Holds Miniature World of Marine Creatures 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z “That really is the watershed point,” said Scott Hocknull, a paleontologist at the Queensland Museum, who was there. Aussie Farmers Unleash Dinosaur Rush as Fossil Findings Rewrite History 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z “The contrast of these bones are bright as day,” said Neil Kelley, a paleontologist at Vanderbilt University who studies marine reptiles and was not involved in the new study. X-Ray Vision Brings New Life to a Fossil Flattened by Time 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Although dinosaurs are probably the first animals that come to mind when thinking about paleontology, paleontologists study everything from plant life, fungi, and fish to sea animals and birds. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. O’Connor and other paleontologists are investigating why those birds survived when all other feathered reptiles vanished. How Did Birds First Take Off? 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z That fossil, which is only 3.5 mm tall and resembles a spindly alien spacecraft, looked unlike anything either paleontologist had ever seen. 462-Million-Year-Old Fossil Trove Holds Miniature World of Marine Creatures 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Simply by digging down farther than earlier paleontologists had done, “you transition from not finding anything to finding everything.” Aussie Farmers Unleash Dinosaur Rush as Fossil Findings Rewrite History 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z For more than a century, paleontologists had to break open fossils to analyze internal anatomy, often destroying their prized specimens. X-Ray Vision Brings New Life to a Fossil Flattened by Time 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z An undergraduate degree in earth science or biology is a good place to start toward the career path of becoming a paleontologist. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Dr. Brusatte and other paleontologists are trying to determine exactly how feathered dinosaurs achieved powered flight and became the birds that fly overhead today — an evolutionary mystery that stretches more than 150 million years. How Did Birds First Take Off? 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z Like a developing photograph, the fossils became apparent several seconds after the paleontologists cracked open the rocks. 462-Million-Year-Old Fossil Trove Holds Miniature World of Marine Creatures 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z For Mr. Hocknull, the Queensland Museum paleontologist, the discoveries they had made so far had only scratched the surface. Aussie Farmers Unleash Dinosaur Rush as Fossil Findings Rewrite History 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z In Wales, paleontologists have uncovered a rich source of 462-million-year-old fossils that reveal more overlap than expected between animals that evolved during the Cambrian Explosion 40 million years earlier and the ancestors of modern species. News at a glance: U.S. tallies old-growth forests, Canadian scientists march for higher pay, and condor poop reveals the birds’ ancient history 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z A paleontologist’s work may involve field studies: searching for and studying fossils. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In the 1970s, John Ostrom, a paleontologist at Yale University, identified similarities in the skeletons of birds and ground-running dinosaurs called theropods, a group that includes the Velociraptor and the Tyrannosaurus rex. How Did Birds First Take Off? 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z Over several months the paleontologists discovered the fossils of around 170 different species that likely inhabited the rocky slope along a subsiding volcano. 462-Million-Year-Old Fossil Trove Holds Miniature World of Marine Creatures 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Between 540 million and 485 million years ago, during the Cambrian period, so many new, complex animal life forms arose that paleontologists speak of the Cambrian Explosion or the Biological Big Bang. Fossil-rich Welsh quarry yields trove of soft-bodied animals at dawn of modern life 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Few creatures in the fossil record have perplexed paleontologists more than the Tully Monster. Was the Tully Monster a Fish, a Worm, a Giant Slug with Fangs? 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z In addition to digging for and finding fossils, paleontologists also prepare fossils for further study and analysis. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Without more evidence, Dr. Ostrom and other paleontologists argued fiercely about the origin of birds for decades. How Did Birds First Take Off? 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z The paleontologists believe that the site’s relatively larger sponges and algae, which measure a couple of centimeters, offered the perfect habitat for these tiny creatures. 462-Million-Year-Old Fossil Trove Holds Miniature World of Marine Creatures 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z This fossil “is quite remarkable,” Erwin says, “but I suspect many paleontologists may want more convincing specimens.” Fossil-rich Welsh quarry yields trove of soft-bodied animals at dawn of modern life 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z In recent years paleontologists have even connected the Tully Monster to jawless fish such as lampreys, which have a backbonelike structure. Was the Tully Monster a Fish, a Worm, a Giant Slug with Fangs? 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z In May 2012, Burke Museum paleontologists discovered a portion of a dinosaur’s left femur on the shores of Sucia Island State Park. Washington soon may have an official state dinosaur 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z But paleontologists are still split over just how well it could fly. How Did Birds First Take Off? 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z Next, paleontologists compared the fossils with other known species and concluded they belonged to a group of extinct bats called Icaronycteris. Oldest known bat skeletons shed light on early mammalian flight 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z “It is wonderful,” says Douglas Erwin, a paleontologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History who was not involved with the work. Fossil-rich Welsh quarry yields trove of soft-bodied animals at dawn of modern life 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z He brought the find to Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History, where paleontologists were similarly stumped. Was the Tully Monster a Fish, a Worm, a Giant Slug with Fangs? 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Because the fossil is incomplete, paleontologists were unable to identify the exact family or species the bone belongs to, so they nicknamed it the Suciasaurus rex to honor Sucia Island State Park. Washington soon may have an official state dinosaur 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Twenty years after playing the paleontologist heartbreaker, Tyler is preparing to portray Jules on Apple TV+’s thriller “The Last Thing He Told Me” produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine. Aisha Tyler says fans still call her 'Black girl from 'Friends'' 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z "The fossils were preserved as compressed sheets of organic carbon," China University of Geosciences paleontologist and study co-author Qin Ye said. Study explains how primordial life survived on 'Snowball Earth' 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z “Animals with air sacs have a tremendous advantage compared to us mammals,” says paleontologist Tito Aureliano of the University of Campinas in Brazil, lead author of the new study. Dinosaurs' Air Sacs Evolved Many Times and Let Them Take Over the World 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Both paleontologists and paleoartists have long debated whether theropods—a group of carnivorous dinosaurs that includes T. rex—had lips. T. rex had lips, new study suggests 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Some thought the predators’ teeth were just too big to fit in their mouths, said study author Thomas Cullen, a paleontologist at Auburn University in Alabama. Has T. rex lost its bite? Menacing snarl may be wrong 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z “We don’t see that pattern at all in Tyrannosaurs,” said Thomas Cullen, a paleontologist at Auburn University and one of the paper’s authors. Imagine T. Rex. Now Imagine It With Lips. 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Paleontologically, mammalian species usually persist for about a million years, says Henry Gee, a paleontologist and senior editor at the journal Nature, who is working on a book on the extinction of humans. Will Humans Ever Go Extinct? 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z This work confirms that the early dinosaurs did not have these extensive air sac systems, says Ohio University paleontologist Patrick O'Connor, who was not involved in the new study. Dinosaurs' Air Sacs Evolved Many Times and Let Them Take Over the World 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Thomas Carr, a vertebrate paleontologist at Carthage College, is more dismissive. T. rex had lips, new study suggests 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z With this evidence and other clues from the dinosaurs’ anatomy, the study makes a good case for lipped tyrannosaurs, said University of Maryland paleontologist Thomas Holtz, who was not involved with the study. Has T. rex lost its bite? Menacing snarl may be wrong 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z But not all paleontologists are sold on theropod lips. Imagine T. Rex. Now Imagine It With Lips. 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Andrew Moore, a paleontologist at Stony Brook University who studies sauropod anatomy, said that this was the case for many of the largest dinosaurs. It’s Not a Stretch: This Dinosaur Had a 50-Foot Neck 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Russell Engelman, a paleontologist pursuing his Ph.D. at Case Western Reserve University, recently compared the proportions of Dunkleosteus’s armor-clad head to the skull sizes of hundreds of living and fossil fish. Dunk Was Chunky, but Still Deadly 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z “They kind of bracket the range of sounds we might expect,” said Victoria Arbour, a paleontologist at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, Canada, who was not involved in the new study. What Sounds Did Dinosaurs Make? 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Last December, a team led by Joseph Meert, a paleontologist at the University of Florida, studied the same site. We Regret the Fossil Error. It Wasn’t the First. 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z However, some paleontologists think T. rexes need some serious lip filler. Imagine T. Rex. Now Imagine It With Lips. 