Science Illustration from a peer-reviewed research paper provides poignant commentary on the futility of life Maggie Koerth
prehistoric life Snakey Crocodile-Face was a 23-foot-long ancient serpentine sea monster hailed from Wyoming Jennifer Sandlin
dinosaurs A Portuguese man found fossils leading to 82-foot dinosaur skeleton in his backyard Carla Sinclair
sexy handaxe theory Paleolithic people made handaxes to show off their sexiness, argue some paleontologists Mark Frauenfelder
fossils Incredibly well-preserved baby woolly mammoth found by gold miner in the Yukon David Pescovitz