Slideshows
SMU contributes fossils, expertise to new Perot Museum in ongoing scientific collaboration. Read more and view the images.
100 million-year-old coelacanth discovered in Texas is new fish species from Cretaceous. Read more and view the images.
New study on kingship and sainthood in Islam offers a striking new historical perspective. Read more and view the images.
Ancient tree-ring records from southwest U.S. suggest today’s megafires are truly unusual. Read more and view the images.
New Texas Native: 96-million-year-old crocodile Terminonaris makes its first appearance in Texas, switches origins. Read more and view the images.
Tiny teeth discovered from Inner Mongolia are new species of today’s birch mouse, rare “living fossil”. Read more and view the images.
3-D mapping of Guatemala’s “Head of Stone” confirms ancient Maya buildings buried beneath forest cover. Read more and view the images.
Modern-day bamboo tool-making shines light on scarcity of Stone Age tools from prehistoric East Asia. Read more and view the images.
Flying Texas reptile: World’s oldest Pteranodon? First specimen of its kind discovered as far south as Texas. 
3D digital download of giant Glen Rose dinosaur track is roadmap for saving at-risk natural history resources. Read more and view the images.
Rodents, diverse and abundant in prehistoric Africa, shed light on human evolution. Read more and view the images.
ABC 8: Minnesota mine could yield secrets of the universe to SMU professor. Read more and view the images.
Ancient Africa mysteries: Evidence is weak for tropical rainforest 65 million years ago in Africa’s low-latitudes. Read more and view the images.
Taking a new look at old digs: Trampling animals can alter muddy Paleolithic sites. Read more and view the images.
NSF funds research to unravel Arizona’s prehistoric puzzle: The Hohokam ceramic industry. Read more and view the images.
Texas discovery: Rare 95 million-year-old flying reptile Aetodactylus halli is new genus, species of pterosaur. Read more and view the images.
USGS-SMU volcano monitoring targets hazard threat to Marianas, U.S. military, commercial jets. Read more and view the images.
World’s first full skeletal mount of Paluxysaurus jonesi dinosaur reveals new biology. Read more and view the images.
Tropical Central Africa — now The Congo Basin — was arid, treeless during Late Jurassic. Read more and view the images.
Portable 3D laser technology preserves Texas dinosaur’s rare footprint. Read more and view the images.
Land snail fossils suggest eastern Canary Islands wetter, cooler 50,000 years ago. Read more and view the images.