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more about #fossils Vexxarr: I think abortion should be summarily outlawed BUT you should be able to kill your child on the eve of their 18th birthday if they "just aren't turning... more » ManchuCandidate: 30 weeks is approximately 7 months which is on the edge of viability. This is not surprising to me as a baby's brain doesn't suddenly turn on once it... more » Bootknife-Jackson: someone get me Syfy on the phone! and you! get me Bruce Campbell! i smell me a movie of the week! we shoot in three weeks in Bulgaria! more » DeSpawn: i am frightened more » ♠ Final ♠: Where can I go about obtaining a DogCroc? I have some children that don't understand the boundaries of my lawn. more » CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton): By the artist's rendition, that croc looks pretty terrifyingly fast! more » Grey_Area: "Steampunk Posthumans vs Zombie SuperCrocs in a Post-Apocolyptic Dystopia!" All we need is a poll asking which Summer Glau character is the best Femin... more » NorthernWhistle: Um holy crap, apparently there are modern crocs who can gallop, too. If I saw one come at me with this speed I think I would just lay down to be e... more » scroggzilla raids again: Those eeeediots!! They forgot the fearsome Crockostimpy! more » Wookie1972: Back when he was cool. more » Counterglow: No doubt it's only a matter of time until discovery of the Thatsa-Crock, a creature that leaps to its feet and thunders its battle cry whenever a poli... more » Grey_Area: Okay, what's with all the HipNamez for these NuCrocs? I can only imagine the torment Carl Linnaeus must be suffering in his SpinGrave. more » hamshank: this is not all that shocking, given everything from that time was terrifying. Except maybe the tubers those small ones ate. And possibly the frogs. B... more » Logan5: A crocodile that can gallop- Perfect for a game of full contact polo. more » crashedpc - Haifisch: PancakeCroc fed primarily on MapleSyrupGoats and BlueberryDeer. Those things are incredibly stupid! more » Biku: This article is full of blatant misrepresentation. BoarCrocs *did not* eat dinosaurs for breakfast. They had a croissant and a latte. Elevenses thoug... more » Jassen: Just in case you were wondering how big a BIG saltwater croc actually is. Here is a link to a pic of a 17' croc weighing about 2500lbs next to a 6' 18... more » Hamslicer: Where the hell is that saddle?! more » goldfarb: Ah HA! these are what live in that giant bunker beneath Beijing from yesterday! sweat dreams! more » MonkeyT: I'm still waiting for the Desert Squid. more » -
#science
The Year's Most Controversial Science Discoveries
2009 saw plenty of scientific discoveries — 44-million-year-old hominid Ardi, water on the moon — but some of what we learned wasn't as awesome as we'd hoped. LiveScience takes a look at the news that caused scientific controversy this year. More » -
#supercrocs
Dinosaur-Chomping Supercrocs Ruled the Sahara
Dinosaurs may not have been the most fearsome creatures to stalk the Saharan plains. Paleontologists have discovered fossils of several crocodile species that indicate some crocs galloped upright on land, some were enormous, and some literally ate dinosaurs for breakfast. More » -
#madscience
New Fossil Discovery is the Closest We've Come to the Missing Link
Humanity has a new older sister. A fossilized skeleton of Ardipithecus ramidus or "Ardi" predates Lucy by over a million years. The discovery has led to new insights about human evolution, suggesting previously unknown relationships to our chimpanzee brethren.
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#triviagasm
30 Real Animals with Science Fiction Names
It's no secret that many scientists are great fans of science fiction, and sometimes tributes to characters and authors end up in their work. We list 30 species, alive and extinct, that bear scifi-themed names. More » -
#beforedinosaurs
A 300 Million-Year-Old Spider, Recreated
When scientists look at ancient fossils, we usually only see flat, sketchy outlines of the creatures they are investigating. But a team at Imperial College London has turned an ancient fossil of a spider into an amazing 3D model. More » -
#evolution
The Strange Life of Creatures Whose Sperm Is Larger Than They Are
Some insects and sea creatures produce sperm that is up to 10 times bigger than they are. Now scientists have used an innovative new x-ray technology to show how this bizarre situation evolved over hundreds of millions of years. More » -
#evolution
47 Million Year Old Skeleton Reveals the Missing Link Between Lemurs and Humans
Meet Ida, the 47 million year old fossil who may represent one of our earliest known ancestors. She's probably the most complete primate fossil ever discovered, and she explains where humans (and lemurs) come from. More » -
#monstersamongus
World's Biggest Snake Could Live Again
Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains of the world's biggest snake, which was 13 meters long (over twice as big as this giant anaconda, pictured). Though they lived 60 million years ago, such snakes could re-evolve.
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#megapaleontology
Trilobites: The Greatest Survivors in Earth's History
With all of the news about irreversible global warming and environmental collapse, it's time to take a look at one of the Earth's mega-survivors: the versatile Trilobite. More » -
#conceptart
A Trilobite Made of Welded Steel and Time
Its carapace has turned to steel in the hundreds of millions of years since it went extinct, but the watch in this Trilobite's brain never stops tracking the seconds passed since the Cambrian ended. More » -
#dinosaurs
Two New Mega-Dinosaurs Discovered in Morocco
More giant monsters from Earth's distant past have been discovered. Deep in Saharan Morocco, researchers uncovered a meter-long bone that's part of a massive dinosaur who munched on greenery. More » -
#megamaterialsscience
Meteorite vs. Dinosaur Poop — Who Wins?
On the auction block at Bonham's last week were two strange items: a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite from the dawn of the universe (left), and two chunks of fossilized dinosaur poop (right). Which do you think sold for the most money? More »
