paleontologia

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Son finds father’s forgotten notebooks and helps scientists solve the mystery of a 55-million-year-old marine fossil that remained unanswered for almost three decades.

Viviane Alves 19/06/2026 at 02:03

Science and Technology

Fossils millions of years old reveal that giant capybaras once dominated Chile, a country where the largest rodent on the planet simply no longer exists today.

Caio Aviz 18/06/2026 at 23:20

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T-Rex had tiny arms for a surprising reason, and new research reveals how a devastating bite may have changed the evolution of carnivorous dinosaurs.

Caio Aviz 09/06/2026 at 09:49

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Prehistoric scorpion over one meter long, with enormous pincers and 415 million years old, is confirmed as one of the first large terrestrial predators on Earth.

Viviane Alves 04/06/2026 at 11:57

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Tyrannosaur fossil reveals unexpected scavenging habit and indicates that Cretaceous predators could eat larger relatives

Geovane Souza 08/05/2026 at 12:36

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230 million years ago, an unprecedented discovery in Brazil reveals a new species of rhynchosaur with a parrot-like beak and could change what is known about how herbivorous reptiles dominated complex ecological niches before the rise of dinosaurs in the Triassic period.

Corporativo 02/05/2026 at 13:59

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Paleontologists in China found a 125-million-year-old dinosaur with HOLLOW spines growing directly from the skin — something never before seen in any vertebrate in history.

Douglas Avila 28/04/2026 at 11:38

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Scientists found the smallest armored dinosaur ever recorded — the ankylosaur hatchling had just emerged from its egg and already possessed full armor.

Douglas Avila 28/04/2026 at 06:48

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A crushed fossil was forgotten for over 40 years inside a museum drawer — when an undergraduate student reconstructed it in 3D, it revealed a carnivorous dinosaur that should not have existed during that period in Earth’s history.

Douglas Avila 24/04/2026 at 06:19

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Scientists have reconstructed for the first time the complete skeleton of the largest crocodile that ever existed — it was almost 10 meters long, weighed as much as an elephant, and was capable of dragging dinosaurs into the water.

Douglas Avila 23/04/2026 at 00:44

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A 250-million-year-old fossil revealed an embryo curled inside an egg and proved that the ancestors of all mammals — including humans — reproduced like reptiles.

Douglas Avila 23/04/2026 at 00:21

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In Paraíba, researchers found on the sertão ground the largest carnivorous dinosaur footprint ever recorded in Brazil — the predator was 6 meters long and stepped there 140 million years ago.

Douglas Avila 23/04/2026 at 00:03

Son finds father’s forgotten notebooks and helps scientists solve the mystery of a 55-million-year-old marine fossil that remained unanswered for almost three decades.

Fossils millions of years old reveal that giant capybaras once dominated Chile, a country where the largest rodent on the planet simply no longer exists today.

T-Rex had tiny arms for a surprising reason, and new research reveals how a devastating bite may have changed the evolution of carnivorous dinosaurs.

Prehistoric scorpion over one meter long, with enormous pincers and 415 million years old, is confirmed as one of the first large terrestrial predators on Earth.

Tyrannosaur fossil reveals unexpected scavenging habit and indicates that Cretaceous predators could eat larger relatives

230 million years ago, an unprecedented discovery in Brazil reveals a new species of rhynchosaur with a parrot-like beak and could change what is known about how herbivorous reptiles dominated complex ecological niches before the rise of dinosaurs in the Triassic period.

Paleontologists in China found a 125-million-year-old dinosaur with HOLLOW spines growing directly from the skin — something never before seen in any vertebrate in history.

Scientists found the smallest armored dinosaur ever recorded — the ankylosaur hatchling had just emerged from its egg and already possessed full armor.

A crushed fossil was forgotten for over 40 years inside a museum drawer — when an undergraduate student reconstructed it in 3D, it revealed a carnivorous dinosaur that should not have existed during that period in Earth’s history.

Scientists have reconstructed for the first time the complete skeleton of the largest crocodile that ever existed — it was almost 10 meters long, weighed as much as an elephant, and was capable of dragging dinosaurs into the water.

A 250-million-year-old fossil revealed an embryo curled inside an egg and proved that the ancestors of all mammals — including humans — reproduced like reptiles.

In Paraíba, researchers found on the sertão ground the largest carnivorous dinosaur footprint ever recorded in Brazil — the predator was 6 meters long and stepped there 140 million years ago.

Libya built over 4,000 kilometers of underground pipelines to bring water from the Sahara to coastal cities in a project that the government itself called the Eighth Wonder of the World.

Desert sand, previously discarded for being too smooth for concrete, becomes an ecological brick in the United Arab Emirates, dispensing with Portland cement, curing at room temperature, and attempting to transform dunes useless for construction into raw material for a new arid engineering.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

Toyota launches “family hybrid van” with 7 or 8 seats, 1.8 hybrid engine, fuel consumption of up to 23.8 km/l, and a price equivalent to about R$ 104,000 without taxes, below the Tiggo 8 Pro Plug-in Hybrid sold in Brazil: meet the Noah Hybrid 2026 in Japan.

With 70 tons of rock removed by hand and an 800-year-old abandoned cave, a former businessman transforms a dark shelter into a modern home carved in the heart of the forest.

Engine without traditional cylinder head could change the future of hybrids: Aramco creates DHE technology that simplifies mechanics, promises to reduce consumption by up to 25%, and challenges decades of evolution in combustion engines.