Nature
The First Real Skeleton of a Dinosaur-Killing Crocodile
A 31-foot crocodile that ambushed dinosaurs finally has an accurate full skeleton, forty years after the search for it began.
Casey Cooper·
Paleontology
Science
Neanderthals Hunted and Ate Outsiders. A Belgian Cave Holds the Proof.
A reanalysis of 41,000-year-old bones from Belgium's Goyet cave reveals that Neanderthals selectively butchered women and children from a rival group, the strongest evidence yet for inter-group warfare in our closest relatives.
Casey Cooper·
Nature
The 2-Pound Dinosaur That Rewrote the Rules of Miniaturization
A nearly complete skeleton from Patagonia shows that alvarezsaurs shrank before they specialized, upending a core assumption about how evolution works.
Casey Cooper·
Science
The Hell Heron: How a Blade-Crested Spinosaur Is Rewriting Dinosaur History
A 95-million-year-old predator with the tallest head crest of any dinosaur has been found deep in the Sahara, far from any ancient ocean.
Casey Cooper·
Science
A Spiny Dragon Rewrites What We Know About Dinosaur Skin
A 125-million-year-old dinosaur from China preserves skin at the cellular level, revealing hollow spikes unlike anything seen in the fossil record. The find redefines how we picture these animals.
Casey Cooper·
Science
Scientists Just Brought Back the Dire Wolf
A biotech company claims to have created the first modern dire wolves using 13,000-year-old DNA. Is de-extinction finally real?
Casey Cooper·