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Cary Woodruff, a paleontologist at the Frost Science Museum in Miami who specializes in studying sauropods, said that lightening the neck’s load was essential for all sauropods. It’s Not a Stretch: This Dinosaur Had a 50-Foot Neck 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z More than a century ago paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott uncovered a very strange fossil in Canada. Five-Eyed, Nozzle-Nosed Oddity Lingered Far beyond the Cambrian Period 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Julia Clarke, a paleontologist at the University of Texas at Austin who was not part of the study, found the analysis intriguing. What Sounds Did Dinosaurs Make? 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z In the last pre-Covid lockdown days of 2020, for example, Gregory Retallack, a paleontologist from the University of Oregon, and a few colleagues toured a famous set of Indian cave paintings. We Regret the Fossil Error. It Wasn’t the First. 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z According to Daniel Ksepka, a paleontologist at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Conn., and an author of the new study, the Kumimanu’s fragmented skeleton makes it difficult to pinpoint its height. The Biggest Penguin That Ever Existed Was a ‘Monster Bird’ 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z During the initial excavation, paleontologists uncovered a fossilized rod of bony tissue several feet long. It’s Not a Stretch: This Dinosaur Had a 50-Foot Neck 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z It wasn't until Georges Cuvier, a French paleontologist, came along that it was correctly recognized as a flying reptile. Never-before-seen jurassic mix between flamingo and whale unearthed 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z Once I started noticing these impressions, it was fun to imagine myself as a paleontologist of the urban present. Why I Hunt for Sidewalk Fossils 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z These differences helped the two species cope with a warmer but still uniquely challenging Arctic environment, says study co-author Christopher Beard, a vertebrate paleontologist at the University of Kansas. Monkeylike Animals Once Lived in the Arctic, New Fossils Show 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Caecilian fossils are not a common find for paleontologists. Fossilized amphibian dating back 220 million years found in Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z “And likewise, someone who might be a paleontologist might wander over to LACMA.” La Brea Tar Pits pushes forward with its indoor-outdoor makeover 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z “I was very happy for Molly because I have known for some time now that she is passionate about becoming a paleontologist, and her find may well seal the deal.” 9-year-old plucks 15-million-year-old shark tooth from Maryland waters 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z A paleontologist once told me that city sidewalks hold snapshots. Why I Hunt for Sidewalk Fossils 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z The family took the tooth to the Calvert Marine Museum, whose paleontology department confirmed the shark's identity and congratulated the "future paleontologist" on Facebook. Girl, 9, finds megalodon shark tooth on Maryland beach 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z A particular dental feature tipped off the paleontologists that they had discovered the world’s oldest caecilian fossil. Fossilized amphibian dating back 220 million years found in Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The findings, reported last week in the Journal of Comparative Neurology, are making waves among paleontologists on social media and beyond. Some dinos may have been as brainy as modern primates, controversial study argues 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Now that paleontologists know to look for it, perhaps they will find more evidence of T. rex’s rich social lives, Herculano-Houzel said. The T. rex may have been a lot smarter than you thought 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Called Cratonavis zhui, the strange hybrid died some 150 million years ago and was uncovered by paleontologists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. Missing link? A newly-discovered fossil looks like the halfway point between birds and dinosaurs 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z The new study offers a reasonable explanation for a site that’s puzzled paleontologists for decades, said Dean Lomax, an ichthyosaur specialist at Britain’s University of Manchester who was not involved with the research. Scientists find new clues to mystery of Nevada fossil-rich graveyard 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z The genus name for the fossil was inspired by the Ohio Players’ tune “Funky Worm”, which was played often by the paleontologists of the national park while looking through the Thunderstorm Ridge bonebed. Fossilized amphibian dating back 220 million years found in Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z “It’s actually fun to just play around with them and see how they bend under a point or certain loading regimes,” said Holger Petermann, a paleontologist with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. It’s Turtles All the Way Down in the Fossil Record 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Charles L. Camp, a University of California at Berkeley paleontologist, was first to excavate the alternating layers of limestone and mudstone at the site in the 1950s. ‘Sea monster’ graveyard mystery solved? Fossils offer signs of 230-million-year-old migration. 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z The new study offers a plausible explanation for a site that’s baffled paleontologists for decades, said Dean Lomax, an ichthyosaur specialist at England’s University of Manchester who was not involved with the research. Mystery Nevada fossil site could be ancient maternity ward 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Once a tropical sea, the site — part of Nevada’s Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park — sits in a dry, dusty landscape near an abandoned mining town, said lead author Randall Irmis, a paleontologist at the University of Utah. Scientists find new clues to mystery of Nevada fossil-rich graveyard 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z The mystery has haunted paleontologists for decades: What explains a fossilized mass death event in the rocks of the West Union Canyon in Nevada? Something About This Mysterious Fossil Graveyard Was Fishy 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z The flatness of a turtle shell, he found, could help paleontologists figure out how deeply a fossil site was originally buried before eons of other geological activity. It’s Turtles All the Way Down in the Fossil Record 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z “It’s a tour de force. Simply astounding,” says Ross MacPhee, a paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History who was not involved with the work, which appears today in Nature. Lost world in northern Greenland conjured from DNA in ancient soil 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Since the ichthyosaur bones in Nevada were excavated in the 1950s, many paleontologists have investigated how all these creatures could have died together. Mystery Nevada fossil site could be ancient maternity ward 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z “The injuries are right where you’d expect two battling ankylosaurs would break things,” said Victoria Arbour, a paleontologist at the Royal BC Museum in British Columbia and an author of the study. The Ankylosaur’s Club-Tail Wasn’t Only Swinging at T. Rex 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Scientists have speculated about the ichthyosaurs of Quarry 2 since they were first excavated in the 1950s by Charles Camp, a Berkeley paleontologist. Something About This Mysterious Fossil Graveyard Was Fishy 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Her mentor there, paleontologist Jan Smit, introduced her to DePalma, at the time a graduate student at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. Paleontologist accused of faking data in dino-killing asteroid paper 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z The scientists had expected a homogeneous structure like that of many other body scales, says Pennsylvania State University paleontologist Todd Cook, lead author of the new study. Ancient Sawfish Help to Illuminate Our Teeth’s Scaly Origins 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Lindsay Zanno, a paleontologist at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, said that she’s also keen to see further studies. A Penguin-Like Shape May Have Helped This Dinosaur Dive 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Now, paleontologists have identified a key skull bone in an ancient bird that lived nearly 67 million years ago—just before the devastating asteroid impact that killed off the dinosaurs. New look at ancient jaw fossil rewrites bird evolution 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z It’s only now in the last decade or two that paleontologists have started finding art shards all over the world, and the oldest they found so far is in South Africa. This photo of a busy intersection in Downtown L.A. is a meditation on infinity 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z To better understand how organs change after death, University of Birmingham paleontologist Thomas Clements made a trip to the fishmonger with a plan to ruin four delicious seabass. Scientists Ruin Delicious Seabass to Probe Why Some Organs Don’t Fossilize 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z Fossil hunting has changed from an academic pursuit into a multimillion-dollar business, much to the chagrin of academic paleontologists who worry that specimens of scientific interest are being sold off to the highest bidders. Your Thursday Briefing 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z Thought to have been collected by pioneering English paleontologist Mary Anning, the fossil fanned interest in massive creatures that roamed Earth and swam the oceans millions of years ago. Researchers track down two copies of fossil destroyed by the Nazis 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z “It’s changing how we’ve been looking at the evolution of birds since the time of Linneaus,” says Christopher Torres, a paleontologist at Ohio University, Athens, who was not part of the new work. New look at ancient jaw fossil rewrites bird evolution 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z He urged paleontologists to raise their voices against the fossil ivory trade—and avoid dealing with unscrupulous collectors who might be involved in it. Booming trade in mammoth ivory may be bad news for elephants 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Jorgewich-Cohen's friend had no reason to feel self-conscious, as the paleontologist joined a team of international researchers to produce a landmark new study for the journal Nature Communications. Talking turtles? A new study reveals that, in their own special way, turtles chat with each other 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z “Phosphorus was stolen by the vertebrates, the bony fishes,” said Petr Kraft, a paleontologist at Charles University in the Czech Republic and an author of the new report. The Sad Fate of the Ancient, Well-Shelled Mariners 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z But while conducting research on other fossils at Yale University’s Peabody Museum of Natural History in Connecticut, a pair of paleontologists found a plaster cast painted to resemble a fossil. Researchers track down two copies of fossil destroyed by the Nazis 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Since then, paleontologists have relied solely on a single scientific illustration of the fossil, made in 1819. News at a glance: Earth’s top geological sites, cameras on sharks, and China’s space station 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z “Andy did a great job of making his case,” says Thomas Holtz, a paleontologist at the University of Maryland, College Park. Booming trade in mammoth ivory may be bad news for elephants 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z When paleontologist Dean Lomax was plumbing the depths of a fossil collection at Yale University’s Peabody Museum of Natural History in 2016, one dusty specimen caught his eye. Long-lost ‘sea dragon’ replicas unearthed in museum collections 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z “At the time, they were like the real icons of evolution,” said Dean Lomax, a paleontologist at the University of Manchester in England. Shattered by Nazi Bombs, a Fossil’s Lost Copies Are Just Being Found 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z This summer a team of paleontologists piled into trucks in Los Angeles and set out for scorching southern Utah to collect a stegosaurus fossil. 