fossils

This creature was as long as a bus and was flying through the skies of South America 86 million years ago. It is the largest pterosaur discovered in this area.

A unique museum collection of platypuses resurfaces after 150 years with exciting revelations.

A unique museum collection of platypuses resurfaces after 150 years with exciting revelations.

The remains of the female ichthyosaur were unearthed from a glacier that, due to climate change, is melting by leaps and bounds.

The remains of the female ichthyosaur were unearthed from a glacier that, due to climate change, is melting by leaps and bounds.

The smallest fossils contain a large amount of information that allows us to know many details of the past and describe global changes.

Ichthyosaurs, named after the first recognized female paleontologist, Mary Anning, lived from the Early Triassic to the Late Cretaceous, in what is now the Americas, Europe, and Asia. They have found remains of the three largest animals in history.

The Canadian anthropologist Gregory Forth has published a book that collects the testimony of the native inhabitants of the island of Flores, who point out that the small hominid 'Homo floresiensis', which inhabited the island many thousands of years ago, is still hidden in its lush forests.