Ancient Animals News Today

A fossilized animal specimen, previously thought to be a plant, evoked memories of the popular video game for a pair of researchers.

Ancient animals were found to have walked on bird-like feet some 210 million years ago. Read more here.

Experts now believe North African dinosaurs thrived until the Cretaceous in light of the discovery. A new study found that the primitive relatives of Tyrannosaurus rex had bulldog-like snouts and shorter arms.

Ediacaran animals like Kimberella and Dickinsonia which are both very small organisms also had their meals long before the Cambrian Explosion.

"The critical context of the fossil" is lost when it is removed by non-scientists, paleontologist Justin Adams told Newsweek.

Researchers have discovered remains of a massive coral reef in a desert plain they previously thought was featureless.

Some of these pre-historic mammals lived with the dinosaurs or replaced them. Bizarre ancient mammals once wandered Earth after appearing for the first time over a hundred million years ago.

Few countries can measure up to Egypt when it comes to fascinating archaeological discoveries. A collection of 250  beautifully painted sarcophagi with well-preserved mummies is the latest to make headlines. The 2500-year-old artifacts unveiled on May 31, 2022, were unearthed at Saqqara's "Cemetery of Ancient Animals," near Cairo.  The temple complex was dedicated to Bast, the Egyptian goddess of protection and the bringer of good health. It was the burial place of choice...

Scientists are hoping to gain additional genetic information from the mammoth teeth and ultimately know more about the now-extinct giant mammals.

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a trove of artifacts at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, including 250 complete mummies in painted wooden sarcophagi and more than 100 bronze statues of ancient Egyptian gods, according to Live Science