'A story of extinction.' La Brea Tar Pits recognized as a geological heritage site 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z “New Zealand is a pioneer society still,” said Richard Holdaway, a paleontologist at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, referring to its scant legal protections for fossils. In New Zealand, a 23-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is Carried Away by Parties Unknown 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Victoria Herridge, a paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in London, agrees. Booming trade in mammoth ivory may be bad news for elephants 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Although Lomax, a paleontologist at the University of Manchester, had never visited the Peabody’s collection before, the specimen looked strangely familiar. Long-lost ‘sea dragon’ replicas unearthed in museum collections 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z In a study published Wednesday in Royal Society Open Science, paleontologists reported that they had located two casts of Anning and Home’s lost ichthyosaur. Shattered by Nazi Bombs, a Fossil’s Lost Copies Are Just Being Found 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z “Our excavation staff, the paleontologists who are digging up fossils — they think they’re actors. And they think the people working in the fossil lab are actors. They’ve even thought that they were holograms, or animatronic.” 'A story of extinction.' La Brea Tar Pits recognized as a geological heritage site 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z “The legality — well, I have no idea,” said Dr. Holdaway, the New Zealand paleontologist. In New Zealand, a 23-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is Carried Away by Parties Unknown 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Holtz agrees paleontologists should do more, saying, “I don’t think most of us understood that fossils were being run in the same shipments as, for example, heroin.” Booming trade in mammoth ivory may be bad news for elephants 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Fossil hunters have flocked to these crumbling cliffs for centuries, thanks in part to the prodigious collecting of pioneering paleontologist Mary Anning in the early 1800s. Long-lost ‘sea dragon’ replicas unearthed in museum collections 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z It is not known who created the cast or when, but records show that it was donated to Yale in 1930 by Charles Schuchert, a paleontologist at the university. Shattered by Nazi Bombs, a Fossil’s Lost Copies Are Just Being Found 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Research suggests there may be far more mummified skin on dinosaur skeletons than previously thought — if only paleontologists look in the right places. Your Monday Briefing: China’s Leader Warns of ‘Stormy Seas’ 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Initially, study co-author Becky Barnes, paleontologist and lab manager at the North Dakota Geological Survey, flagged potential bite marks on the specimen’s tail, and Householder found more on the “pinky finger” of the right forelimb. Remarkable Dinosaur Mummy Has ‘Glittering’ Skin Gouged by Ancient Crocs 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z The paleontologists believe this may have helped in its unique preservation. How to mummify a dinosaur: New findings reveal exceptionally intact dinosaurs 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The remarkable find offered early paleontologists a tantalizing glimpse of what these puzzling prehistoric reptiles really looked like. Long-lost ‘sea dragon’ replicas unearthed in museum collections 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Three decades ago, Martin Sander, a paleontologist in Germany, rescued a broken ichthyosaur skeleton cast from being tossed in the garbage at Goldfuss Museum in Bonn. Shattered by Nazi Bombs, a Fossil’s Lost Copies Are Just Being Found 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z A new answer to this question started with Stephanie Drumheller, a paleontologist and expert in bite marks at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. ‘Dino Mummy’ Reveals There May Be More Skin in the Fossil Game 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z “The oldest pterosaur we have already had wings and were capable fliers,” said Davide Foffa, a paleontologist at Virginia Tech, which makes it difficult to chart their aerial evolution. Fossils Reveal Pterosaur Ancestors Before They Evolved Wings 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z For Mairin Balisi, a paleontologist and co-author of the study, the images of the mountain lion kill were the “return of an extinct interaction.” Mountain lions are eating California wild donkeys. Why scientists say this a good thing 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Megan Jacobs, a paleontologist studying ichthyosaurs at the University of Portsmouth, highlights the 2018 fire that devastated the National Museum of Brazil, which destroyed a cache of prized pterosaur fossils, as a worst case scenario. Long-lost ‘sea dragon’ replicas unearthed in museum collections 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z In Colombia, paleontologists wanted to return to the site where a dinosaur vertebra was found in the 1940s. Peace accord in Colombia leads to discovery of new dinosaur species 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Clint Boyd, a co-author and paleontologist at the North Dakota Geologic Survey, said he hoped the study would prompt many of his colleagues to say: “Yeah, of course. That makes sense with what we’re seeing.” ‘Dino Mummy’ Reveals There May Be More Skin in the Fossil Game 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z For decades, paleontologists have postulated that the earliest pterosaurs dwelled in trees and experimented with gliding before flying. Fossils Reveal Pterosaur Ancestors Before They Evolved Wings 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Field Museum paleontologist and study co-author Jingmai O'Connor noted that about 15% of all known T. rex specimens have holes similar to Sue's. What caused holes in Sue the T. rex's jawbone? Scientists are stumped 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z She hopes the paper will force paleontologists to reconsider how they work. Violent conflict in Myanmar linked to boom in fossil amber research, study claims 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Now, paleontologists have returned and confirmed the vertebra belonged to a newly identified species of long-necked sauropod. Peace accord in Colombia leads to discovery of new dinosaur species 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Dakota the “dino mummy” has fascinated paleontologists and the public since part of the fossil was first untombed in North Dakota with some of its skin preserved. ‘Dino Mummy’ Reveals There May Be More Skin in the Fossil Game 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Since its discovery in the early 1900s, Scleromochlus has perplexed paleontologists. Fossils Reveal Pterosaur Ancestors Before They Evolved Wings 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Philip Donoghue, a paleontologist at the University of Bristol and an author on one of the papers, says the most remarkable specimen from the site is a jawless fish called Tujiaaspis vividus. Fossilized Fish Reveal Earliest Known Prequel of ‘Jaws’ 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z The paper adds that almost all publications lack researchers from Myanmar itself, possibly because the few paleontologists there haven’t been able to study exported specimens. Violent conflict in Myanmar linked to boom in fossil amber research, study claims 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z It also sparked a series of other changes in their anatomy, including different kinds of fins, said Philip Donoghue, a University of Bristol paleontologist and an author on one of the studies. Fish fossil catch from China includes oldest teeth ever 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z The new research even suggests there may be far more mummified skin out there to find in the fossil record and study than previously believed, if only paleontologists look in the right places. ‘Dino Mummy’ Reveals There May Be More Skin in the Fossil Game 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Their position between Archaeopteryx and living birds gives them a “magical place on the dino-bird family tree,” says Daniel Field, a paleontologist at the University of Cambridge and co-author of the new study. ‘Exceptional’ fossil suggests early birds were brainy 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z As paleontologists continue to dig deeper into early Silurian rocks in China, they’ve uncovered even more fish species. Fossilized Fish Reveal Earliest Known Prequel of ‘Jaws’ 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Ironically, “For Myanmar researchers, it’s very difficult to access the Myanmar amber mines,” says co-author Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein, a paleontologist at the University of Mandalay. Violent conflict in Myanmar linked to boom in fossil amber research, study claims 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z But in the past, scientists haven’t found many fossils to show this shift, said Matt Friedman, a University of Michigan paleontologist who was not involved in the research. Fish fossil catch from China includes oldest teeth ever 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z And few of those evolutionary enigmas are as perplexing as Typhloesus, an ancient sea animal so strange that paleontologists have referred to it as an alien goldfish. The ‘Alien Goldfish’ Finds a Home 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z From the outside, the partial skull looked primitive, “like a little