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New Geosphere themed issue: The anatomy of rifting

September 23, 2015

Off-rift volcanoes explained

March 24, 2014

Solving the Midwest’s biggest geologic mystery

March 12, 2014

What sculpted Africa’s margin?

March 1, 2014

Red Sea Rift

January 15, 2013

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Sleeping sands of the Kalahari awaken after more than 10,000 years

October 9, 2014

Argentinosaurus is still widely considered the heaviest dinosaur. Based on its mid-range estimate, it weighed the same as about nine T. rexes or 13 African elephants!

What was the largest dinosaurs?

May 1, 2023

A crocodile next to a mastodon of the genus Anancus and primitive horses of the genus Hipparion in a similar environment to what could have been Valencia six million years ago. Credit: José Antonio Peñas (SINC)

African crocodiles lived in Spain six million years ago

October 23, 2020

A tiny extinct rail (30-40g) is overshadowed by a regular duck.

Miniscule flightless birds have lived in New Zealand’s wetlands for millions...

February 28, 2018

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Geologist says dinosaur fossils found in western India

The team has been excavating caves at Pinnacle Point, South Africa, for nearly 20 years. Glass shards were discovered at the PP5-6 location.

Research shows humans thrived through Toba super-volcanic eruption

How dinosaur arms turned into bird wings

Research provides understanding about expansion and contraction of the tropical rain...