This giant snake grew up to 15 meters (49 feet) long, making it one of the longest ever found. Its fossils were discovered in 2004, but scientists identified it as a new species only in 2024. It was ...

Vasuki indicus, a prehistoric snake fossil discovered in Gujarat, India, measures an astounding 49 feet in length, surpassing ...

Named after the mythical serpent Vasuki from Hindu mythology, it belonged to the now-extinct Madtsoiidae family, a group of ...

Millions of years from now, the remnants of today’s world will be buried beneath layers of rock and sediment. While fossils of ancient creatures have long fascinated scientists, we are likely to leave ...

A fossil hunter who quit his full-time job to pursue his hobby says that he now earns an incredible £40,000 a year finding them. Mark Kemp, 38, from Whitby, North Yorkshire, UK started hunting for ...

Experts believe this discovery could reduce the world’s reliance on fossil fuels and revolutionise global energy production Shivam Verma Updated : Mar 04, 2025, 02:45 PM IST China has discovered a ...

Scientists uncovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China with unexpectedly modern traits they believe could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds. The recently ...

As the nation moves towards net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, its energy portfolio must extend beyond fossil fuels to incorporate a diverse mix of renewable sources. Currently, coal and natural ...

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Now, an intriguing new study on fossils suggests we might be looking in the wrong places for their earliest ancestors. While we’ve found countless dinosaur fossils in places like Argentina and ...

Titanoboa. This largest snake in the world used to live 60–58 million years ago in what's now called Colombia. Its fossil was discovered in the early 2000s. But in 2005, a million-year-old ...