Latest articles by Julio Lacerda

Mysterious objects have been commonplace in the fossil record for centuries. However, none have been more mysterious than the so-called “Devil’s Corkscrews” unearthed in the Badlands of North America. The reality behind these rather daunting objects though, is nothing short of surprising.

There were once hoofed animals that did not just graze and run in herds. Among their ranks were gigantic beasts with bone-crushing jaws that were the most powerful predators of their time. They ruled the earliest grasslands, taking prey up to the size of rhinos while contending with other deadly hunters. They are the entelodonts, the aptly named ‘terminator pigs’.

Pterosaurs are the most iconic and arguably beautiful of all extinct animals. They have inspired awe in all who discovered their fossils and now they have come to life like never before through the Pteros project, an online encyclopedia of pterosaurs.