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In a first, fossil bird found with unlaid egg
About 115 million years ago in what's now northwest China, a female bird was on the verge of motherhood. But somehow, her life on an ancient lakeshore took a traumatic turn, triggering a pregnancy complication that killed the egg forming inside her and may have even led to her death.
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A giant species of trilobite inhabited Australian waters half a billion years ago
There is evidence to show this monster of the ancient sea was a cannibal, feeding on its own kind.
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The Biggest Animals from Each Period of Earth's History
If you ever wondered what were the biggest animals from each period of Earth's history, here’s an article we made just for your reading!
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College student unearths 65 million-year-old Triceratops skull
A college student made the discovery of a lifetime on a recent paleontology dig when he unearthed a partial Triceratops skull.
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California college student discovers 65-million-year-old Triceratops skull
A Triceratops fossil was uncovered by a UC Merced student and an experienced excavator in the Badlands of North Dakota.
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New species of dinosaur discovered after decades in museum
A new species of dinosaur has been discovered, after being misidentified and kept in a museum collection for several decades.
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T. Rex had an air conditioner in its head, study suggests
Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs on the planet, had an air conditioner in its head, suggest scientists who are challenging over a century of previous beliefs.
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Scientists have found a new Aussie pterosaur and it's terrifying
Australian researchers have found a new species of pterosaur in outback Queensland.
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Newly Discovered Fossil Bird Fills in Gap Between Dinosaurs and Modern Fliers
A skeleton from the Cretaceous found in Japan reveals an early bird with a tail nub resembling the avians of today
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Even dinosaurs had lice, fossils entombed in amber reveal
100-million-year-old insects that fed on feathers are the oldest licelike fossils known
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The Day the Dinosaurs Died
A young paleontologist may have discovered a record of the most significant event in the history of life on Earth.
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99-million-year-old ticks sucked the blood of dinosaurs
Samples caught in Burmese amber provide clues to the evolution of the parasites and their hosts
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800,000 Years Ago, a Meteor Slammed Into Earth. Scientists Just Found the Crater.
Scientists knew the impact happened; they just didn't know where.
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66-million-year-old ‘wonderchicken’ offers lesson in resilience
When Daniel Field first saw it, his shouts echoed down the hall. “That moment was probably the most shocking moment of my life, certainly the most shocking moment of my scientific career,” he says. The chunk of rock didn’t look like much. It was small and uninspiring, about the size of a deck of cards, says Dr. Field, a paleontologist at the University of Cambridge. But fragments of birdlike bone poked out of it, and it was from the last days of the dinosaurs, so it bore further scrutiny.
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'Crazy beast' lived among last of dinosaurs
The discovery that the badger-like animal lived alongside dinosaurs challenges ideas about mammals.
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New dinosaur related to T. rex discovered
Four bones found at Shanklin belonged to a new species of theropod dinosaur, a study finds.
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Fossil Reveals ‘One of the Cutest Dinosaurs’ Ever Found
While many fossils have been flattened by time and the elements, a titanosaur found in an egg was preserved in three dimensions.
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Stan the T. rex sells for record $32 million at auction
Buyer unknown, but paleontologists worry researchers will lose access
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Boy, 12, discovers rare dinosaur skeleton
He was hiking with his father in Alberta, Canada, when he stumbled upon the Hadrosaur remains.
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This fossil reveals how dinosaurs peed, pooped and had sex
We know a lot about dinosaurs -- what they looked like, what they ate and what killed them off -- but no fossils have definitively preserved two dinosaurs in the act of mating.
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