dinosaur,” says study author Luis Chiappe, a paleontologist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. ‘Exceptional’ fossil suggests early birds were brainy 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z That discovery, a few feet below the ground between a rural road and a hayfield, was the latest in a long tradition of construction workers becoming accidental paleontologists. When Fossils Are Accidentally Dug Up, the Job Site Becomes a Science Lab 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z As a result, he says, Myanmar paleontologists have little expertise in working with amber, complicating equitable collaborations. Violent conflict in Myanmar linked to boom in fossil amber research, study claims 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z A field team discovered the fossil trove in 2019, Min Zhu, a paleontologist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences who led the research, said in an email. Fish fossil catch from China includes oldest teeth ever 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Dr. Caron and Simon Conway Morris, a paleontologist at the University of Cambridge, made the discovery while examining several Typhloesus specimens that had recently been added to the Royal Ontario Museum collection. The ‘Alien Goldfish’ Finds a Home 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z “A great deal of complexity occurred right at the beginning of our evolutionary history as jawed vertebrates,” says Kate Trinajstic, a paleontologist at Curtin University in Australia, who led the new research. The Oldest 3-D Heart from Our Vertebrate Ancestors Has Been Discovered 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z And because there are so many more construction workers than there are paleontologists, and because of the powerful machinery used for building, it makes sense that construction workers are often the first to uncover bones. When Fossils Are Accidentally Dug Up, the Job Site Becomes a Science Lab 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z For Margaret Lewis, a vertebrate paleontologist at Stockton University and current vice president of SVP, the controversy over Myanmar amber has galvanized efforts to rethink ethical standards. Violent conflict in Myanmar linked to boom in fossil amber research, study claims 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Its remains have been restored by a team of Italian paleontologists. Small dinosaur fit for the living room to be sold at Paris auction 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Having a better grasp on Typhloesus’ identity can help paleontologists learn more about the evolution of mollusks, the second largest group of invertebrates on the planet today. The ‘Alien Goldfish’ Finds a Home 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Though the dinosaur’s genus name points to where the skull was found, its species name is a nod to one of paleontologist Sebastian Dalman’s favorite bands, Tangerine Dream, according to a news release. The unusual story behind a newly identified dinosaur’s name 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z When Jim I. Mead and other paleontologists went there and started digging, they found another skeleton, and then another. When Fossils Are Accidentally Dug Up, the Job Site Becomes a Science Lab 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Almost all recently studied Myanmar amber can be linked to the nation’s discord, with outside paleontologists taking advantage of the political upheaval, the new paper claims. Violent conflict in Myanmar linked to boom in fossil amber research, study claims 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Now paleontologists have uncovered one of the earliest members of this storied lineage of lumbering giants: a svelte, much smaller omnivore that once darted across the floodplains of prehistoric Zimbabwe. New Dinosaur Species Is Oldest Ever Found in Africa 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z By researching bones, paleontologists concluded dinosaurs could only run 10 or 15 miles per hour. New dinosaur tracks emerge in Texas park amid record-breaking drought 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Louis Jacobs, a vertebrate paleontologist and an emeritus professor of earth sciences at Southern Methodist University, saw the tracks on Saturday. The Latest Find as Water Levels Fall: Dinosaur Tracks in Texas 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Earlier this year in Utah, construction equipment damaged a set of rare dinosaur footprints on federal land, bringing criticism that paleontologists had not been more involved in supervising the site. When Fossils Are Accidentally Dug Up, the Job Site Becomes a Science Lab 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z But the journey of a piece of amber from the ground to a starring role in a scientific paper is fraught with ethical conflict, as many paleontologists have noted. Violent conflict in Myanmar linked to boom in fossil amber research, study claims 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The moniker references Mbire, the district of Zimbabwe where the fossil was found, and pays tribute to paleontologist Michael Raath, who first published on fossils from the area. New Dinosaur Species Is Oldest Ever Found in Africa 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Dinosaur tracks “are quite a bit more common” than dinosaur bones, Kuban said, though much of the early research done by paleontologists focused on bones. New dinosaur tracks emerge in Texas park amid record-breaking drought 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Similar tracks have been found in British Columbia and South America, said James Farlow, a vertebrae paleontologist and adjunct biology professor at Purdue University Fort Wayne. The Latest Find as Water Levels Fall: Dinosaur Tracks in Texas 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Over the next couple weeks, as work continued on other parts of the new building, Dr. Sertich and other paleontologists excavated a largely intact Torosaurus in a small, fenced-off section of the building site. When Fossils Are Accidentally Dug Up, the Job Site Becomes a Science Lab 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Some pieces are sold as jewelry in bustling markets; pieces containing fossils are sold in those same markets to private collectors or paleontologists. Violent conflict in Myanmar linked to boom in fossil amber research, study claims 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z After Raath reported fossils of a similarly early age in Zimbabwe, paleontologists went looking for more—and got more than they anticipated. New Dinosaur Species Is Oldest Ever Found in Africa 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z His diplomacy and humility also kept him out of some of the disputes that emerged among international paleontologists over who discovered what, and when, and which discoveries were the most significant. Kamoya Kimeu, renowned fossil hunter in Africa, is dead 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z In the same way, a geologist cannot alter what has happened to our planet, and a paleontologist cannot bring an ancient animal back to life. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z And that’s why, in the middle of July, a team of paleontologists, preparators and students piled into trucks in Los Angeles and set out for scorching southern Utah. Bones, sweat and years: What it takes to dig up a dinosaur 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Since megalodon fossils are rare, these kinds of models require a “leap of imagination,” said Michael Gottfried, a paleontologist at Michigan State University who was not involved in the study. Giant sharks once roamed the seas, feasting on huge meals 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z In 2014, Catalina Pimiento, a paleontologist at Swansea University in Wales, crossed paths with John Hutchinson, an anatomist at the Royal Veterinary College in London. The Megalodon Was Bigger, Faster and Even Hungrier 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Last year, paleontologists in the country found dinosaur bones so big, they believe they may have belonged to the largest land animal of all time. A newly-discovered dog-size dinosaur was covered in armor and had tiny arms 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z As paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould of Harvard noted, such a perspective changes fundamentally our view of biological evolution. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The remote and somewhat awkward hillside location made for a challenging excavation, and a few museums passed, said ReBecca Hunt-Foster, a National Park Service paleontologist who was then the district paleontologist for the BLM. Bones, sweat and years: What it takes to dig up a dinosaur 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Most paleontologists go years between uncovering hominid fossils, and the lucky ones might find 10 in a career. Kamoya Kimeu, Fossil-Hunting ‘Legend’ in East Africa, Is Dead 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z In 2011, paleontologists in China encountered a big rock with a fish fossil on the surface. Diner accidentally discovers dinosaur footprints at restaurant in China 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z “There are fossils from this area going back to the 1800s, and the names of their collectors are with those fossils to this day,” says John-Paul Hodnett, Dinosaur Park’s paleontologist and program coordinator. 4 spots where your kids can pretend they’re in Jurassic Park 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z “This new study is simply providing additional evidence for certain members of this group living in freshwater,” said Dean Lomax, a paleontologist and visiting scientist at the University of Manchester. Fossil Find Tantalizes Loch Ness Monster Fans 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Like the majority of the museum’s fossils, the remains of this stegosaurus will be brought into the collection as research specimens, to be studied by paleontologists in California and around the world. Bones, sweat and years: What it takes to dig up a dinosaur 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z “He would spend many, many hours sitting under trees, making sure that people in the community understood what was going on,” Louise Leakey, Richard’s daughter and herself a noted paleontologist, said in a phone interview. Kamoya Kimeu, Fossil-Hunting ‘Legend’ in East Africa, Is Dead 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Two weeks ago, Chinese paleontologists confirmed that the diner was right. Diner accidentally discovers dinosaur footprints at restaurant in China 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z Help your budding paleontologist indulge that love of the legendary leviathans by visiting these attractions. 