#Fossils

pixabay composite Scientists have discovered the fossil of giant millipede on a beach in England. The discovery was made completely by accident when a sandstone section of a cliff in Northumberland. Read science news here. Scientists in England made an unexpected discovery when a section of

Via YANG Dinghua Scientists have discovered the fossilized remains of a giant prehistoric “sea scorpion” that lived approximately 435 million years ago. Discovered in China’s Xiushan Formation, these sea scorpions are estimated to have been nearly a meter (3.3 feet) in length. Read about more

The Megalodon shark (Otodus megalodon) aka ‘Meg’ was the largest shark to ever inhabit the oceans. Recent studies have found that megalodons were actually nearly 2x longer than any shark that isn’t a ‘filter feeder’ and Megs measured up to 46-feet-long (14 meters). To give you some context, those

It's #MuseumWeek, an occasion that happens mostly on Twitter, but also in the very real hallways of institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Bilbao. From March 28 to April 3, 2016, a regiment of hashtags is meant to raise awareness of the people, places and things that

Nearly 50 years after researchers uncovered the gigantic arms of a mysterious dinosaur in the Gobi desert, the true nature of the beast has finally been established. Since its discovery in 1965, the only clues to the engimatic creature were its shoulders and forelimbs – the latter measuring an