A recent study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution claims that the “impossible” actually happened—not just once, but three different times.1
Impossible Ocean Barriers
The impossibilities began with the discovery of a new fossil rhinoceros species on Devon Island in the Canadian High Arctic. This smaller and thinner version of today’s African rhino was... More...
A remarkable fossil find in Australia has scientists buzzing—literally. In the Talbragar Fish Beds of New South Wales, researchers discovered a beautifully preserved midge fossil, Telmatomyia talbragarica. The study, published in Gondwana Research, identifies it as the oldest known freshwater midge in the Southern Hemisphere.1 With its delicate wings and unusual anchoring disc, this fossil offers a fascina... More...
by Brian Thomas, Ph.D., and Frank Sherwin D.Sc,(Hon)*
Recently, the prestigious Royal Society published a fascinating paper regarding partial haemoglobin preservation in dinosaur fossils. The study’s authors are from North Carolina State University—a world leader in this area. They wrote,
Still soft, hollow, flexible structures mo... More...
New species that are 100% dinosaur continue to be discovered by paleontologists with increasing frequency. One such recent discovery, described as “both the oldest and most complete skeleton of [the pachycephalosaur] group found to date,”1 has generated interest within the scientific community.
The specimen, named Zavacephale rinpoche, was found in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert and is dated to approxi... More...
Imagine a fish designed with such precision that it has thrived in deep, dark ocean waters for generations unchanged, resilient, and wonderfully suited to its world. That’s the coelacanth, a mysterious creature first known from fossils in ancient rock layers. For decades, textbooks claimed it had gone extinct 65 million years ago. But in 1938, the “extinct” fish stunned the scientific community when one was caught alive of... More...