Meet Ni Jingchen: The 12-year-old Beijing student who posted a strange fossil online and helped reveal Asia’s first Jurassic amphibian footprint
Representative Image of a child examining ancient fossil footprints preserved in rock in Mentougou, Beijing (AI-generated image) In early 2025, 12-year-old Ni Jingchen was out exploring with his parents in Beijing’s Mentougou district when he…
An ancient ocean once divided North America from north to south; aquatic creatures from 70 million years ago still sparkle like gems
Fossils from this period are on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. South Dakota is one of the most landlocked states in the United States. It is over 1,000 miles from both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. It’s…
One of the world’s largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons is headed to auction with a price tag of up to $30 million, and the 67-million-year-old giant could become the next record-breaking dinosaur fossil auction
Gus, the Tyrannosaurus rex found on a cattle ranch in South Dakota, will go up for auction in the summer of July 14, 2026. (Image credit: Matthew Sherman/Sotheby’s) Owning one of the world’s largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons may soon become a…
Cannonball-sized dinosaur crystal egg found in China World News
Cannonball-sized dinosaur crystal eggs discovered in China (Photo source – Journal of Paleogeography) Dinosaur eggs sometimes bring surprises. In eastern China, two fossilized eggs were discovered in a layer of red sandstone and subsequently cut…