Eofringillirostrum boudreauxi
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Earliest known seed-eating perching bird discovered in Fossil Lake, Wyoming

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Scientists use the deep-diving robot Jason to collect water samples from oceanic crust at a subseafloor observatory off the coast of Washington. A recent study found that a group of unusual microbes living below the seafloor provides clues to the evolution of life on Earth, and potentially other planets. Credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, courtesy of University of California, Santa Cruz, US National Science Foundation, ROV Jason dive J2-711, 2013, AT26-03 cruise chief scientist Andrew Fisher
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Unusual microbes hold clues to early life

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pillow basalts from undersea volcanic eruptions,
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Researchers help define Southern Ocean’s geological features

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T. rex had an unusually flexible skull. Credit: Senckenberg
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T. rex possessed a unique flexible skull

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The isolated Archaeopteryx feather is the first fossil feather ever discovered. Top image, the feather as it looks today under white light. Middle image, the original drawing from 1862 by Hermann von Meyer. Bottom image, Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence (LSF) showing the halo of the missing quill. Scale bar is 1cm. Credit: Copyright The University of Hong Kong
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First discovered fossil feather did not belong to iconic bird Archaeopteryx

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Stunningly well-preserved fossilized soft tissues of a stylophoran have recently been discovered
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These strange fossils are closely related to sea urchins

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On the area map on the left, the colored background is the ground displacement induced by the Palu earthquake and the thin black line is the fault, both derived from satellite radar images. The black dot is the city of Palu. The circles are spots that radiated waves during the earthquake; their color indicates time (blue at the beginning, red at the end). The right figure shows the timing and position of these earthquake radiators. Their alignment indicates a steady earthquake speed of about 4.1 km/s Credit: © Han Bao et al., Nature Geoscience
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Earthquake with magnitude 7.5 in Indonesia—an unusual and steady speed

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The drumlins were formed by fast-moving ice floes instead of slow melting ice. Credit: WVU
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Researchers unearth an ice age in the African desert

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Floating seismometers dubbed MERMAIDs -- Mobile Earthquake Recording in Marine Areas by Independent Divers -- reveal that Galapagos volcanoes are fed by a mantle plume reaching 1,900 km deep. By letting their nine MERMAIDs float freely for two years, an international team of researchers created an artificial network of oceanic seismometers that could fill in one of the blank areas on the global geologic map, where otherwise no seismic information is available. Drifting a mile below the surface, MERMAIDs cover a large area. The red circles show where a MERMAID picked up a seismic signal. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers
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MERMAIDs reveal secrets from below the ocean floor

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Coprolites, or fossil droppings, of the dinosaur-like archosaur Smok wawelski contain lots of chewed-up bone fragments. This led researchers at Uppsala University to conclude that this top predator was exploiting bones for salt and marrow, a behavior often linked to mammals but seldom to archosaurs. Credit: Martin Qvarnström
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The 210-million-year-old Smok was crushing bones like a hyena

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