Palaeontologist Sarah Gabbott explains what’s so unusual about her discovery, which she named as part of the process of describing it scientifically. The fossil is about 50cm long and has 46 almost ...

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Ordovician-Silurian Extinction (about 443 million years ago): Around 85% of species went extinct, likely due to a combination of a drop in sea levels and glaciation, followed by rising sea levels ...

A fossil from British Columbia, originally discovered in the 80s, has finally been identified as a new species named ...

It lived in the immediate aftermath of the end Ordovician extinction event more than 440 million years ago, caused by glaciations (the spread of icy conditions) across vast swaths of the planet.

Teeth are good for chewing and biting, but they are also sensitive – and that may have been their original function hundreds ...

For most of human history, the overall population is believed to have remained quite low. But since the early 1800s, the ...

The Jaws Effect” is what scientists call people’s irrational fear of sharks based on Steven Spielberg’s 1975 hit summer movie ...

Big Bone Lick State Historic Site is known as the "Birthplace of American Vertebrate Paleontology." On May 9th, a ceremony ...

Big Bone Lick State Historic Site is known as the “Birthplace of American Vertebrate Paleontology.” On May 9th, a ceremony was held to celebrate the park’s designation as a National Historic Landmark.