Can you imagine frogs in snow-covered, frigid Antarctica? A recent fossil discovery has significant implications for Earth’s climate history as well as the fossil record.

A newly published analysis of four fossil molar teeth from a monkey dug up along the left bank of the Yuruá River in the Peruvian Amazon is causing a great deal of evolutionary confusion.¹ The problem is that this particular type of monkey has only been found previously in rocks of the same strata in North Africa.

Recently, a new study published in Nature Communications has suggested that pulses of massive amounts of lava can release as much CO₂ as humanity will produce for the entire 21st century.

Paleontologists in Australia have recently discovered a treasure trove of amber with trapped insects, spiders, and fungi.¹ These new fossils are revealing some animal behavioral secrets and are creating some baffling mysteries.

Pterosaurs were amazing flying reptiles that came in all shapes and sizes.¹ Not surprisingly, when these bizarre creatures are found in the fossil record they are 100% flying reptiles. Some achieve the size of a fighter jet, such as Quetzalcoatlus discovered in Texas or Hatzegopteryx in Romania.