4 spots where your kids can pretend they’re in Jurassic Park 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Ever since pterosaur fossils were discovered more than two centuries ago, paleontologists have wondered how these gawky-looking reptiles launched themselves into the air. Little Pterosaur Could Have ‘Pole-Vaulted’ into Flight from the Water 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z “I was blown away and didn’t believe it at first,” says Matt White, a paleontologist at the University of New England in Australia, who co-authored a paper in Gondwana Research describing the discovery. Physics Particles Fly as Practical Tools 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z The discovery pushed back paleontologists’ estimate for the emergence of human beings by some 70,000 years. Kamoya Kimeu, Fossil-Hunting ‘Legend’ in East Africa, Is Dead 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z In a press release from the English university, study co-author Nick Longrich asked rhetorically “Who’s to say that because we paleontologists have always called them ‘marine reptiles,’ they had to live in the sea? Sahara fossils of plesiosaurs suggest a Loch Ness monster could survive in fresh water 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z With striking horns in front of its eyes and a smaller set behind its eyes, “they would have looked pretty impressive,” Thomas Carr, a vertebrate paleontologist at Carthage College, said in an interview. Skeleton of a Gorgosaurus Sells at Auction for $6.1 Million 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The sparrow-sized fossil, described by Natural History Museum of Los Angeles paleontologist Michael Habib and his colleagues in Scientific Reports, features unusually well-preserved bones and skin impressions of a pterosaur type called an aurorazhdarchid. Little Pterosaur Could Have ‘Pole-Vaulted’ into Flight from the Water 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z On Monday, another team of paleontologists published the first peer-reviewed counterattack. Splitting T. Rex Into 3 Species Becomes a Dinosaur Royal Rumble 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z The soft tissues that would be the most informative about warm- or cold-bloodedness are rarely preserved in fossils, and paleontologists obviously cannot directly measure an extinct animal’s body temperature. New Evidence Emerges in Mystery of When Mammals Became Warm-Blooded 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z “It’s quite exciting,” said Jasmina Weimann, a molecular paleontologist at the California Institute of Technology who wasn’t involved with the study. Our ancestors became warm-blooded later than we thought 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z If the Gorgosaurus had been found just north of the border, in Alberta, it would have belonged to the public, paleontologists said. Skeleton of a Gorgosaurus Sells at Auction for $6.1 Million 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The paleontologists used a process known as laser-stimulated fluorescence to detect the fossilized tissues, including a wing membrane and webbed feet. Little Pterosaur Could Have ‘Pole-Vaulted’ into Flight from the Water 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z With paleontologists forced to decipher these fragmented puzzles, the field is littered with mistaken identities and defunct species names. Splitting T. Rex Into 3 Species Becomes a Dinosaur Royal Rumble 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z But by looking to the inner ears of fossil mammals and their relatives, paleontologists have discovered that mammals started to warm up just as the Age of Reptiles entered full swing. New Evidence Emerges in Mystery of When Mammals Became Warm-Blooded 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, paleontologists unveiled a fossil that proved a potent antidote for the march-of-progress myth. These Fins Were Made for Walking … and Then Swimming 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The ministry’s decision is an “emblematic” victory against colonialism in science, says Aline Ghilardi, a paleontologist at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Maned dinosaur fossil will head back to Brazil after controversy over import to Germany 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z This helps paleontologists determine whether a fossil is older or younger than others. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z So paleontologists measure different traits, like the size and shape of a particular bone. Splitting T. Rex Into 3 Species Becomes a Dinosaur Royal Rumble 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z The new study by paleontologist Romain David of the Natural History Museum in London and his colleagues focuses on the semicircular duct system, or SDS, in mammals’ inner ears. New Evidence Emerges in Mystery of When Mammals Became Warm-Blooded 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Originally fossils only provided us with relative ages because, although early paleontologists understood biological succession, they did not know the absolute ages of the different organisms. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But the researchers came under fire when Brazilian paleontologists alleged the fossil had been exported illegally. Maned dinosaur fossil will head back to Brazil after controversy over import to Germany 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Artists from 30 countries then descended onto the beach to have their sculptures ready for the July-September festival, which includes guided tours by a paleontologist, an "excavation zone" and dinosaur workshops for visitors. Rex on the beach: a roarsome sand sculpture festival in Belgium 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z But the sample sizes of even well known dinosaurs like T. rex are tiny according to Philip Currie, a paleontologist at the University of Alberta who was not an author on either study. Splitting T. Rex Into 3 Species Becomes a Dinosaur Royal Rumble 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z In the past two decades, paleontologists have overturned the old notion that mammals during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous were all tiny, insect-munching critters that ran around in the dark. New Evidence Emerges in Mystery of When Mammals Became Warm-Blooded 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z For most paleontologists, the absence of observable fossils, as occurs within the dead zone of a mass extinction, makes for a short expedition. Toxic Slime Contributed to Earth’s Worst Mass Extinction—And It’s Making a Comeback 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z According to paleontologists, the dinosaur was an apex predator in its time, boasting a bite force of over 9,000 lb. Fossilized dinosaur skeleton to be auctioned in NYC 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z “There’s a sort of interplay between the present and the past,” said Chris Mays, a paleontologist at University College Cork in Ireland and lead author the study published last week in the journal PALAOIS. Rampant wildfires once led to global mass extinction, scientist say. Can it happen again? 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z It was then captured in time, encased in the frozen layer of ground known as permafrost, during the ice age more than 30,000 years ago, said Grant Zazula, a paleontologist for the Yukon Government. Searching for Gold, Miners Discover a Frozen Baby Mammoth 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z But it falls in line with a theory that there was an early, single evolution of feathers in dinosaurs, which is supported by other paleontologists. Feathers May Have Helped Dinosaurs Survive Their First Apocalypse 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Ultimately more than 70 percent of land species and upward of 80 percent of ocean species went extinct, leading some paleontologists to call this dismal episode the Great Dying. Toxic Slime Contributed to Earth’s Worst Mass Extinction—And It’s Making a Comeback 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z It’s a provocative idea, but paleontologists have yet to find direct evidence of feathers or their precursors among Triassic dinosaurs, Chiarenza points out. Did fuzzy coats help dinosaurs survive one of Earth’s worst extinctions? 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The dramatic variation in this period's fossils, found throughout the western half of the continent, has long puzzled paleontologists. Dinosaur Diets May Help Explain Dramatic Diversity 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Mammoths were abundant in the Yukon’s ancient past, said Joshua H. Miller, a paleontologist and professor at the University of Cincinnati. Searching for Gold, Miners Discover a Frozen Baby Mammoth 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z A small group of paleontologists recently discovered 10 species of ancient mammals previously unknown to science. They Uncover New Fossils, but They Also Bite 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z “It’s not nearly as good of a thumb as ours, so they can’t make tools or complex movements,” said Xiaoming Wang, a paleontologist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Fossil Helps Scientists Get a Handle on Panda Thumbs 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z An Australian paleontologist had previously deemed such shell notable for the huge eggs that were its source and hypothesized that only one bird, known by its fossilized bones, was big enough to have laid them. Bits of an extinct bird’s eggshells may be clue to why megafauna vanished 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z But virtually all of the genetic and historical data on the second plague has so far come from Europe, says paleontologist and study co-author Maria Spyrou of Germany’s University of Tübingen. Ancient Women’s Teeth Reveal Origins of 14-Century Black Death 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z “People have said they’re the size of bison, but no one had any methods that could confidently nail down these sizes,” said Russell Engelman, a paleontologist pursuing his Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University. Earth’s Largest Rodents Were Smaller Than We Once Thought 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Claire Danes plays Cora Seaborne, recently widowed from an abusive marriage and an amateur paleontologist, who comes up from London to investigate. A mischievous god, a reverend and a newly engaged man: Tom Hiddleston has been busy 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Daniel Fisher, a paleontologist at the University of Michigan and also an author of the study, explained that pits on the surface of a mastodon’s tusk are just one trace injuries leave behind. Fred the Mastodon’s Tusks Reveal a Life of Fighting and Roaming 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z She crafted one in the form of a dinosaur for Justin, who wants to be a paleontologist when he grows up. In their words: Salvadoran women jailed under abortion ban 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z She makes and sells piñatas to get by, and crafted one for her son’s birthday in the form of a dinosaur — he wants to become a paleontologist. Salvadoran women jailed for abortion warn US of total ban 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z “Usually paleontologists look for traits that are different between animals,” Mr. Engelman said, “but when you’re looking at body size, you want to nail down the parts that have changed the least.” Earth’s Largest Rodents Were Smaller Than We Once Thought 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z “It shows that giraffe evolution is not just elongating the neck,” said Jin Meng, a paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History