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T. rex relative with giant, protruding eyebrows discovered in Kyrgyzstan
By Patrick Pester published
The newly discovered Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus fossils are the first of their kind from Kyrgyzstan and provide evidence of predatory dinosaurs caring for offspring in the Jurassic.

Ancient sea cow was killed by prehistoric croc then torn apart by a tiger shark
By Melissa Hobson published
Rare fossilized sea cow unearthed by a local farmer in Venezuela appears to have been killed by a croc then eaten by a tiger shark.

Huge 13,600-year-old mastodon skull and bones unearthed in Iowa
By Sascha Pare published
A team of archaeologists recently excavated the first well-preserved mastodon bones ever found in Iowa, including the prehistoric animal's skull.

Dodos were fast and powerful, not slow and inept, definitive preserved specimen suggests
By Tia Ghose published
A new study has cleared up misconceptions about the extinct dodo, identifying the reference specimen for the species and showing they were fast and powerful.

Huge mammoth tusk discovered sticking out of Mississippi streambed
By Tia Ghose published
An amateur fossil hunter in Mississippi found the first known fossil in the region from a mammoth — a well-preserved tusk that weighed about 600 pounds (270 kilograms).

Siberian gold miners accidentally find ancient woolly rhino mummy with horn and soft tissues still intact
By Hannah Osborne published
Mummified woolly rhino discovered by miners in Russia's Sakha Republic to be fully excavated in the coming months, as researchers begin studying its intact horn.

Heavy rains expose one of the oldest dinosaur skeletons ever discovered, researchers claim
By Patrick Pester published
Researchers say they've recovered one of the world's oldest known dinosaurs after heavy rains exposed a Herrerasaurid skeleton in southern Brazil.

T. rex could have been 70% bigger than fossils suggest, new study shows
By Jennifer Nalewicki last updated
The largest T. rex to ever live may have weighed up to 33,000 pounds.
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