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66 Million Years Ago, Bird-Like Dinosaurs Laid Blue-Green Eggs
August 31, 2017 | ArticleScientists have detected the first evidence of pigment in Cretaceous oviraptorid eggs.
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So Long, Sue! Famed T. Rex Makes Way for Bigger Beast
August 31, 2017 | ArticleAfter spending nearly 18 years in the Field Museum's great hall in Chicago, Sue — the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered — will move to an exhibit upstairs, making room for the world's largest known dinosaur: a titanosaur.
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Car-Size 'Loch-Ness Monster' Was Runt of the Litter
August 31, 2017 | ArticleAn ancient sea monster the size of a car might sound like a behemoth, but it was quite small compared with its ginormous cousins, some of which reached bus lengths, new research finds.
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Blink and You'll Miss It: Trap-Jaw Ant's Strike Is Swift, Deadly, Unique
August 31, 2017 | ArticleX-ray scanners and high-speed video captured views of trap-jaw ants' jaws in action — inside and out.
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Climate Change Is Driving These Cute Mountain Critters Out of Their Homes
August 30, 2017 | ArticleClimate change is stealing the American pika's habitat in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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Ancient 'Monster' Elephant Was 50 Percent Bigger Than Modern Cousins
August 30, 2017 | ArticleHalf a million years ago, the Arabian Peninsula wasn't a sandy desert but rather a lush landscape. There, a gigantic elephant — 50 percent larger than today's biggest elephants — tromped around an ancient lake before dying, a new fossil skeleton revealed.
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Truck- and Plane-Size Pterosaurs Once Flew Over Dinosaurs
August 29, 2017 | ArticleThe fossilized remains of two pterosaurs — winged reptiles that flew sky high during the dinosaur age — suggest that the beasts were closely related to the gigantic Quetzalcoatlus northropi, the largest pterosaur on record, new research finds.
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Sleeping Dragon: How This Dinosaur Got Preserved in 3D
August 28, 2017 | ArticleHow was an ancient beast transformed into a stunning, 3D fossil that looks like the statue of a sleeping dragon?
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Facts About Geckos
August 25, 2017 | ReferenceThere are about 1,500 species of geckos, a type of lizard found all over the world.
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Facts About Bison
August 25, 2017 | ReferenceThe American bison is the official mammal of the United States and is the largest mammal in North America.
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