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Project maps the chemistry of the world’s oceans

August 11, 2016

New old world vulture found from the Late Miocene of China

August 4, 2016

The world’s oldest farmers were insects

June 25, 2016

What is the longest river in the world?

February 3, 2015

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UV photography of Pterodactylus. Ultraviolet light reveals remarkable details of the fossil invisible under normal lighting. This famous specimen showcases preserved soft tissues, including the delicate wing membranes, which fluoresce vividly under UV illumination.

A festive flying reptile family reunion 150 million years in the...

December 31, 2024

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Injection wells can induce earthquakes miles away from the well

August 30, 2018

‘Superlungs’ gave dinosaurs the energy to run and fight

October 26, 2018

Will Indonesia Be Ready for the Next Tsunami?

January 4, 2015

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Plate tectonics: Studies show movements of continents speeding up after slow...

What would a tsunami in the Mediterranean look like?

Jacqueline Lungmus, an assistant professor of geosciences at the University of Oklahoma and UW undergraduate alum; Kenneth Angielczyk, curator of paleomammology at the Field Museum; and Brandon Peecook, associate professor of biological sciences at Idaho State University and a UW doctoral alum, excavate a fossilized dicynodont from the Permian of Zambia. Credit: Roger Smith/University of the Witwatersrand

Fresh fossil finds in Africa shed light on the era before...