Pterosaur wing rewrites the fossil rulebook
Microscope view of a pterosaur fossil section showing carbon coating and mineral layers. Credit: Grice et al., iScience (2026). A perfectly preserved prehistoric pterosaur wing found in northeastern Brazil, has written the fossil rulebook regarding the flying reptile....
New discovery sheds light on the origins of modern apes
Illustration of Masripithecus moghraensis by Mauricio Antón. A 17- to 18-million-year-old ape from Egypt suggests that the Middle East was a key centre in early hominoid evolution. For decades, the early evolution of apes has been reconstructed from a narrow...
‘Tiny’ dinosaur, big impact: 90-million-year-old fossil rewrites history
A new study of fossils from a bird-like dinosaur, called Alnashetri, provides new insight into how its lineage evolved, shrank and spread across the ancient world. Credit: Gabriel Díaz Yantén, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. A new study says a 90-million-year-old...