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80 million-year-old dinosaur 'mini eggs' unearthed at Chinese construction site are the smallest ever found — and belong to a never-before-seen T. rex relative
Half a dozen dinosaur eggs, each around the size of a grape, were recently saved from a construction site in China. Researchers say the tiny fossilized shells are exceptionally well preserved.
Half-a-billion-year-old 'marine Roomba' is earliest known asymmetrical animal
A backward question mark shape on the creature's back reveals early animal evolutionary history.
Most complete Tasmanian tiger genome yet pieced together from 110-year-old pickled head
Researchers working with Colossal Biosciences have assembled a near-complete Tasmanian tiger genome and developed artificial reproductive technologies that could help de-extinct the species.
Never-before-seen head of prehistoric, car-size 'millipede' solves evolutionary mystery
The fossil showed unique stalked eyes and centipede-like characteristics.
32,000-year-old mummified woolly rhino half-eaten by predators unearthed in Siberia
Researchers found the carcass in August 2020 in Russia's Sakha Republic, and the discovery has revealed a never-before-seen characteristic of woolly rhinos: a fatty hump on the animal's back.
Pollen allergies drove woolly mammoths to extinction, study claims
A boom in vegetation at the end of the last ice age may have created so much pollen, it blocked mammoths' sense of smell. A new study suggests this drove the beasts to extinction, but not everyone agrees.
Duck-billed dino with absolutely enormous honker unearthed in Mexico
The newly named dinosaur is unique to Mexico, and it's helping change scientists' understanding of dinosaur ranges across the Americas.
80 million-year-old sea monster jaw filled with giant globular teeth for crushing prey discovered in Texas
Rare fossils of the mosasaur Globidens alabamaensis — a 20 foot predator with strange, mushroom-shaped teeth — unearthed in northeastern Texas.
