Paleo Profile: The Hiding Hunter
Overlooked bones reveal a new dinosaur species.
Stories by Brian Switek
Trundling toward Extinction
A new study investigates what killed the Midwest's last mastodons
Valley of the Mastodons
A unique conference takes a new look at a neglected Ice Age beast.
Paleo Profile: The Crested Thief
A new dinosaur from China has a familiar look.
A Fossil Bird in the Hand...
Tiny bones reveal an unexpected fossil bird
Paleo Profile: The Elephant Bird Mimic
A fossil foot gives away a new dinosaur species
Hot to Trot
A new analysis of ancient protomammals refines our understanding of when our ancestors started to run hot
Paleo Profile: Currie's Alberta Hunter
Sometimes a single bone can give away the presence of an unknown dinosaur
Paleo Profile: The Crown Tooth
A 30-million-year-old whale reveals how filter feeding came before baleen
On the Trail of a Dinosaur Sail
A mysterious skeleton in Venice is a reminder how important it is to take good field notes
Nothing but the Tooth
Our favorite carnivorous dinosaurs probably weren't as skilled at killing prey as we expect
Paleo Profile: The Large Ancestor Lizard
New fossils reveal the grimace of a giant Jurassic crocodile
What in the World Was Macrauchenia?
Ancient DNA puts Darwin's mystery mammal in its place
A Window to the Age of Dinosaurs
A tiny, amber-encased bird is a fossil treasure
Long Live the Fuzzy T. rex
Despite recent headlines, there's still good reason to think T. rex was fluffy
Paleo Profile: Jenkins' Amphibian Serpent From the Chinle
A rare fossil from Colorado shakes up the amphibian family tree.
Jurassic Dinosaur Was a Jumbo Shrimp
A partial dinosaur skeleton from Montana is surprisingly small for its age
When Horned Dinosaurs Traveled East
An unexpected tooth changes the story of one of the most famous dinosaur groups
The Making of an Allosaurus Graveyard
A new analysis sets the scene for how over 46 Allosaurus came to be buried in the same place
Paleo Profile: Crompton's Aleodon
This weasel-like protomammal turned up in an unexpected place.
