New research reveals that mayflies—older than dinosaurs—use a vertical “dance” to help males identify females and ensure successful mating. Photograph: Imperial College London www.theguardian.com/environment/... #fossils #paleontology

Scientists study bird brains to see if the T. rex may have been smarter than thought. Find out more here. www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar... #fossils #paleontology

A new study suggests Neanderthals didn’t go extinct simply because of climate change or competition with Homo sapiens. Image credit: Shutterstock www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #fossils #paleontology

Crabs’ famous sideways walk may trace back to a single evolutionary moment 200 million years ago. Researchers found that most modern crabs inherited this trait from one ancestor—and never looked back. Image credit: Shutterstock www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #fossils #paleontology

Ever wondered where in the world your backyard was, within the ancient supercontinent of Pangaea? Now, you can find out for yourself. Image credit: Andrzej Wojcicki/Science Photo Library/Getty Images www.sciencealert.com/new-tool-let... #fossils #paleontology

In a new book, paleontologist Steve Brusatte tells how birds evolved during the Jurassic and took to the skies, surviving the asteroid strike that killed their fellow dinosaurs. Image credit: Frieso Hoevelkamp/Stocktrek www.livescience.com/animals/bird... #fossils #paleontology

National Geographic's Wonder Lessons will teach you how to navigate the stars, spot cloud types, recognize common trees, and identify different kinds of rocks. Today, we’re learning about fossils. www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/... #fossils #paleontology

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In this excerpt from The Story of Birds, Steve Brusatte explores how a fluffy fossil from China provided key evidence that birds evolved from dinosaurs. Image credit: meen_na/Getty Images www.livescience.com/animals/dino... #fossils #paleontology

A new study finds Neanderthal brains were not meaningfully different from modern humans, challenging long-held assumptions about their intelligence. Image credit: (Luna04/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0) www.sciencealert.com/brain-scans-... #fossils #paleontology

Learn about an ichthyosaur found in Germany that is now the youngest fossil found in its genus, and shows a remarkable story of survival. Image credit: Joschua Knüppe/CC BY-SA www.discovermagazine.com/180-million-... #fossils #paleontology

Learn how 125-million-year-old dinosaur fossils from Thailand, including a rare braincase, helped researchers uncover how early theropod predators like Siamraptor evolved. Image credit: Hattori et al./CC-BY 4.0 www.discovermagazine.com/125-million-... #fossils #paleontology

New fossils from South Australia show that 25 million years ago, Obdurodon insignis, a toothed early platypus, thrived in lush inland lakes. Image Credit: Gen Conway (Flinders University Paleontology Lab) www.sci.news/paleontology... #fossils #paleontology

A new genus and species of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur related to South American forms has been described by a team of paleontologist led by University of Bath’s Dr. Nick Longrich. Image credit: Connor Ashbridge. www.sci.news/paleontology... #fossils #paleontology

Earth's food webs suffer when giant animals go extinct, even 10,000 years later. Image credit: Leonello Calvetti/Science Photo Library www.popsci.com/environment/... #fossils #paleontology

A giant Arctic landmass may have triggered global cooling 200 million years ago, helping dinosaurs rise to dominance. www.newscientist.com/article/2524... #fossils #paleontology

A bizarre, cyclops-like creature from nearly 600 million years ago may hold the key to how your eyes—and even your sleep cycle—evolved. Image credit: (c) Bruno Frías Morales www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #fossils #paleontology

A study finds whales and dolphins lost the biological ability to return to land, making their evolutionary return to the ocean a one-way transition. Image credit: mphillips007 iStock www.futura-sciences.com/en/locked-fo... #fossils #paleontology

A rare 200-million-year-old crocodile fossil discovered on a UK beach is shedding new light on one of the earliest marine croc species. Image credit: Júlia d'Oliveira/Lyme Regis Museum www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar... #fossils #paleontology

A dominant green morph of wall lizard is rapidly outcompeting other color types, showing how quickly evolution can reshape a species. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #fossils #paleontology

A new study found that a pachyderm skeleton, dismissed for decades as unimportant, offers evidence of Neanderthals' careful planning, teamwork, and a calculated kill. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/s... #fossils #paleontology

A 24,000-year-old rotifer revived from Siberian permafrost has resumed reproduction, revealing how complex life can survive extreme freezing. nypost.com/2026/04/25/s... #fossils #paleontology

A 5-million-year-old fossil with embedded shark teeth suggests great white relatives once hunted in the North Sea—and could return as waters warm. Image credit: Alexander Lovegrove theconversation.com/could-warmin... #fossils #paleontology

Fossils from Australia’s McGraths Flat reveal a 16-million-year-old rainforest preserved in iron-rich sediment, capturing microscopic details from insect organs to fish eye pigments. Image credit: Michael Frese www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #fossils #paleontology

Researchers have identified a new rodent-like species, Cimolodon desosai, about the size of a golden hamster that likely ate fruits and insects and moved between ground and trees. Image credit: Andrey Atuchin www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #fossils #paleontology

