Palaeontology: This is why Gigantopithecus blacki died

It was considered the giant among the great apes: Gigantopithecus blacki, estimated at around three [...]

Palaeontology: Was the juvenile T. rex a separate species after all?

Size plays an important role in palaeontology. When researchers discover fossil bones that resemble others [...]

Palaeontology: Giant sea scorpions were the prehistoric predators

In 2021, researchers presented the discovery of a partial impression of Arthropleura. The fossil of [...]

Palaeontology: A divine stone was probably a dinosaur egg

In central India, a stone ball revered as sacred and worshipped as a divine object [...]

Palaeontology: Fossil of a marine reptile found in Chile

In the Chilean town of Algarrobo in the Valparaíso region, residents have discovered a fossil [...]

Aquadom destruction: The Aquadom in Berlin burst a year ago

The destruction of the Aquadom in Berlin-Mitte on 16 December 2022 was an event of [...]

Palaeontology: Fossils from the Lower Cretaceous period reveal astonishing facts about male mosquitoes

Seemingly small and inconsequential, except for the agonising nights of hot summers they cause, mosquitoes [...]

Czech environmentalists have discovered a rare species of prehistoric crab

Environmentalists have made a significant discovery near Vrchbělá in the Mladá Boleslav district: they found [...]

Palaeontology: This was the fast food of the young dinosaurs

Even in the world of dinosaurs, full-grown tyrannosaurids such as the T. rex were not [...]

Palaeontology: How the Tyrannosaurus learnt to hunt

The animals of the Cretaceous period were considered terrifying. The Tyrannosaurus rex reached a length [...]