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Giant never-before-seen long-necked 'titan' dinosaur unearthed in Europe
By Harry Baker published
The newly identified titanosaur, Garumbatitan morellensis, roamed what is now Spain around 122 million years ago. The unusual shape of some of its bones could hold clues about the evolutionary history of a unique group of sauropods.
'They seemed primed to take over': How the Great Dying doomed the 'beast tooth' and set the stage for the dawn of the dinosaurs
By Michael E. Mann published
This excerpt from Michael Mann's latest book looks at the Cambrian explosion, the Great Dying and how dinosaurs were able to take over thanks to changes to the climate 250 million years ago.
125 million-year-old dinosaur feathers were remarkably similar to modern bird feathers, analysis reveals
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
A new X-ray analysis of dinosaur feathers shows that their chemical structure is similar to that of modern bird feathers.
Teen unearths 34 million-year-old whale skull on her family's Alabama timber farm
By Hannah Osborne published
The huge, ancient whale skull was discovered during a summer dig on a high school student's family property where fossilized shark teeth had previously been found.
One of the longest dino tracks in the world revealed by drought in Texas state park
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Drought conditions have revealed nearly pristine dinosaur tracks at a state park in Texas.
Ancient human-size sea lizard rewrites history of early armored marine reptiles
By Harry Baker published
The newly discovered species, Prosaurosphargis yingzishanensis, grew to around 5 feet long and was covered in bony scales called osteoderms.
'We were freaking out': Scientists left 'flabbergasted' by detailed dinosaur footprints covering a cliff in Alaska
By Harry Baker published
A 20-story rock face in Alaska known as "The Coliseum" is covered with layers of footprints belonging to a range of dinosaurs, including a tyrannosaur.
'Edward Scissorhands' creature that lived 230 million years ago discovered in Brazil
By Carissa Wong published
The ancient predator, which scientists have named Venetorapter gassenae, also had a large beak and likely used its claws for climbing trees and picking prey apart.
'Like swallowing a dinner plate': 180 million-year-old fish may have choked to death on its supersized supper
By Ethan Freedman published
The fossil was hidden in a museum drawer for decades before researchers reexamined it to uncover a story about prehistoric life — and death.
240 million-year-old fossil of salamander-like creature with 'gnarly teeth' unearthed in rocks for garden wall
By Sascha Pare published
A retired chicken farmer found the rocks in the mid-1990s and donated it to the Australian Museum, where researchers have now named the newfound species Arenaerpeton supinatus.
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