New Species of Horned Dinosaur With Flashy, Butterfly-Shaped Frill Discovered in Montana
One of the most abundant and diverse families of dinosaurs from the Ancient West has…
Tiny, Toothy Mammal Discovered in Wyoming Fossil Named for Lady Gaga
The fossil of a small, deer-like mammal with unusual teeth has earned the name of…
Dig This Video: 5 Animals That Aren’t Dinosaurs
We often hear any animal that’s extinct, unusual, and vaguely reptilian described as a dinosaur.…
Ancient Cougars Survived Ice Age Extinction By Not Being Picky Eaters, Study Finds
Among the many puzzles posed by the massive extinction of mammals at the end of…
Earliest Ancestor of Plant-Eaters on Land Discovered in Kansas Fossil
The fossil remains of an unusual animal unearthed in Kansas represent the oldest known ancestor…
Giant Crested Bird-Like Dinosaur Discovered in the Dakotas
Two teams of paleontologists were each puzzling over unusual, but incomplete, fossil skeletons of an…
‘Bizarre’ Porpoise With Giant Underbite Is First Mammal of Its Kind in Fossil Record
An extinct species of porpoise discovered in California is revealing what paleontologists call “bizarre” features…
‘Cool’ New Arctic Tyrannosaur Discovered in Alaska Fossil
At a quarry on Alaska’s North Slope, scientists have found the fossil skull of an…
Four-Tusked Walrus, New Whale and 19 Other Fossil Mammals Discovered at California Surf Spot
Ten years after a surfer first tipped him off to some bones eroding out of…
New Species of ‘Bizarre’ Giant-Eyed Insect Discovered in Washington Fossil
A “bizarre” fossilized bug whose head was nearly covered by two giant, bulbous eyes may…
Western Digs’ Top 5 Paleontology Stories of 2013
A hundred million years ago, much of the territory that Western Digs covers was under…
Oldest Human Footprints in North America Identified
A hunter-gatherer who trekked through a desert oasis a hundred centuries ago left the continent’s…
Young Dinosaur Found in Ancient Mud Pit Is New Species of ‘Small Giant,’ Fossils Suggest
A young sauropod that met its death mired in an ancient mudflat may have been…
‘Colossal’ New Species of Predatory Dinosaur Dwarfed Tyrannosaurs, Scientists Say
An enormous new species of predatory dinosaur has been discovered in the fossil beds of…
