Scientists have developed a new way to identify elusive small mammals using only their footprints. This non-invasive technique can distinguish between different species and even determine the sex of an animal without ever touching it. In the wild...

Muddy lakeshore frozen in time yields a rare fossil find—ancient footprints that reveal details bones can’t provide. Footprints preserved in lake‑edge sediments near Lake Turkana, northern Kenya, have provided a rare glimpse into the life of the...

Rare dinosaur footprints preserved in coastal rock along South Africa’s Western Cape reveal that large dinosaurs once crossed muddy tidal flats during the Early Cretaceous. Along South Africa’s southern coast, the shoreline looks ordinary most of the...

Prehistoric footprints dating back 80,000 years discovered along Portugal’s coast, offering rare insight into ancient human activity. Archaeologists have uncovered a series of Neanderthal footprints on the southwestern shoreline of Portugal, dating to...

Ancient footprints offer a rare and compelling glimpse into the past, challenging what we know about human history without the need for tools or bones. Deep within the Nefud Desert of northern Saudi Arabia, wind-swept sands have revealed a remarkable...

130 fossil footprints, 150 million years old, reveal a 30‑ton dinosaur’s surprising turns and gait, giving unprecedented insight into its ancient movement. A 150‑million‑year‑old sauropod trackway unearthed near Ouray, Colorado, contains more than 130...

Mysterious footprints found in an ancient Brazilian desert don’t match any known dinosaur or crocodile species, leaving scientists with a prehistoric puzzle. Paleontologists in Brazil have uncovered a series of 130-million-year-old footprints that...

Scientists have discovered a mysterious, coin-sized fossilized footprint in Antarctic volcanic mud, marking a prehistoric find unlike anything seen before. Paleontologists have uncovered a remarkable fossilized footprint on a remote island off the...

Wales, this is the finest specimen ever recovered from this stretch of coastline. While Bendricks Bay has yielded various footprints in the past, many of those were left by crocodilian-like reptiles rather than true dinosaurs. The exceptional clarity of...

the timeline of early habitation. A recent paper in Science Advances provides additional confirmation that the human footprints discovered at White Sands in New Mexico were made between 23,000 and 21,000 years ago, a timeline that has generated intense...

paw-like tracks, offering a glimpse into a lost world. Paleontologists in Brazil have uncovered a series of fossilized footprints that are challenging long-held assumptions about the size of mammals during the age of dinosaurs. Found within the Botucatu...

Scientists are analyzing 1.4-million-year-old footprints to identify the ancient humans who traveled together and why they were never found walking alone. An extraordinary discovery of 1.4-million-year-old fossilized tracks in northern Kenya is forcing...

A fossil collected by a teenager in 1958 has finally been identified, revealing a prehistoric discovery that experts say changes everything we knew. A fossilized footprint recovered from a Brisbane quarry nearly seven decades ago has been officially...

an exceptionally rare window into the life of a Tyrannosaurus rex: a 66.5-million-year-old series of four fossilized footprints discovered within the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota. While scientists have previously identified individual tracks...

Construction in Šurany, Slovakia reveals a Roman marching camp, confirming long‑suspected Roman military presence north of the Danube. Archaeologists have uncovered a sprawling Roman encampment covering roughly 18 acres (7.4 hectares) near Šurany,...

A live street trial converts olive‑industry waste into carbon‑sequestering asphalt, boosting durability while slashing pavement emissions. A 2,000‑square‑meter segment of a street in Barcelona’s Eixample neighborhood looks ordinary at first glance. The...

migration of the giant planets. The mosaic used for the observations consisted of 20 tiles, each tile consisting of the footprints of the eight NIRCam SW detectors (and the two coaligned LW detectors). Darker blue shading shows the footprints of single...

obscure window of the Cretaceous period spanning approximately 89.75 to 86.5 million years ago. These fossilized footprints, located in the rugged Tumbler Ridge region of northeastern British Columbia, provide a rare glimpse into a prehistoric ecosystem...

some as young as two years old. At the Rouffignac Cave, finger markings date back as far as 20,000 years, while the footprints discovered in the Basura Cave have remained undisturbed for approximately 14 millennia. “There is solid evidence of children’s...

Archaeologists have discovered 3,000-year-old rock carvings, including ships and footprints, etched into sandstone in Bærum, Norway. An amateur archaeologist has uncovered a rare collection of 3,000-year-old rock carvings at the base of Kolsåstoppen, a...