Researchers from Harvard have discovered the fossil of Megachelicerax cousteaui in Utah, which is 500 million years old. This finding, published in March 2026, dethrones the record of precocity of chelicerates held until then by the Fezouata biota in Morocco.
American and Danish researchers have uncovered rare Jurassic microbial structures in the Dadès Valley, Morocco. Revealed recently, this discovery from deep sediments redefines the conditions for the preservation of ancient marine life.
Scientists have discovered in Morocco unusual folded structures in ancient deep-sea sediments. These patterns, formed by chemosynthetic microbial mats 180 million years ago, reveal a complex ecosystem that thrived in total darkness.
An international team has discovered Khinjaria acuta in Morocco’s phosphate deposits, a mosasaur with dagger-shaped teeth . The discovery confirms the dominance of these giant marine reptiles shortly before the extinction of the dinosaurs.
A study published in the journal Geology reveals that folded rock structures in Morocco are fossilized microbes 180 million years old . This discovery proves that life thrived in the darkness of the seafloor.
A major genetic study has redrawn North Africa’s family tree. The analysis of 7,000-year-old mummies discovered in Libya establishes a direct kinship link with prehistoric populations from Morocco, confirming the existence of a shared and distinct ancestral lineage in the region.
Moroccan researchers were able to confirm the discovery of theropod dinosaur footprints in Taghazout, following field research work carried out after the dissemination of a video by young internet users in September.
Researchers have observed an unbelievable presence, in broad daylight and on the surface, near the coast of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, off the coast of Morocco.
Nearly fifteen years later, a black stone, apparently of Martian origin, discovered in the Sahara desert and sold to an American collector in Morocco in 2011, has piqued the curiosity of scientists. They have conducted a study on this rock, and the results are astonishing.
Paleontologists from the University of Bath have discovered a new species of mosasaur that lived at the end of the Maastrichtian period of the Cretaceous, about 67 million years ago, in the Sidi Chennane phosphate mine in the province of Khouribga, Morocco.
The information that a significant deposit containing 1 billion barrels of oil, an amount sufficient to cover all of Spain’s oil demand for two years and that of Morocco for nearly 15 years, has been discovered off the coast between the kingdom and the Canary Islands, is false.
Wreck hunters have discovered the wreck of a 600-year-old pirate ship at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, between Spain and Morocco.