Fossils

Dracopristis hoffmanorum: ‘Godzilla’ shark discovered in New Mexico gets formal name

The formal naming announcement followed seven years of excavation, preservation and study.

Evolution of Bangla rock music: How the underground cultural movement changed Bengal's musical landscape

Despite their constantly evolving sound that does not shy away from experimenting, Bangla rock music has been suffering on account of a severe lack of funds, and an audience overtly exposed to film music on television and FM radio.

Neanderthals disappeared earlier than we has first thought, finds new study

Instead of carbon dating, these scientists used collagen to find out the real date of the bone fossils to determine the age,

Fossilized leaves, around 150-200 million years old, found in Jharkhand's Dudhkol mountain

The geologists believe that they might even find fossilised dinosaur eggs when they conduct a further excavation.

Human, animal footprints dating back 1,20,000 years found in Saudi Arabia's Nefud Desert

The fossils were first recorded for Homo sapiens outside of Africa between roughly 210 and 180 thousand years in southern Greece and the Levant.

New Zealand's monster penguins had doppelgangers in Japan, the USA and Canada

The largest known plotopterids were over two metres long, while some of the giant penguins were up to 1.6 metres tall.

The Thing: Second-largest fossil egg ever found, from Antartica has scientists bewildered

While birds, crocodilians and many dinosaurs laid hard-shelled eggs, the Antarctic egg had a soft, parchment-like shell.

Ancient fossilised microbes may help accurately predict climate on ancient Earth

The study could help geologists and climatologists fine-tune records of past temperatures, piece together a more accurate climate record.

Treasure trove of fossil reveal post-apocalyptic landscape after an asteroid hit Earth

Mammals had lived in the large shadow of the dinosaurs, never getting bigger than a small dog until the mass extinction.

Scientists identify new dinosaur species as the largest flying mammal to live

Despite their large size and wide distribution, only fragmentary remains have been unearthed.