and co-author of the new study. Giraffes May Be Long-Necked for Fights, Not Just Food 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z To date, paleontologists have uncovered a staggering 20,000 species, sporting every outlandish configuration of plates, spines and horns imaginable. Sex Life of One of Earth’s Earliest Animals Exposed 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z In 1996, in a 15-million-year-old rock formation in China’s far northwest, paleontologists unearthed an unusual fossil with a braincase and some vertebrae. This ancient giraffe relative head-butted rivals with an ‘amazing sexual weapon’ 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Sauropods having high metabolisms is unexpected, says Stephen Brusatte, a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh who did not participate in the study. Dinosaurs Started Out Hot, Then Some of Them Turned Cold 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z "This is really exciting for us as paleontologists," Wiemann said in a news release related to the study. Were dinosaurs warm- or cold-blooded? New study settles an old debate 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z A dinosaur’s loss, though, is a paleontologist’s gain. Discoveries shed new light on the day the dinosaurs died 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z “Understanding reproductive behavior is difficult because it doesn’t preserve easily,” says Harvard University paleontologist Sarah Losso, one of the co-authors of the recent study, which was published in Geology. Sex Life of One of Earth’s Earliest Animals Exposed 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z It portrayed dinosaurs as science at the time understood them and inspired a generation of paleontologists. Apple TV’s Prehistoric Planet looks so good it feels like a real nature documentary 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z “While we had assumed that most dinosaurs were warm-blooded, there was just no way to measure the underpinning metabolic capacities,” said Jasmina Wiemann, a paleontologist at the California Institute of Technology. Dinosaurs Started Out Hot, Then Some of Them Turned Cold 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z When previous paleontologists attempted to learn if dinosaurs were warm-blooded, they looked for growth rings or chemical isotope signals in the blood, both of which are less reliable because they can alter during fossilization. Were dinosaurs warm- or cold-blooded? New study settles an old debate 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Although paleontologists are desperate to recover fossils of such early placentals, they have yet to be found. How Mammals Conquered the World after the Asteroid Apocalypse 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Have paleontologists discovered dinosaur skin so well preserved before? How paleontologists know what life on Earth was like the day the asteroid killed the dinosaurs 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Even with libraries of background research, there were some questions that the team’s scientific consultant paleontologist Darren Naish couldn’t answer with journal papers alone. Apple TV’s Prehistoric Planet looks so good it feels like a real nature documentary 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Because the fossil was so complete, paleontologists said they had to extract five blocks weighing 200 kilograms to keep the bones intact. Intact, pregnant ichthyosaur fossil recovered from Patagonian glacier in Chile 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z A rare and nearly complete fossilized skeleton of one of these long-extinct species was recently discovered by paleontologists at the San Diego Natural History Museum. Rare fossil of ancient dog species discovered 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Tens of thousands of fossils from these layers, studied statistically by Clemens’s former student and current University of Washington paleontologist Gregory Wilson Mantilla, reveal what lived, what died and why. How Mammals Conquered the World after the Asteroid Apocalypse 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z A paleontologist with the corps and an Air Force archaeologist found ancient hand axes while on a surveying trip to Niger in 2017. Engineers discover 19 Revolutionary War cannons in Georgia’s Savannah River 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Scientists may never know exactly why fish like Tiktaalik and early tetrapods — vertebrates with four limbs — moved onto land, said Alice Clement, an evolutionary biologist and paleontologist at Flinders University in South Australia. Started Out as a Fish. How Did It End Up Like This? 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Last year paleontologists discovered a miniature pterosaur that had opposable thumbs, similar to humans and other primates. Pterosaurs had brightly colored feathers like toucans, according to a new study 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Some paleontologists say the evidence of feathers is persuasive. Pterosaurs may have flaunted colorful plumage long before the reign of dinosaurs 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z When paleontologists started to study the peculiar footprints in the La Huérguina Formation 6 years ago, they knew their age and they knew a dinosaur made them. This mysterious dinosaur had a limp, ancient footprints reveal 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z After releasing the report, the BLM said it would conduct an additional environmental assessment, take public input and work with paleontologists before resuming construction of the new boardwalk. Construction damages 112 million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Utah 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z The report also noted that the agency should fill a vacancy for a regional paleontologist that has been vacant since 2018. US agency acknowledges damage to dinosaur tracks in Utah 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z “The dinosaurs kept mammals small, and the mammals kept dinosaurs big,” says Steve Brusatte, a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh who led the new study. Early mammals got big before they got smart 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z But paleontologist David Martill from the University of Portsmouth says the small branched structures “look nothing like feathers.” Pterosaurs may have flaunted colorful plumage long before the reign of dinosaurs 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z But this vast assortment took a surprisingly long time to develop, according to University of Bristol paleontologist Jorge Herrera-Flores and his colleagues. Snakes’ and Lizards’ Slow and Steady Evolution Won the Race 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Then paleontologists noticed marks from vehicles and were dismayed they had not been consulted, Science reported. Construction damages 112 million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Utah 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z “But this will continue to plague the state until we get a paleontologist.” US agency acknowledges damage to dinosaur tracks in Utah 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z But then paleontologists noticed the 10 tiny limbs encased in limestone. Octopus ancestors lived before era of dinosaurs, study shows 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Christian Klug, a paleontologist at the University of Zurich in Switzerland who was not involved with the research, expressed reservations about the new paper. Fossil of Vampire Squid’s Oldest Ancestor Is Named for Biden 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z “Paleoart is a hypothesis about an extinct animal,” says study co-author Matt Davis, a paleontologist and exhibition developer at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Ice Age Animals Come to Life via Augmented Reality 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z He also recommended the bureau have all future construction plans “reviewed, assessed, and possibly monitored by a qualified paleontologist.” Construction damages 112 million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Utah 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Now, paleontologists at the American Museum of Natural History and Yale University have studied the fossilized remains and named the unusual 10-armed creature in honor of U.S. Newly discovered octopus ancestor had 10 arms 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z These bizarre traits make tuatara an evolutionary enigma, and a spotty fossil record of its long-lost kin has confounded paleontologists. Fossil Reveals Secrets of One of Nature’s Most Mysterious Reptiles 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Other scientists, called paleontologists, study fossils—evidence of early life preserved in rocks. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Fossilized bones can reveal the shape of an extinct animal’s body, but paleontologists look to footprints and other evidence to deduce things like behavior and locomotion. How did one of the world’s biggest dinosaurs walk? Footprints offer clues 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z He added that because the BLM did not consult paleontologists on the plans, crews did not know which areas to avoid. Construction damages 112 million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Utah 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z During the past century, paleontologists joyfully excavated thousands of fossil specimens from what are now commercial limestone quarries in the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil. Institutions in the global north hoard fossils from Brazil, study says 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z But in 2019, paleontologists published the discovery in southwestern North Dakota of what appeared to be a mass graveyard of creatures that died hours or days after the impact. The Dinosaur Age May Have Ended in Springtime 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Archaeologists, anthropologists, paleontologists, and other scientists work as a team to make new discoveries about how prehistoric people lived. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It's a “reasonable” conclusion, says Purdue University, Fort Wayne, paleontologist James Farlow, who notes he’s “always thought diagonal made more sense than a pace gait” for a sauropod. How did one of the world’s biggest dinosaurs walk? Footprints offer clues 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z This might sound simple, says David Hone, a paleontologist at Queen Mary University of London. They Want to Break T. Rex Into 3 Species. Other Paleontologists Aren’t Pleased. 