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Egypt fossils show modern ocean fish rose rapidly after dinosaur extinction
Extraordinary fossils solve a 500-million-year mystery: Bryozoans were there at the dawn of animal life
World's largest scorpion revealed by 415-million-year-old fossils
Nightmarish Heron-Like Dinosaur Unearthed in Patagonia
Nightmarish Heron-like Dinosaur Unearthed in Patagonia: Pretty tough to be a fish 70 million years ago…
This 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Looked Like a Raptor, but May Have Fished Like a Heron
Learn how Kank australis, a newly described raptor-like dinosaur from Patagonia, may have used its flexible neck, sharp teeth, and wetland habitat to hunt more like a heron th…
A 500-Million-Year-Old Fossil Adds a New Clue to a Missing Chapter of Animal Evolution
Learn how a 500-million-year-old arthropod fossil from Québec is helping scientists rethink the Furongian gap and the hidden diversity of late Cambrian life.…
Turtles finally have a place in the tree of life thanks to an X‑ray study of South African fossils
Texas <em>T. Rex</em>’ Is an 80-Million-Year-Old Mosasaur the Size of a School Bus
Learn about Tylosaurus rex, a newly identified species of mosasaur that stands out for its serrated teeth and massive size.…
Scientists hung onto woolly mammoth fossils for 70 years — then discovered a huge mistake: ‘Something was amiss’
It’s a whale of a “tail.”…
Paleontologists Just Found the Most Extra Bird of the Dinosaur Era
Dubbed the “Banko’s feather dragon,” the extinct bird’s tail feathers were twice the length of its entire body.…
Payre fossils from Europe's earliest Neanderthals reveal dynamic evolution shaped by climatic oscillations
‘Pompeii, but in the middle of a massive city’: the ice age fossil site hidden in Los Angeles
La Brea Tar Pits – the only urban, active ice age excavation site in world – gets a mammoth face lift for the first time in nearly 50 years Los Angeles is known for famous museum s…
Tiny fossils found in 1.7-billion‑year‑old mud yield clues to the evolution of complex life
Ancient fossilized trees may finally prove Noah’s Ark flood is true: scientists
Turns out the only thing more deeply buried than these trees is the debate over what buried them.…
WATCH: This museum exhibit features Pokémon and real fossils
The "Pokémon Fossil Museum" exhibition at Chicago's Field Museum brings together the worlds of Pokémon and paleontology.…
There’s a New T. Rex in Town—and It Swims
There’s a New T. Rex in Town—and It Swims: It’s mean, too…
Ancient seas get a new T. rex as massive mosasaur emerges from Texas fossils
Rare 567‑million‑year‑old fossils refine our understanding of early animal evolution
The Oldest Evidence of Animal Sex Has Been Found, and It’s Mind-Boggling
Fossils unearthed in the Northwest Territories push the origins of animal sex back by 5-10 million years and reveal the earliest examples of locomotion in the fossil record.…
Complex animals evolved up to 10 million years earlier than previously thought, fossil discovery shows
Trove of fossils discovered in Canada sheds light on "when life first became large, complex and unmistakenly animal."…
Discovery of new fossils in Northwest Canada changes view of early animal evolution
Ancient Arctic fossils uncover three mammal species that survived months of darkness
'Last titan' of Thailand discovered, and it's the longest-necked dinosaur on record from Southeast Asia
A newfound species of long-necked dinosaur from Thailand lived up to 120 million years ago, and it's the largest known of its kind from Southeast Asia.…
'Once in a lifetime find': Dinosaur tail discovered trapped in amber (2016)
The tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur has been found entombed in amber, an unprecedented discovery that has blown away scientists.…
50-foot ancient snake discovered in India may be one of the largest ever
A massive prehistoric snake discovered in India may rank among the largest ever to slither across Earth. Named Vasuki indicus, this ancient giant lived around 47 million years ago …
'He began to cry, and almost fell to the floor': The fluffy fossil that finally showed the world that birds are dinosaurs
In this excerpt from "The Story of Birds", author Steve Brusatte explores the moment where paleontologists realized they had critical evidence to show birds came from dinosaurs — a…