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Life reconstruction of Xiphodracon goldencapensis. Image credit: Bob Nicholls.

Fossil of Long and Narrow-Snouted Ichthyosaur Uncovered in England

Oct 13, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

University of Manchester paleontologist Dean Lomax and his colleagues have identified a new genus and species of leptonectid ichthyosaur from a fossilized...

A reconstructed illustration of Polistodon chuannanensis. Image credit: Chuang Zhao / PNSO.

Two Jurassic Mammal Relatives Had Uniquely Shaped Jaw Joints

Oct 13, 2025 by News Staff

The evolution of the modern mammal jaw is more complex than previously thought, according to a new analysis of fossils belonging to two mammaliamorph species:...

This image of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was captured on October 3, 2025 by the CaSSIS instrument aboard ESA’s Trace Gas Orbiter. Image credit: ESA / TGO / CaSSIS.

Trace Gas Orbiter Captures New Images of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

Oct 8, 2025 by Natali Anderson

During its closest approach to Mars on October 3, 2025, 3I/ATLAS was 30 million km away from ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). This image of the...

This artist’s painting of the south polar region of Enceladus shows massive jets of water ice being blasted into space. Image credit: Karl Kofoed / NASA.

Cassini Detects Organic Molecules in Freshly Ejected Ice Grains from Enceladus’ Ocean

Oct 7, 2025 by News Staff

Saturn’s moon Enceladus continuously ejects a plume of ice grains and gases originating from its subsurface ocean via fractures near its south pole....

Life reconstruction of Ahshislesaurus wimani based on the holotype and closely related species. Image credit: Sergey Krasovskiy.

Paleontologists Identify New Species of Flat-Headed Herbivorous Dinosaur

Oct 6, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived during the Cretaceous period in what is now New Mexico has been identified and named by paleontologists...

Schematic of the Wolf 1130ABC triple system, composed of the red dwarf star Wolf 1130A (left), its close and compact white dwarf companion Wolf 1130B (center), and the distant brown dwarf Wolf 1130C (right); the three components of this system are shown scaled to their relative sizes. Image credit: Adam Burgasser.

Webb Detects Biosignature Gas Phosphine in Atmosphere of Ancient Brown Dwarf

Oct 2, 2025 by News Staff

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have detected phosphine (PH3) in the atmosphere of Wolf 1130C, a metal-poor brown dwarf within...

Life reconstruction of Breugnathair elgolensis. Image credit: Brennan Stokkermans / National Museums Scotland.

New Jurassic Lizard Species Has Confusing Set of Features Seen in Snakes and Geckos

Oct 1, 2025 by News Staff

Breugnathair elgolensis — a species of hook-toothed lizard that lived during the Middle Jurassic, about 167 million years ago — displays a...

Life reconstruction of a pair of Galgadraco zephyrius in a Late Maastrichtian environment, showcasing the paleobiota of the Serra da Galga Geosite. Image credit: Matheus Gadelha.

Paleontologists Discover New Pterosaur Species in Brazil

Sep 29, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Scientifically named Galgadraco zephyrius, the new species represents the first Brazilian azhdarchid pterosaur and bears striking similarities to a species...

Marmosa chachapoya. Image credit: Pedro Peloso.

New Species of Marsupial Discovered in Peru

Sep 29, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Scientists have identified a new species in the marsupial genus Marmosa from a single specimen collected on the eastern side of the Andes in San Martín...

Reconstituted scenario of Monte Clérigo tracksite, generated by AI tools following the guidance. Image credit: J.M. Galán / AI.

80,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Footprints Found in Portugal

Sep 25, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists have discovered two Neanderthals tracksites in the southwestern most region of Europe: at Monte Clérigo, dated to 78,000 years ago, trackways...

Cariocecus bocagei. Image credit: Victor Feijó de Carvalho.

Paleontologists Discover New Species of Iguanodontian Dinosaur

Sep 22, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of paleontologists from Portugal, Italy, the United States and Belgium has added another species of herbivorous dinosaur to the prehistoric catalog:...

Life restoration of the Bayanshiree azhdarchid pterosaurs: the co-existence between Gobiazhdarcho tsogtbaatari and Tsogtopteryx mongoliensis in the Bayanshiree paleoenvironment, with a group of Gobihadros mongoliensis nearby. Image credit: Zhao Chuang.

Two New Species of Pterosaurs Discovered in Mongolia

Sep 18, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have described two new species of azhdarchid pterosaurs from fossils found in the Late Cretaceous Bayanshiree Formation in Mongolia’s...

Young Zavacephale rinpoche duel for territory along a lakeshore 108 million years ago. Image credit: Masaya Hattori.

New Species of Dome-Headed Pachycephalosaur Unearthed in Mongolia

Sep 17, 2025 by News Staff

Paleontologists have discovered the fossilized remains of a previously unknown pachycephalosaur species in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert. The fossil is both...

Hypothetical reconstruction of Acarechimys hunikuini. Image credit: Márcio Castro.

New Species of Extinct Octodontoid Rodent Discovered from Amazonian Fossil

Sep 15, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have identified a new species of rodent in Acarechimys, an extinct genus with a widespread South American distribution, from a partial...

Seal of Yaroslav the Wise, the Grand Prince of Kyiv from 1019 until 1054 and the father of Anna Yaroslavna, the Queen of France. Image credit: Sheremetievs Museum.

Slavs Originated in Ukraine and Southern Belarus, DNA Study Finds

Sep 15, 2025 by News Staff

The second half of the first millennium CE in Central and Eastern Europe was accompanied by fundamental cultural and political transformations. This period...

This artist’s impression shows how Mars may have looked about 4 billion years ago. Image credit: M. Kornmesser / ESO.

Perseverance Finds Potential Chemical Signatures of Ancient Microbial Life on Mars

Sep 10, 2025 by News Staff

NASA’s Perseverance rover has explored and sampled igneous and sedimentary rocks within Jezero crater to characterize early Martian geological processes...

In situ imagery of Careproctus colliculi, Monterey Bay, California, the United States. Image credit: MBARI.

Three New Species of Abyssal Snailfishes Discovered in Pacific Ocean

Sep 9, 2025 by Natali Anderson

Marine biologists have described three new species of deep-sea snailfishes in the family Liparidae from the eastern abyssal Pacific (depths 3,268 to 4,119...

Protopapa et al. used Webb observations (white) to detect methane gas on Makemake; sharp emission peaks near 3.3 microns reveal methane in the gas phase above Makemake’s surface; a continuum model (cyan) is overlaid for comparison; the gas emission peaks are identified where the observed spectrum rises above the continuum. Image credit: S. Protopapa / I. Wong / SwRI / STScI / NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb.

Webb Detects Methane Gas on Dwarf Planet Makemake

Sep 9, 2025 by News Staff

Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found evidence for gaseous methane on the distant dwarf planet Makemake. Reported in...

Artistic reconstruction of Craspedochelys renzi and the shallow marine ecosystem where inhabited; the forelimbs with a flippler like shape is based on the most complete thalassochelydian known so far, Thalassemys bruntrutana. Image credit: Juan Giraldo.

Early Cretaceous Fossil in Swiss Museum Found to Be New Species of Marine Turtle

Sep 8, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have described a new species of the extinct turtle genus Craspedochelys based on a remarkable fossil shell and some of its postcranial...