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z “It's just shocking to me how much of it is in Germany,” says Margaret Lewis, a vertebrate paleontologist at Stockton University in New Jersey. Institutions in the global north hoard fossils from Brazil, study says 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Fortey wrote from his perch at the Natural History Museum in London, as one of the world’s most respected and experienced paleontologists, the letters F.R.S. A Reverse Journey through Geologic Time, a Tale of Wild Horses and Interspecies Kinship, and More 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z “It’s amazing that this is an event that happened 66 million years ago, and we’re talking about the season,” says Kenneth Lacovara, a paleontologist at Rowan University who wasn’t involved with the paper. Springtime was the season the dinosaurs died, ancient fish fossils suggest 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Which was why Stephen Pates, a paleontologist, was so perplexed when he stumbled upon an odd fossil stored at the Natural History Museum at Kansas University in 2017. One of Evolution’s Oddest Creatures Finds a Fossilized Family Member 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z In the absence of prehistoric DNA, dinosaur paleontologists must rely on the anatomical details of fossilized bone — which can be found at different growth stages or varying levels of completeness. They Want to Break T. Rex Into 3 Species. Other Paleontologists Aren’t Pleased. 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z “I think it's horrendously biased,” says paleontologist David Martill from the University of Portsmouth, in the United Kingdom, who wrote a number of papers cited by the new study. Institutions in the global north hoard fossils from Brazil, study says 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Writing with gusto and bravado, Halliday is part of our generation of 30-something paleontologists, not long out of grad school, putting a millennial spin on popular science writing. A Reverse Journey through Geologic Time, a Tale of Wild Horses and Interspecies Kinship, and More 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Now, paleontologists are analyzing the pile of ancient bones frozen among Cretaceous tree trunks and stacks of rock. Springtime was the season the dinosaurs died, ancient fish fossils suggest 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z “We do not know the identity of the producers of these pellets,” said Alberto Collareta, a co-author and paleontologist at the University of Pisa, “but we know that their behavior has proved quite successful.” Why Did a Fish Have Fossilized Feces Where Its Brain Once Was? 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Until dinosaur paleontologists work out a consistent standard for the minimum anatomical differences it takes to name a new species, he says, controversies like this one will keep happening. They Want to Break T. Rex Into 3 Species. Other Paleontologists Aren’t Pleased. 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z He says he has always collaborated with Mexican colleagues and used German funding to train local paleontologists. Institutions in the global north hoard fossils from Brazil, study says 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z A bureau spokesperson, Rachel Wootton, confirmed Friday that the agency had halted the work, and that Utah’s state paleontologist, Jim Kirkland, and a regional bureau paleontologist were at the site to make assessments. Dinosaur prints in Utah are feared damaged by construction equipment 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z “It’s a really remarkable site that captures this short window of time immediately after impact,” says James Witts, a paleontologist at the University of Bristol who has visited Tanis. Springtime was the season the dinosaurs died, ancient fish fossils suggest 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Paleontologists say the agency provided no notice of the work and had no fossil expert on site to monitor it; BLM’s Moab office has lacked a paleontologist on staff since 2018. News at a glance: Mysterious space filaments, damaged dinosaur tracks, and edible worms 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z “This paper is likely to rock the paleo community, and the public that is so used to good old T. rex,” said Gregory Paul, an independent paleontologist and paleoartist and author on the paper. They Want to Break T. Rex Into 3 Species. Other Paleontologists Aren’t Pleased. 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z But he’s upset that no paleontologists were involved in any stage of the project. Botched construction project damaged important dinosaur track site in Utah, paleontologists say 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z The group of experts who prepared the assessment did not include a paleontologist. Dinosaur prints in Utah are feared damaged by construction equipment 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z “If you’ve got these huge eyes, you must be using them for something, especially since no other crab has this,” said Kelsey Jenkins, a paleontologist at Yale and a co-author on the paper. This Ancient Crab Had Unusually Huge Eyes 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z The damage there was verified in person this week by Utah’s state paleontologist. News at a glance: Mysterious space filaments, damaged dinosaur tracks, and edible worms 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Another paleontologist removed himself as an author of the paper before it moved to publication. They Want to Break T. Rex Into 3 Species. Other Paleontologists Aren’t Pleased. 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z “It has a very high diversity of tracks,” adds Martin Lockley, a paleontologist at the University of Colorado, Denver, who led the first scientific study of the site in 2013. Botched construction project damaged important dinosaur track site in Utah, paleontologists say 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z Shenton and other experts seized on the lack of input from a paleontologist, although the extent of any damage to the fossils was not yet immediately clear. Dinosaur prints in Utah are feared damaged by construction equipment 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z In a study published last month in the journal iScience, a group of paleontologists have shown that those eyes gave Callichimaera remarkably sharp vision and a likely lifestyle as a free-swimming predator. This Ancient Crab Had Unusually Huge Eyes 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Over the past three years paleontologists have excavated flowers, insects and even a bird’s wispy feather. Fossils of a Prehistoric Rainforest Hide in Australia’s Rusted Rocks 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Some scientists argued it was evidence of major differences between females and males of the species, said Thomas Holtz, a paleontologist at the University of Maryland who specializes in tyrannosaurs. They Want to Break T. Rex Into 3 Species. Other Paleontologists Aren’t Pleased. 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z The staff paleontologist at that office left in 2018, and the position has been vacant since, according to Kirkland and other paleontologists. Botched construction project damaged important dinosaur track site in Utah, paleontologists say 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z "That’s an astronomical price that borders on absurdity, based on my knowledge of the market," paleontologist David Evans told the magazine at the time. The Rock's T-Rex skull on 'ManningCast' raises questions over whether it's real historic fossil 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z Just chill: Parka-wearing paleontologists seek evidence of “Alaskan Dinosaurs” on this new episode of “Nova.” What’s on TV this week: Marilyn Monroe, Michelle Obama, dinosaurs, Duran Duran and more 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z U.K. scientists have unearthed the remains of a monumental, 180-million-year-old ichthyosaur, known as a “sea dragon” — a discovery paleontologists are calling one of the country’s finest fossil finds. U.K. scientists unearth 32-foot ‘sea dragon,’ with skull that weighs more than a ton 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Similar concerns led Philip Currie, a paleontologist at the University of Alberta who had been an author on Mr. Paul’s paper, to take his name off the project. They Want to Break T. Rex Into 3 Species. Other Paleontologists Aren’t Pleased. 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z In my work as a paleontologist, I seek to understand the lives of extinct animals—how they moved, what they ate, the sounds they might have made. Fossils Reveal When Animals Started Making Noise 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z A team of paleontologists were brought in for a closer look. Huge fossilised ‘sea dragon’ found in Rutland reservoir 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the purchase of Myanmar amber for paleontological research concentrated overseas is tied to human rights abuses to the extent that some paleontologists have pushed for a boycott. Colonialism still influences the earth sciences today — and that’s a big problem for research 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z A team of British paleontologists with a hunch that Davis had located an ichthyosaur visited the site on a cold day soon after. U.K. scientists unearth 32-foot ‘sea dragon,’ with skull that weighs more than a ton 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Dr. Delsett, who wrote a perspective in Science accompanying the new paper with Nick Pyenson, also a paleontologist at the Smithsonian, believes research on extinct marine giants can offer insight into the conservation of whales. This Sea Lizard Had a Grand Piano-Size Head and a Big Appetite 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Going back much further in time, paleontologist Michael B. Habib takes us to the dawn of animal noises. New Insights into Ancient Greece’s Planetary Motion Machine 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Naven, an aspiring paleontologist, expanded his basement menagerie and hung a pink, white and blue transgender pride flag above the dining table. Nathan’s legacy: He got new lungs after covid. Now comes the hard part. These are “clearly active, agile animals,” said Smithsonian paleontologist Hans Sues, who had no role in the study. Footprints show some two-legged dinosaurs were agile 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Along the way, the paleontologists collected and documented other fossils to learn more about the reptile’s surroundings. U.K. scientists unearth 32-foot ‘sea dragon,’ with skull that weighs more than a ton 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z There were only five days left in the field season when the Texas paleontologists alerted Dr. Vargas and Dr. Leppe to the find. This Dinosaur Found in Chile Had a Battle Ax for a Tail 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z When famed paleontologist Mary Leakey first uncovered the footprints in Tanzania 40 years ago, the evidence was ambiguous. Fossil footprints puzzle scientists: Bear or ancient human? 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z “It’s a really unusual weapon,” said Vargas, a University of Chile paleontologist. New dinosaur species from Chile had a unique slashing tail 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z He recommended that deep-sea explorers “start bringing paleontologists with them when they explore the seafloor because they know what to look for.” Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z And the competitive milieu of the Gilded Age was also on full display among the paleontologists themselves. The Gilded Age Bone Wars have their echoes in today's vaccine patent waiver fight 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z The paper, led by Chilean paleontologists and published in Nature, a top journal, was funded by Chilean grants rather than outside institutions. This Dinosaur Found in Chile Had a Battle Ax for a Tail 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z For decades, paleontologists have examined the images of wild beasts, such as the bulls that parade across the famous Chauvet Cave in France, ignoring the abstract markings that often outnumber the animals. An Artist Who Disavows the Possibility of Individual Agency 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z The plant-eating critter had a combination of traits from different species that initially sent paleontologists down the wrong path. New dinosaur species from Chile had a unique slashing tail 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z “It makes for a convincing case,” said Javier Ortega-Hernandez, a paleontologist at Harvard who specializes in invertebrates and was not involved in the study. These Oddly Named Worms May Have Been the First Hermits 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z “They were really successful animals,” said Megan Whitney, a paleontologist at Harvard University and the lead author of the study. How Did Elephants and Walruses Get Their Tusks? It’s a Long Story. 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z By 2003, some paleontologists even suspected that the footprints represented the world’s earliest evidence of a giant carnivorous dinosaur, one that may have stood up to 6-½ feet high at the hip. Fearsome Dinosaur That Stalked Australia Was a Timid Plant Eater 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Right now, the public can watch paleontologists uncover the discovered dinosaurs as they remove the surrounding rock, through the Burke’s open-view lab, starting with the theropod hips. UW paleontologists dug up 4 dinosaurs in Montana this summer — see the fossils emerge at the Burke Museum 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Two years ago, a paleontologist claimed to have found evidence at a fossil-rich North Dakotan site called Tanis that dinosaurs were alive until moments after the impact, when floodwaters surged over them. Dinosaurs thrived until the moment asteroid hit, excavators of controversial site claim 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z By 2015, paleontologists had unearthed 60% of the skeleton, a rare feat, made of over 200 pieces which were painstakingly put together in Italy, to prepare for the Paris auction. Remains of 'Big John', largest known triceratops, sell for 6.65 mln euros 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The proclamations garnered praise from paleontologists, conservationists, and Southwestern tribes that trace their ancestry to the Bears Ears region. Biden reverses Trump cuts to monuments, restoring protection for key fossil sites 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s 2017 decision to slash Bears Ears by nearly 85 percent alarmed paleontologists, environmentalists and Native American groups. Biden to Restore Three National Monuments in Utah and New England 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Burke paleontologists believe Flyby Trike was likely an elder, based on the fusing of the bones along the frill, and one of the last of its kind alive before the extinction. UW paleontologists dug up 4 dinosaurs in Montana this summer — see the fossils emerge at the Burke Museum 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z But many paleontologists were skeptical, especially because the dinosaur data were first discussed in a magazine story rather than a peer-reviewed journal. Dinosaurs thrived until the moment asteroid hit, excavators of controversial site claim 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z It has also sparked a legal and ethical controversy that has pitted German paleontologists and officials, who claim the fossil, against the Brazilian scientific community, which wants it back in the country. ‘It’s like a second extinction’: Retraction deepens legal and ethical battle over rare dinosaur 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z “It’s very good to see those sites back within the boundaries,” says Robert Gay, an independent paleontologist who has studied Triassic fossils in Bears Ears for years. Biden reverses Trump cuts to monuments, restoring protection for key fossil sites 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z “The children tend to be more energetic,” said Sally Reynolds, a paleontologist at Bournemouth University in England and a co-author of the new study. Ancient Footprints Push Back Date of Human Arrival in the Americas 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z For decades, paleontologists, archaeologists and ecologists have been debating about the fate of animals such as the American mastodon and saber-toothed cats. Footprint Discovery Hints at Humans in the Americas More Than 20,000 Years Ago 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z But despite its reputation as a “dino killer,” a few paleontologists have questioned whether the asteroid actually killed off the dinosaurs or the mighty reptiles were by that point already extinct or in serious decline. Dinosaurs thrived until the moment asteroid hit, excavators of controversial site claim 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z As soon as the paper appeared online on 13 December 2020, many Brazilian paleontologists questioned the legality of the fossil’s export from Brazil. ‘It’s like a second extinction’: Retraction deepens legal and ethical battle over rare dinosaur 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Sallam said that his team did not start examining the fossil until 2017 because he wanted to assemble the best and the most talented Egyptian paleontologists for the study. Egypt team identifies fossil of land-roaming whale species 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z In 2018, a team of paleontologists from the Royal Ontario Museum discovered the preserved shell of that ancient hunter during a fossil hunting expedition in the Canadian Rockies. ‘Spaceship-Shaped’ Fossil Reveals Hungry Predator of Ancient Oceans 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Two weeks after the cataclysm, Gould, the American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist, wrote an essay that somehow stanched the interior hemorrhage. Perspective | Beneath 9/11’s terrible smoke, a flash of gold 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Some paleontologists complained that the fossils were first announced in the popular press and professed skepticism about the results. Dinosaurs thrived until the moment asteroid hit, excavators of controversial site claim 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z “It’s the right thing to do,” says Alexander Kellner, a paleontologist and director of the National Museum at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. ‘It’s like a second extinction’: Retraction deepens legal and ethical battle over rare dinosaur 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Tusks “are excellent records of Earth’s history because they grow in layers,” says Kathlyn Smith, a paleontologist at Georgia Southern University, who was not involved with the new study. Mammoth Tusk Analysis Reveals Epic Lifetime Journey around Alaska 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z In 1909, the first evidence of this change was uncovered by Charles Walcott, an American paleontologist, in the Burgess Shale of the Canadian Rockies. ‘Spaceship-Shaped’ Fossil Reveals Hungry Predator of Ancient Oceans 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Allison Daley, a paleontologist at the University of Lausanne who was not involved in the new research, says she is “delighted” by the find. This early ocean predator was a giant ‘swimming head’ 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Other physicists also chimed in with similar upward shifts and this encouraged geologists, paleontologists, and biologists to ignore the physicists' arguments for a young Earth. When Lord Kelvin Nearly Killed Darwin's Theory 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z In the fossilised remains of his bony frill is a gaping hole, a battle scar inflicted by a smaller rival according to paleontologist Iacopo Briano. 'Big John', the largest known triceratops, to go under the hammer 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z In Hermiston, Ore., teachers taught third-graders about dinosaurs by having them excavate chocolate chips from soft cookies in imitation of how paleontologists dig for fossils, according to the East Oregonian. Educators nationwide completely reimagined summer school this summer. It could signal a new era. 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z “The jaws of Tyrannosaurus were powerful enough to crush bones,” Soichiro Kawabe, one of the authors of the study and a paleontologist at the institute, said in an email. T. Rex was fearsome but may have been a picky eater 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Earth’s early seas must have had enough prey to feed a large range of hunters coexisting in the same space, including some animals that have so far eluded paleontologists. This early ocean predator was a giant ‘swimming head’ 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The two paleontologists were climbing over dumpster-sized sandstone boulders, scanning the long, rocky beach of Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve at low tide for dinosaur footprints. On a trek for Arctic dinosaur footprints in Alaska preserve 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Over 167 million years later, two amateur paleontologists, Neville and Sally Hollingworth, uncovered fossils in a limestone quarry there, the largest find of Jurassic starfish and their relatives ever to be made in Britain. Amateur Fossil Hunters Make Rare Find in U.K. Using Google Earth 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z Few astronomers are suggesting that the supernovae caused any great extinction at the time, and even fewer paleontologists are ready to believe them. Exploding stars may have assaulted ancient Earth 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z “This is very exciting research,” says Spencer Lucas, a paleontologist at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, who was not involved in the work. This ancient beetle is the first new species discovered in fossilized poop 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Historically, amber has been the best source for paleontologists and entomologists to study ancient arthropods in three dimensions. Searching 230-Million-Year-Old Poop, Scientists Find a New Beetle 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z It is helping paleontologists like us to understand the history of the megadiverse forests of the New World tropics and the past climates and environments of South America. A volcanic eruption buried a forest in Peru – now the petrified trees are showing us their stories 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z “How the heck did they do that?” said Patrick Druckenmiller, a paleontologist at the University of Alaska Museum of the North who worked on the new study. Tiny Fossils From Alaska Reveal Dinosaur Life in the Arctic 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z |
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