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Scientists unearth fossil of a new swimming dinosaur

Dinosaurs were the most fascinating creatures that once ruled the world for more than 150 million years. The peculiar...

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Mummified baby woolly mammoth found in Canada

Last week, gold miners found something worth way more than its weight in gold: an intact, mummified baby woolly...

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Dinosaur extinction caused unexpected changes in plants and fruits

About 60 million years ago, the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction occurred, wiping away almost a third...

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Footprints from world's largest dinosaur discovered in Scotland

Dozens of footprints from ancient sauropods, a kind of creature that scientists believe may have been the largest...

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Off-grid Fossil Discovery Exhibit camouflages into the Texan desert

Big Bend National Park isn’t just a place of stunning natural beauty—the Texan park is also paleontological...

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Newly-discovered dinosaur species was as long as a school bus - and could help solve a mystery

Fossils in Africa from the Late Cretaceous time period - around 100 to 66 million years ago - are rare. Scientists...

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Turns out blood-sucking ticks really did plague the dinosaurs

Scientists have found the first solid evidence that prehistoric ticks consumed dinosaur blood. The discovery of...

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How scaly dinosaurs turned into feathery birds - new gene study offers clues

Dinosaurs no longer roam the planet - unless you count birds. Recent discoveries have revealed many dinosaurs once...

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Brand new "mega-carnivore" dinosaur discovered in Africa

Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains of what may have been the largest predator to ever hunt on the African...

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World's largest dinosaur footprint found in Australia's "Jurassic Park"

A team of researchers just discovered the world's largest dinosaur footprint in an area they're calling "Australia's...

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New details of feathered dinosaur could elucidate the origins of flight

A small red-crested dinosaur from the Late Jurassic era could help us unlock the origins of flight, now that we...

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Scientist finds dinosaur tail trapped in amber - and it's covered with feathers

Were dinosaurs the scaly, lizard-like monsters we know from movies and television - or were they really just misunderstood,...

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99-million-year-old dinosaur tail found immaculately preserved in amber

Researchers recently discovered an amber nugget containing the first preserved dinosaur tail - and it's covered...

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First dinosaur brain tissue discovered in 130-million-year-old fossil

In 2004, Jamie Hiscocks found a strange fossil in Sussex, England. This wasn't your typical fossil - researchers...

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Dinosaur egg museum in China is built from bamboo and concrete

Located in Qinglong Mountain National Geological Park, the dragon egg museum and its form was determined by the...