At https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/10/scientists-found-dinosaur-tail-amber/ … a small piece from a dinosaur tail, complete with bones, soft tissue, and feathers, has been discovered in amber from Myanmar [formerly Burma]. It is as small as a dried apricot – but a fully intact piece of a dinosaur tail. It came to light in a market in northern Burma and was being touted as a piece of jewellery. Or an amber ornament. However, a Chinese paleontologist spotted it when browsing the amber to see if the various pieces might contain something interesting. This piece certainly did. It dates back to the Late Cretaceous – and the upheaval at that time. It seems that this was a global catastrophe as Chicxulub is on the other side of the world.
At https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/10/46-ice-age-animals-unearthed-in-cave/ … a prehistoric zoo discovered in an Ice Age cave. Not quite true of course but an interesting headline. Draws the eye. It seems that high in Norway’s Arctic Circle there is a cave, untouched by time. The deposit is thought to date back 75,000 years on the geological clock. What has been revealed is evidence of a lost world in the high Arctic. It seems it might have been a touch warmer back then as opposed to now. The landscape around was wiped clean by glaciation – in particular during the Late Glacial Maximum, 30 to 18 thousand years ago. The cave sediment apparently was unaffected as it was up high on a cliff face now well above sea level. Arne Qvam Cave, as it is called, is situated in a karst region. Limestone karst is prone to caves and tunnels. It is dated to Marine Stage 5a – for those interested. The cave floor sediment was found to be full of bone fragments. They were hoist out in buckets – hundreds of times, over and over again. So far, 23 species of bird have been identified, 13 mammals and 10 fish species – as well as marine invertebrae and plants. We have the bones of polar bears, walrus, arctic fox, reindeer and seals. Also, whales and harbour porpoise. Seabirds included auks and ducks, ravens and cranes, and even ptarmigans. We are told the landscape would have been open water, sea ice, rivers and tundra, as marine and land creatures are in the mix. However, when you consider that most of the bones were so finely crushed that fossil analysis was difficult, if nigh impossible, one might wonder. One would have thought some kind of catastrophic event was involved, leading to sea water gushing into the cave and churning the bones. The investigators used DNA metabar coding to identify the bone fragments. The official explanation, or what is spoon fed to Joe Public, is that polar bears and foxes dragged prey animals into the cave in order to eat them in a dry location. They do admit that melt water floods might have been involved in order to account for the marine species in amongst the mix.
At https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/10/scientists-found-spider-hairy-legs-intact/ … a spider fossil found in Germany entombed in rock, is so well preserved for its age that scientists have been surprised. It has an estimated age of around 310 million years ago. It was found in a quarry near Osnabruck and still has its silk producing spinnerets, clawss, and fine leg hairs. It os dated to the late Carboniferous period – a major coal forming period where plants were buried in deep sediment and eventually became the fuel that powered the rise of the industrial revolution. An interesting discovery if the spider inhabited an underground hole of some kind.
At https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/10/frozen-baby-saber-toothed-cat/ … here we have a frozen sabre toothed cat perfectly preserved in permafrost in Siberia. Its body is still covered in fur and its paw pads and whiskers are discernible in outline. It is estimated to be between 35,000 and 37,000 years old. This period lies between the Laschamp event at 42,000 years ago and a major mass kill off of animals event at 31,000 years ago. Both dates have been associated with the disappearance of Neanderthals. Hence, we can surmise, if we wish, to associate its entombment with one or other of these events as the date estimate is not accurate, but an estimation. It was dug out of permafrost and was just 3 weeks old, it is thought. It would have perished in its den, where it was born, never setting foot in the great outdoors.