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Digging History May 2, 2016

Ancient human-size fish breathed with lungs

Before the dinosaur age, the coelacanth — a hefty, mysterious fish that now breathes with its gills — sported a well-developed lung, a new study finds

Digging History May 2, 2016

How armored dinosaur got its bone-bashing tail

Armored, squat, and built like a tank, ankylosaurs were a type of dinosaur known for their bony, protective exterior and distinct, sledgehammer-shaped tails.

Fossils May 2, 2016

Iguana relative shows how lizards spread worldwide

An 80-million-year-old lizard discovered in southern Brazil has provided a surprising clue about how these reptiles evolved, and where they once lived, according to a new study

Fossils May 2, 2016

Fossils show how ancient seafloor gave rise to life

Signs of 125-million-year-old life lurk in rocks drilled from deep under the seafloor near Spain and Portugal, new research finds

Reptiles May 2, 2016

Ancient croc with 'shovel mouth' likely enjoyed clam dinners

A peg-toothed crocodile relative with a mouth like a shovel lived in the prehistoric swamps of Peru about 13 million years ago, a new study finds

History May 2, 2016

Hippo's 'shrunken' ancestor was hardly bigger than a sheep

The first hippos may have been about the size of overgrown sheep

Digging History May 2, 2016

'Fake' fossil is actually 189 million-year-old remains of undiscovered species

For 30 years, an overlooked dinosaur fossil at the Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery in Doncaster, U.K. was believed to be a plastic replica of an ichthyosaur, a prehistoric aquatic reptile. Thanks to the work of one young paleontologist, not only was the fossil found to be real, but it is 189 million-year-old remains of a previously unknown species of the ancient reptile.

Digging History May 2, 2016

New evidence: South American monkeys came from Africa

The evolutionary mystery of how monkeys arrived in South America may have been solved.

Digging History May 2, 2016

Dinos got high, oldest grass fungus fossil hints

Millions of years before LSD and rock and roll, dinosaurs munched on psychedelic fungus, a new study suggests.

Digging History May 2, 2016

Early edition of Magna Carta discovered in Victorian scrapbook

An early edition of one of the world’s most famous documents, the Magna Carta, was unearthed in a pretty unexpected place – a scrapbook. Mark Bateson, a Kent, U.K.-based archivist, was tasked with looking for a charter from the town of Sandwich when he stumbled upon the rare find. He came across Sandwich’s Charter of the Forest in a Victorian-era scrapbook in the Kent County Council archives that just happened to also contain an edition of the groundbreaking document that dates back to 1300.

Digging History May 2, 2016

New species of long-necked ‘dragon’ dinosaur discovered in China

A new species of long-necked dinosaur was discovered by Canadian paleontologists from bones discovered in central China.