Newfound Species
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240 million-year-old 'crocodile beast' was one of the largest of its kindA newly described archosaur that lived 240 million years ago in what is now Tanzania had "'powerful jaws and large knife-like teeth."
By Laura Geggel Published
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Bizarre tail on little dinosaur-age bird was literally a dragAn extraordinary 120-million-year-old fossil bird from China reveals that the animal had a sexy but vaguely impractical tail.
By Laura Geggel Published
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Weird 'broomstick' necked Triassic reptile named after mythical Greek sea monsterThese strange, long-necked Triassic beasts were able to coexist because they chowed down on different prey.
By Laura Geggel Published
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Newly discovered neon-green spider named after the 'Lady Gaga of mathematics'Given their coloring, the members of this spider's family are known as green cucumber spiders.
By Laura Geggel Published
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Adorable Shark Fits in Your Hand, Looks Like a Mini Sperm WhaleAnd the tiny shark has a wee pocket near its fin.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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Meet the Cat-Fox, an Oddball Feline Roaming Around a French IslandThey're big and have fox-like tails.
By Yasemin Saplakoglu Published
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This Weird Animal Eats Rocks for BreakfastRocks might not sound like a delectable meal to most life-forms, but it's on the menu for a newly identified species of a plump, bizarre-looking clam.
By Laura Geggel Published
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Please Do Not Feed These Tweezer-Beaked, Hopping Rats Peanut Butter!!!These kangaroo-like rats turn up their long, toothless snouts at peanut butter, but they love earthworms.
By Rafi Letzter Published
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Iridescent Bones of a Lost Dinosaur Herd Discovered in an Opal MineGemstones are precious, especially when they come filled with dinosaur bones.
By Yasemin Saplakoglu Published
