#Paleontology

Articles (4)

• 🇺🇸 Creature thought to be world's oldest octopus isn't an octopus after all — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Scientists have found evidence that a 300-million-year-old sea creature previously thought to be the world's oldest octopus is actually a nautilus relative.

  Related: #Scientific Revision, #Evolution
• 🇺🇸 Newly discovered dinosaur species was a fish-eater with a huge horn — 23/02/2026 [USA]

  The semi-aquatic dinosaur, <em>Spinosaurus mirabilis, </em>was discovered by an international team of scientists working in Niger.

  Related: #Evolution, #Prehistoric life
• 🇺🇸 Meet Africa's 'hell heron': New spinosaurus species that hunted fish discovered in Sahara — 20/02/2026 [USA]

  At a remote and barren Sahara desert site in Niger, scientists have unearthed fossils of a new species of Spinosaurus, among the biggest of the meat-eating dinosaurs, notable for its large blade-shape...

  Related: #Evolution, #Prehistoric life
• 🇬🇧 Drawings of Kangaroo Island fossils provide inspiration for stamp series — 10/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Colourful illustrations by Peter Trusler depict 500m-year-old fossils of creatures from the Palaeozoic and inspire Australia Post</p><ul><li><p><strong>Get our </strong><a href="https://www.theguar...

  Related: #National Heritage, #Science Communication