Colossal Biosciences Claims to Have ‘De-Extincted’ Dire Wolf
Colossal Biosciences, the world’s only de-extinction company, has announced the rebirth of the once extinct dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus). Colossal Biosciences’ dire wolves, Romulus and Remus, at an age of three months (born on October 1, 2024). Image credit: Colossal Biosciences. Dire wolves were large wolf-like canids and among the most common extinct large carnivores
Stone Tool Discovery Indicates Diverse Human Dynamics in Middle Paleolithic East Asia
While the Middle Paleolithic period is viewed as a dynamic time in European and African history, it is commonly considered a static period in East Asia. The discovery of a sophisticated set of stone tools at the Longtan site in southwest China, dated to 50,000 to 60,000 years ago, challenges that perception. Products of the
Paleontologists Discover New Pterosaur Species in Thailand
A remarkable new genus and species of gnathosaurine pterosaur being named Garudapterus buffetauti has been identified from a fossilized upper jaw found in eastern Thailand. Garudapterus buffetauti. Image credit: DinoThaiThai / Manitkoon et al. doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106135. “Pterosauria is an order of extinct flying reptiles that once lived among dinosaurs in the Mesozoic time, with a
New Fossil Provides Insights into Plesiosaur Diversity and Regional Specialization
Paleontologists in Germany have unearthed an exceptionally well-preserved skeleton of an Early-Jurassic plesiosauroid species called Plesiopterys wildi . The MH 7 skeleton of Plesiopterys wildi in ventral view. Image credit: Marx et al., doi: 10.7717/peerj.18960. From a global perspective, the Early Jurassic was characterized by the steady break-up of the supercontinent Pangea and associated climatic
Bizarre Parasitoid Wasp Species Found Preserved in Kachin Amber
In a paper published in the journal BMC Biology, paleontologists described an extinct species of koinobiont parasitoid wasp found in mid-Cretaceous amber from the Kachin region of Myanmar. Named Sirenobethylus charybdis, this species may have used its Venus flytrap-like abdomen to capture and immobilize its prey. Sirenobethylus charybdis. Scale bars – 0.5 mm in (A)
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