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Mosasaurs Were Capable of Explosive Speed

Fossil-based models and tail analysis reveal ancient 20,000-pound mosasaurs used explosive speed for sneak attacks.

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Sotheby’s dinosaur auction shows fossils boom is not dying out

Sotheby's is offering a rare Nanotyrannus fossil named Jodi, highlighting a robust market among ultra-wealthy collectors.

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Stunning fossil shows dinosaurs’ distinctive path to flight

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Stunning fossil shows dinosaurs’ distinctive path to flight

A newly detailed fossil discovery reported in Nature provides fresh scientific insight into the distinctive path dinosaurs took toward flight.

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Newly Identified Frog-like Creature Named by Student Scientists After Their Moms

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Fossil Found in Norway Predates Dinosaurs by Millions of Years

An ancient animal fossil discovered in a Norwegian sheep field predates dinosaurs by millions of years, according to recent science coverage.

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New species of proto-amphibian described by students, named in honor of their mothers

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Fossilized Vomit Reveals How Plesiosaurs Dined on Jurassic Seafloor

Recent scientific research involving fossilized vomit reveals that giant Jurassic marine reptiles swam to shore to purge.

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‘Thunder beast’ that lived 45 million years ago unearthed in California beach town: scientists

Fossils identified as a prehistoric thunder beast have been unearthed at a project site in a California beach town.

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Fossils found in Southern California could be prehistoric ‘thunder beast’ or ‘swamp rhino’

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Bizarre new dinosaur with giant claws discovered in China

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Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography

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A T. Rex Walked Here: Teacher Finds Rare Footprints in North Dakota

A high school teacher discovers the first-ever adult T. rex trackway in North Dakota.

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T. rex teeth indicate it ran as warm as an elephant

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Bizarre ‘unknown’ species from 240million years ago that looked like a ‘huge pig with turtles beak’ is discovered

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What looked like a rock turned out to be something almost unimaginable

An object initially mistaken for a rock turned out to be an immaculate mastodon tooth fossil, according to recent media coverage.

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Dentists Will Have a Field Day With This Tooth

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Fossil tooth analysis confirms Tyrannosaurus rex was warm-blooded

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10,000-year-old fossilized mastodon found in creek

An Ice Age-era mastodon tooth estimated to be thousands of years old has been discovered in a local creek.

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The biggest dinosaurs couldn't sit on their eggs. Scientists say they did this instead

Recent fossil discoveries reveal how the largest dinosaurs handled incubation in cold regions.

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Some birds survived the asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs. A fossilized poop can help explain why

Fossilized dinosaur dung has yielded rare 66-million-year-old feathers, offering clues to how some birds survived the asteroid impact.

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Feather Preserved in Dinosaur Dung Could Explain Why Birds Survived Mass Extinction

A fossilized feather preserved inside dinosaur dung may explain how certain birds survived a mass extinction.

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Dinosaurs Had Rotten Strategy for Nesting in the Cold

Researchers put forward a new scientific theory explaining why dinosaur eggs turned up far from the equator.

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10,000-year-old fossilized mastodon found in creek

A significant paleontological discovery has emerged with the uncovering of a 10,000-year-old fossilized mastodon in a creek.

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Enigmatic Denisovans lived by cave in what is now China for 100,000 years, rare fossils and handcrafted tools reveal

Rare fossils and handcrafted tools reveal enigmatic Denisovans lived by a Chinese cave for 100,000 years.

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Paleontologists Discover First-Ever Adult Tyrannosaurus rex Trackway

Paleontologists have uncovered the first-ever adult Tyrannosaurus rex trackway, preserved in the badlands of North Dakota.

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‘Immaculate condition:’ Rare mastodon fossil found in San Mateo County creek

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The surprising place where giant dinosaurs incubated their eggs

Recent scientific findings reveal surprising details regarding how giant dinosaurs incubated their eggs and handled cold nesting environments.

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'Oddly shaped rock' found in San Mateo County turns out to be huge ice age tooth

A scientist's search for frogs in the San Mateo hills led to the discovery of a rare Ice Age mastodon tooth in a local creek bed.

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A 66.5-million-year-old trackway captures adult T. rex at walking pace

Paleontologists have uncovered the world's first known adult Tyrannosaurus rex trackway, revealing the dinosaur's walking pace from 66.5 million years ago.

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Fossil remains unearthed in China offer new clues about how Denisovans lived

Newly discovered Denisovan fossil remains unearthed in a cave in southwest China reveal rare insights into ancient human subsistence strategies.

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Fossilized eggs of the largest known dinosaurs have been unearthed in an unexpected place

The discovery of Titanosaur eggs in cold, high-latitude regions challenges previous assumptions about where the world's largest dinosaurs nested.

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Scientists found 66-million-year-old wound still healing inside a T. rex’s rib

Recent scientific reconstructions reveal details of a healing wound on Scotty, the largest known T. rex.

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What Did Jurassic Forests Sound Like? Like This.

Biologists have utilized AI, lasers, and fossilized wings to recreate the insect calls of forests from 165 million years ago.

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Earth's forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last climate shock

New fossil evidence reveals Earth's forests required over 100,000 years to recover following a major climate shock 56 million years ago.

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Were Denisovans tall compared to other ancient humans? We should be sceptical

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Fossils show huge carbon emissions harm forests, not ‘green the planet’

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This 236-Million-Year-Old Fossil Just Rewrote the Story of Live Birth

A newly evaluated fossil find dated to 236 million years ago challenges historical understandings of live birth among mammal ancestors.

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The First Ever Leg Bones Of The Mysterious Denisovans Have Been Identified From Fossils Dredged From The Seafloor

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1.4-Million-Year-Old Footprints Reveal a Giant Human Relative

Newly examined 1.4-million-year-old footprints indicate the existence of an unexpectedly large human relative.

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Ancient human relative cannibalized both adults and children in a cave in Spain 850,000 years ago, fossils reveal

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T. rex babies were born ready to run and feed themselves

Newly examined rare fossils reveal that baby T. rex hatchlings were precocious, small, and hunted early.

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Want to own a real T. rex? It could cost you $30 million

A T. rex skeleton discovered in South Dakota is heading to auction with an estimated value exceeding $30 million.

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Megalodon’s legendary life revealed by fossil rediscovery

The rediscovery of a long-lost fossil has reignited scientific debate and public interest regarding the maximum size of the prehistoric Megalodon shark.

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Fossilized babies of ancient crocodile-like predators uproot understanding of how animals adapted to the land

The discovery of 300 million-year-old crocodile-like fossils is prompting a re-evaluation of established evolutionary theories regarding vertebrate land transition.

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Extraordinary Fossils Solve a 500-Million-Year Evolution Mystery

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The largest scorpion to walk the Earth was more than 3 feet long

Scientific analysis of 415-million-year-old fossils identifies the largest scorpion species ever recorded.

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Photos: Boy discovers rare, prehistoric fossil during field trip in Kansas

A Kansas field trip led to the discovery of a prehistoric sea predator fossil estimated to be 85 million years old.

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