Cretaceous Period
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Photos: Ancient Crab is the Strangest You've Ever Seen
By Laura Geggel published
Here's the strangest crab you may ever lay eyes on.
What's the Controversy Over the Baby T. Rex Listed on eBay?
By Laura Geggel published
The partial skeleton of a baby Tyrannosaurus rex is for sale on eBay for nearly $3 million. Paleontologists are furious about it.
Photos: Cretaceous 'Graveyard' Holds a Snapshot of the Dino-Killing Asteroid Impact
By Mindy Weisberger published
A fossil site in North Dakota preserves a unique snapshot of the minutes after an asteroid struck Earth around 66 million years ago.
Fossil 'Death Pit' Preserves Dino Extinction Event … But Where Are the Dinosaurs?
By Mindy Weisberger published
What happened after the Cretaceous-ending asteroid struck Earth? A new fossil site may have answers.
Tiny Dino-Era 'Night Mouse' Found Above Arctic Circle
By Stephanie Pappas published
A tiny Cretaceous mammal lived among the northernmost dinosaurs on Earth.
Titanosaur the Size of a School Bus Had Heart-Shaped Tail Bones
By Laura Geggel published
A newfound dinosaur seems to wear its heart on its tail, according to paleontologists who found the enormous beast and realized this "hopeless romantic" had heart-shaped tail bones.
Photos: 100-Million-Year-Old Tanzania Titanosaur Had Heart-Shaped Tail Bones
By Laura Geggel published
Talk about romantic! This teenage titanosaur had heart-shaped tail bones.
These Duck-Billed Dinosaurs Wore Their Instruments on Their Heads
By Laura Geggel published
Different species of duck-billed dinosaurs may have "tooted" different notes out of their trumpet-like, tubular crests, new research shows.
Exquisitely Preserved Lungs from 120 Million Years Ago Stun Scientists Studying Early Bird
By Laura Geggel published
Ancient organs rarely fossilize, so paleontologists were stunned to find the incredibly well-preserved remains of a lung that belonged to bird from the dinosaur age, a new study finds.
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