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Obama's Ears Inspired the Name of this 550-Million-Year-Old Critter

June 21, 2018 | Article

The ears of former U.S. President Barack Obama are so distinct, they inspired the scientific name of a newly identified 550-million-year-old critter: Obamus coronatus.
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T. Rex Couldn't Stick Out Its Tongue

June 20, 2018 | Article

T. rex would have been terrible at licking stamps, lollipops or popsicles.
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These Bizarre Sea Monsters Once Ruled the Ocean

June 20, 2018 | Image Album

The Cambrian explosion, when simple life forms rapidly evolved to more complex creatures, produced some beautiful, bizarre, and mysterious animals
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Idaho Was Once Swarming with Ancient Buzz-Saw-Faced Sharks

June 20, 2018 | Article

his bizarre shark was 25 feet long and had teeth that looked like a buzz saw.
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SpongeBob NoPants? Bizarre 'Nude' Sea Creature May Be a Sponge Relative After All

June 20, 2018 | Article

A "nude" sponge-like animal that lived 500,000 years ago is offering compelling new clues about early animal evolution.
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Ancient, Mustached Sea Creature Used Spiny Limbs to Disembowel Prey

June 20, 2018 | Article

It took more than 100 years, but researchers have finally come up with a scientific description for a weird, thumb-size sea creature with large eyes, a "mustache" and fringed paddles for zipping through the ocean during the Cambrian period.
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Photos: Ancient Shrimp-Like Critter Was Tiny But Fierce

June 20, 2018 | Image Album

About 508 million years ago, a fierce water beastie with paddles and a shrimp-like tail sped through the water, hunting for prey.
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The Oldest DNA from Giant Pandas Was Just Discovered in a Cave in China

June 18, 2018 | Article

Scientists analyzed mitochondrial DNA to prove that a fossil belonged to an unknown, ancient cousin of modern pandas.
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World's Oldest Footprints Discovered on Ancient Seafloor

June 06, 2018 | Article

Neil Armstrong left the first footprint on the moon, on July 20, 1969. But what about Earth — when did animals first leave footprints here?
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Dinosaur Sells for Over $2 Million at Auction. Why Paleontologists Are Dismayed

June 05, 2018 | Article

The nearly complete skeleton of a meat-eating dinosaur fetched a whopping $2.36 million at the Aguttes auction house in Paris yesterday (June 4), much to the dismay of many paleontologists.
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