A well-preserved fossil from Argentina shows early snakes still had hind legs and were large predators, reshaping ideas about their origins. Image credit: Raúl Gómez www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #fossils #paleontology

A well-preserved fossil from Argentina shows early snakes still had hind legs and were large predators, reshaping ideas about their origins. Image credit: Raúl Gómez www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #fossils #paleontology

A new study uses advanced imaging to reveal the brain and anatomy of a 380-million-year-old Antarctic fish, offering insight into the transition from water to land. Image credit: Flinders University www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #fossils #paleontology

A close inspection of 27 fossil jaws from finned octopuses challenge the longstanding belief that the apex oceanic predators of the Cretaceous were all vertebrates. Image credit: Yohei Utsuki www.livescience.com/animals/octo... #fossils #paleontology

Paleontologists in Brazil have identified a new species of beaked, herbivorous rhynchosaur from Triassic fossils. Image credit: Caio Fantini. sci.news/paleontology... #fossils #paleontology

A fossil in Burmese amber reveals a 100-million-year-old insect with crab-like claws, highlighting a rare case of such structures evolving in true bugs. Image credit: Insects (2026). DOI: 10.3390/insects17040431 phys.org/news/2026-04... #fossils #paleontology

A remarkable genetic breakthrough has uncovered what may be one of the clearest snapshots yet of a Neanderthal “community” living together 100,000 years ago in what is now Poland. Image credit: Shutterstock www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #fossils #paleontology

An amateur fossil hunter has found a rare fragment from the world's oldest marine crocodile during a guided walk along the Jurassic Coast. Image credit: Lyme Regis Museum www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new... #fossils #paleontology

A 150-year-old fossil at London’s Natural History Museum has revealed a new species of coelacanth, filling a key gap in the evolution of this ancient fish lineage. phys.org/news/2026-04... #fossils #paleontology

56-million-year-old fossil may be the world’s oldest cannabis plant by about 30 million years. Image credit: Ludwig Luthardt/Museum fur Naturkunde www.iflscience.com/56-million-y... #fossils #paleontology

Tiny dinosaur fossils that puzzled scientists for over 20 years have finally revealed their true identity. Image credit: © Zheng et al. 2025 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #fossils #paleontology

Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod explains that so-called “living fossils” are species that appear largely unchanged over millions of years, though the term remains scientifically debated. www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts... #fossils #paleontology

A new study suggests ancient plants survived the “Great Dying” by evolving a novel form of photosynthesis, helping them endure extreme heat and dominate early recovery ecosystems. Image credit: University of Leeds phys.org/news/2026-04... #fossils #paleontology

A rediscovered tracksite in northern Mongolia shows large dinosaurs ranged there 120 million years ago, extending their known geographic reach. Image credit: Okayama University of Science phys.org/news/2026-04... #fossils #paleontology

A newly identified fossil from Quebec reveals a 450-million-year-old relative of jellyfish, offering rare insight into the early evolution of these delicate marine invertebrates. www.popsci.com/science/jell... #fossils #paleontology

A fossil from Spain suggests the Mustelinae subfamily dates back 6.5 million years—doubling previous estimates of their origins. phys.org/news/2026-04... #fossils #paleontology

The case of a ‘fishy pterosaur’ is the latest example of mistaken identity involving these extraordinary flying reptiles. Image credit: Warpaint/Shutterstock theconversation.com/how-we-worke... #fossils #paleontology

A rare juvenile dinosaur fossil has been unearthed in Wyoming, United States, by a team of Swiss paleontologists, providing a notably complete find. www.wyomingnewsnow.tv/news/swiss-p... #fossils #paleontology

A newly discovered 155-million-year-old dinosaur from Patagonia shows a mix of brachiosaur and diplodocid traits, offering rare insight into sauropod evolution in the Southern Hemisphere. Image credit: Amalia Villafañe phys.org/news/2026-04... #fossils #paleontology

A genetic study suggests the human sense of smell evolved alongside diet and lifestyle, adapting to cultural shifts such as hunting and agriculture. phys.org/news/2026-04... #fossils #paleontology

New research suggests hominins at an Israeli Acheulian site used lakeshore driftwood to fuel their fires. Image credit: Ella Maru / Tel Aviv University. www.sci.news/archaeology/... #fossils #paleontology

An ancient-DNA analysis of a rare Anglo-Saxon double burial revealed the people in the grave were brother and sister. www.livescience.com/archaeology/... #fossils #paleontology

Learn how this Argentine fossil documents one of the first Jurassic brachiosaurids from South America and reveals unexpected overlap between sauropod groups. www.discovermagazine.com/155-million-... #fossils #paleontology

New research from Morocco shows that ankylosaurs evolved much earlier than originally thought. Their iconic tail also had a dual function. theconversation.com/moroccan-din... #fossils #paleontology

Learn more about the “folded” fossil of Ptychotherates bucculentus, from one of the first families of carnivorous dinosaurs. Image credit: Megan Sodano www.discovermagazine.com/a-uniquely-s... #fossils #paleontology