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23 September 2004 | ScienceNOW

Vacuum Predator of the Triassic

by Erik Stokstad

New fossil suggests marine reptile really sucked

8 September 2004 | ScienceNOW

Caring for Dinosaur Babies

by Erik Stokstad

Spectacular fossils provide striking evidence for parental care in dinosaurs

3 September 2004 | ScienceNOW

Crinoid Call to Arms

by Erik Stokstad

Fossils' regenerated appendages tell a tale of escalating predation

12 August 2004 | ScienceNOW

Evolving Ears as Whales Got Wet

by Erik Stokstad

Fossils show how ears adapted when the mammals left land behind

11 August 2004 | ScienceNOW

Terrible T. rex Teens

by Erik Stokstad

Fearsome carnivore packed on the weight in its adolescent years

4 August 2004 | ScienceNOW

Ice Age Cereal

by Deborah Hill

Seeds on a 22,000–year-old grindstone hint at the rudiments of agriculture

4 August 2004 | ScienceNOW

Bird-Brained Archaeopteryx

by Erik Stokstad

X-ray study reveals a brain well suited for life on the wing

30 June 2004 | ScienceNOW

Conchoraptor, Going Once ...

by Jennifer Couzin-Frankel

Fossil auction fails to trigger big bidding wars

3 June 2004 | ScienceNOW

The Roots of Symmetry?

by Erik Stokstad

Controversial fossil could shed light on life's blueprint

1 June 2004 | ScienceNOW

Recipe for Shell Evolution

by Katie Greene

A dose of calcium may have diversified Cambrian life

19 May 2004 | ScienceNOW

Premium for Ancient Poop

by Helen Fields

Museum tries to price a very special specimen

13 May 2004 | ScienceNOW

Biggest Killer Found--and Disputed

by Richard A. Kerr

Australian crater might (or might not) be an asteroid impact

6 May 2004 | ScienceNOW

Ancient Hummingbirds Were European

by Erik Stokstad

Unexpected Fossil Creates a Buzz About Hummingbird Origins

22 April 2004 | ScienceNOW

Signs of Life Found in Ancient Lava

by Richard A. Kerr

Discovery may be the earliest life on Earth, but not everyone's convinced

13 April 2004 | ScienceNOW

Long Fuse for Cambrian Explosion

by Betsy Mason

Fossils suggest diversification of life happened earlier, slower than thought

1 April 2004 | ScienceNOW

A Step Toward Walking

by Deborah Hill

Ancient arm bone suggests aquatic push-ups preceded the first steps on land

5 January 2004 | ScienceNOW

Earliest Primate Discovered in China

by Carolyn Malkin

Well-preserved skull raises new questions about the first primates

12 December 2003 | ScienceNOW

Mother of All Marsupials

by Erik Stokstad

Discovery of oldest fossil relative will shed light on origins

5 December 2003 | ScienceNOW

The Elephants of Yore

by Mary Beckman

New fossils reveal a plethora of African mammals in the late Oligocene

4 December 2003 | ScienceNOW

Crustaceans Against Change

by Erik Stokstad

Fossil reveals 425-million-year history of resisting innovation

29 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

How Pterosaurs Terrorized the Skies

by Erik Stokstad

Brain scans suggest extinct flyers may have had 'smart wings'

24 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Eat More Meat, Go Extinct

by Erik Stokstad

Hypercarnivores don't survive as long as other dog species

21 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Mortal Combat, Mastodon-Style

by Erik Stokstad

These extinct herbivores had a mean streak

20 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Bobbing for Sauropods

by Erik Stokstad

New research keeps giant dinosaurs in shallow end of the pool

14 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Fill 'Er Up With Plankton

by Jessica Ruvinsky

How much plant matter are you putting into your gas tank?

22 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

The Last Gasp of the Permian

by Erik Stokstad

Did deep breathing save species from explosive extinctions?

8 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Fossil Footprints in Peril

by Erik Stokstad

Ancient Trackways in Strip Mine Threatened by Reburial

31 July 2003 | ScienceNOW

Paleo Color-by-Numbers

by Erik Stokstad

A Rosetta stone for figuring out the color of fossils

20 June 2003 | ScienceNOW

Britain's First Cave Art

by Michael Balter

Engraving of wild goat, birds may date to Paleolithic period

15 May 2003 | ScienceNOW

Diversity of Life May Truly Have Leaped

by Richard A. Kerr

Increase in species since dinosaur times not just an artifact

12 May 2003 | ScienceNOW

Cro Magnons Are Close Kin

by Constance Holden

DNA study of fossil bones shows ancestors' traces remain

8 May 2003 | ScienceNOW

Humans Did in the Mastodons

by Richard A. Kerr

Megafauna died from big kill, not big chill

7 May 2003 | ScienceNOW

A Shrunken Head for Homo erectus

by Ann Gibbons

African skull tied to first intercontinental travelers

17 April 2003 | ScienceNOW

New Use for Old Waste

by Erik Stokstad

Researchers find ancient plant and animal DNA in frozen and dry sediments

2 April 2003 | ScienceNOW

A Dino-Eat-Dino World

by Naomi Lubick

Fossils reveal first evidence of dinosaur cannibalism

22 January 2003 | ScienceNOW

Four-Winged Dinosaurs Create a Flutter

by Science News Staff

New fossils may represent gliding stage in evolution of flight

14 November 2002 | ScienceNOW

Ancient Protein Sequenced

by Betsy Mason

A fossilized bison bone yields the sequence of a 55,000-year-old protein

18 October 2002 | ScienceNOW

Dinosaur 'Mummy' Unveiled

by Erik Stokstad

New specimen is one of the most completely preserved yet

20 September 2002 | ScienceNOW

China Gets Its Bones in Order

by Ding Yimin and Xiong Lei

New rules on excavation designed to organize research, safeguard fossils

3 September 2002 | ScienceNOW

A Glimpse at Dinosaur Vision

by Ben Shouse

Scientists reconstruct visual protein of dinosaur ancestor

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