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A first in fossil research: Seeds sprouting from an amber-encased pine...

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“In the shallows near shore, Tetrapodophis amplectus glides through a tangle of branches from the conifer Duartenia araripensis that have fallen into the water, sharing this habitat with a water bug in the family Belostomatidae and small fish (Dastilbe sp.).” Image credit: Julius Csotonyi
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Paleontologists debunk fossil thought to be missing link between lizards and...

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Living reconstruction of Issi saaneq / Photo: Victor Beccari
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‘Cold bone’: Researchers discover first dinosaur species that lived on Greenland...

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Woolly mammoth illustration Mauricio Antón © 2008 Public Library of Science
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Humans hastened the extinction of the woolly mammoth

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Long neck, long tail, tiny head, tiny teeth. These iconic, gargantuan dinosaurs developed a wholly unique dining strategy to support their massive size. Image by Stephanie Abramowicz, courtesy of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM).
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Tooth Fast, Tooth Curious?

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Brighstoneus simmondsi reconstruction. Credit: John Sibbick
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New species of iguanodontian dinosaur discovered from Isle of Wight

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Pleurosaurus from the Late Jurassic, some 150 million years ago, of southern Germany, a remarkable, long-bodied swimming rhynchocephalian.
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Rapidly evolving species more likely to go extinct, study suggests

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Laser-stimulated fluorescence imaging of a pterosaur fossil reveals flight-related soft tissues. The imaging revealed a muscular wing root fairing that smooths airflow around the wing-body junction and reduces drag, as in the wing root fairings of modern aeroplanes. (Image credit: Michael Pittman)
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Muscular wing-body junction improved Pterosaur flight performance

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A closeup view of the Flyby Trike’s occipital condyle bone — nicknamed the “trailer hitch” — the ball on the back of the skull that connects to neck vertebrae.Rachel Ormiston/Burke Museum/University of Washington
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Four dinosaurs discovered in Montana

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Fig. 1. Cretapsara athanata Luque gen. et sp. nov., a modern-looking eubrachyuran crab in Burmese amber. (A to D) Holotype LYAM-9. (A) Whole amber sample with crab inclusion in ventral view. (B) Close-up of ventral carapace. (C) Whole amber sample with crab inclusion in dorsal view. (D) Close-up of dorsal carapace. White arrows in (B) and (D) indicate the detached left fifth leg or pereopod. Photos by L.X. Figure by J.L.
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First dinosaur era crab fully preserved in amber discovered

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Image: Artists impression of newly identified species Credit: Anthony Hutchings
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Two new species of large predatory dinosaur discovered on Isle of...

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Life reconstruction of herbivorous dinosaurs based on 220-million-year-old fossil footprints from Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. (Image credit: Anthony Romilio)
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‘Raptor-like’ dinosaur discovered in Australian mine, actually uncovered as a timid...

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Artist’s impression of Spinosaurus. Credit: Davide Bonadonna
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Early dinosaurs may have lived in social herds as early as...

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A trilobite fossil, Redlichia rex found at Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island – a marine creature that lived over 500 million years ago during the Cambrian period. Credit: Macquarie University
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What to do if you find fossils or artifacts

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Eograminis balticus
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Grass found in Baltic amber

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Ecological changes following intense volcanic activity 230 million years ago paved the way for dinosaur dominance
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Dinosaurs’ ascent driven by volcanoes powering climate change

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CT scan of a cat-eyed snake (Leptodeira septentrionalis) reveals a frog (blue skeleton) in its digestive tract. Snake specimen from U-M's Museum of Zoology. Image credit: Ramon Nagesan, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
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Mammals on the menu: Snake dietary diversity exploded after mass extinction...

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The dispersal of the Vishnuonyx otters from the Indian subcontinent to Africa and Europe about 13 million years ago. The star (HAM 4) shows the position of the Hammerschmiede fossil site. Image: Nikos Kargopoulos
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New Fossil: A new species of otter discovered in Germany

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The Kawhia giant penguin Kairuku waewaeroa. Image credit: Simone Giovanardi. Permission for use of the image by media is granted by the artist, with credit.
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Giant Waikato penguin: School kids discover new species

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The extinction of their competitors allowed snakes to move into new niches and diversify enormously (Credit: Joschua Knüppe).
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Modern snakes evolved from a few survivors of dino-killing asteroid

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