A newly discovered crocodile relative from the Triassic had a beak, tiny arms, and walked on two legs, making it look more like an ostrich-like dinosaur than a crocodile. During the Triassic Period, the ancestors of many modern animal groups were branching into an astonishing variety of shapes and lifestyles. Evolution was experimenting with body [...]

Scientists have uncovered a fish-hunting raptor from Patagonia that may have stalked prey like a giant prehistoric heron. A newly identified dinosaur from Patagonia is giving scientists fresh insight into how some raptor relatives lived during the final chapter of the age of dinosaurs. The species, named Kank australis, appears to have spent much of [...]

Climate-Only Models Likely Underestimate Species Extinction, Study Finds To accurately predict species’ distributions and risk of extinction, models must include more than just climate, according to new UArizona research. Mikayla Mace Kelley Today University Communications 7441156692_edfdac8bbf_b.jpg Piñon pine forests near Los Alamos, N.M., had already begun to turn brown from drought stress in the image […]

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A newly identified prehistoric crocodile relative, Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa, was discovered alongside another croc species in New Mexico fossils dating back 210 million years. Around 210 million years ago, two crocodile relatives about the size of modern jackals stood together along a humid riverbank in what is now northern New Mexico. One of them, Hesperosuchus agilis, [...]

Once widespread in Japan, the colorful birds went from being fairly commonplace in the country to being on the verge of extinction.