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Newly Discovered Velociraptor Cousin With 4 “Wings” Might Have Flown Like A Flying Squirrel – And It’s Solved A Longstanding MysteryThe new microraptor dinosaur Jian changmaensis (left) attacks the early bird Gansus yumenensis (right) in what is now the Changma Basin of northwestern China approximately 120 million years ago. In an artists reconstruction of what both species might have looked like.

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Newly Discovered Velociraptor Cousin With 4 “Wings” Might Have Flown Like A Flying Squirrel – And It’s Solved A Longstanding MysteryThe new microraptor dinosaur Jian changmaensis (left) attacks the early bird Gansus yumenensis (right) in what is now the Changma Basin of northwestern China approximately 120 million years ago. In an artists reconstruction of what both species might have looked like.
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Newly Discovered Velociraptor Cousin With 4 “Wings” Might Have Flown Like A Flying Squirrel – And It’s Solved A Longstanding Mystery

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415-Million-Year-Old Fossils Confirm The World’s Largest Scorpion Was A Meter-Long Apex Predator That May Have Hunted On Land And Underwatera huge scorpion stands by the water's edge

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415-Million-Year-Old Fossils Confirm The World’s Largest Scorpion Was A Meter-Long Apex Predator That May Have Hunted On Land And Underwatera huge scorpion stands by the water's edge
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415-Million-Year-Old Fossils Confirm The World’s Largest Scorpion Was A Meter-Long Apex Predator That May Have Hunted On Land And Underwater

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T. Rex Had "Human-Sized Arms On A Bus-Sized Animal" – Now We Have The Best Explanation Yet For Whypalaeoart showing a t rex walking in a forest clearing

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T. Rex Had "Human-Sized Arms On A Bus-Sized Animal" – Now We Have The Best Explanation Yet For Whypalaeoart showing a t rex walking in a forest clearing
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T. Rex Had "Human-Sized Arms On A Bus-Sized Animal" – Now We Have The Best Explanation Yet For Why

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Why Weren't There Any Marine Dinosaurs? A Newly Discovered Feature Of Spinosaurus Skulls May Give The Answerspinosaurus illustration showing the bone above the eye where the salt gland may have attached

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Why Weren't There Any Marine Dinosaurs? A Newly Discovered Feature Of Spinosaurus Skulls May Give The Answerspinosaurus illustration showing the bone above the eye where the salt gland may have attached
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Why Weren't There Any Marine Dinosaurs? A Newly Discovered Feature Of Spinosaurus Skulls May Give The Answer

clock-iconMay 29, 2026

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“Pretty Cool If You Ask Me”: Perfectly Preserved 121-Million-Year-Old “Feather Dragon” Fossil Reveals New Species With Incredibly Long Tail FeathersA incredibly well preserved fossil bird with very long tail feathers on a pale rock.

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“Pretty Cool If You Ask Me”: Perfectly Preserved 121-Million-Year-Old “Feather Dragon” Fossil Reveals New Species With Incredibly Long Tail FeathersA incredibly well preserved fossil bird with very long tail feathers on a pale rock.
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“Pretty Cool If You Ask Me”: Perfectly Preserved 121-Million-Year-Old “Feather Dragon” Fossil Reveals New Species With Incredibly Long Tail Feathers

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Meet The “Croc Witch,” A 212-Million-Year-Old Toothless Triassic Weirdo That Walked On Two LegsReconstruction of Labrujasuchus expectatus. It has a reptilian body with orange and brown striped pattern, walks on two legs with small arms and a long neck.

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Meet The “Croc Witch,” A 212-Million-Year-Old Toothless Triassic Weirdo That Walked On Two LegsReconstruction of Labrujasuchus expectatus. It has a reptilian body with orange and brown striped pattern, walks on two legs with small arms and a long neck.
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Meet The “Croc Witch,” A 212-Million-Year-Old Toothless Triassic Weirdo That Walked On Two Legs

clock-iconMay 27, 2026

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Scientists Just Found 12,000 Tiny Fossils That Expand Our Understanding Of The Origins Of Complex Lifemud core containing early eukaryote fossils

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Scientists Just Found 12,000 Tiny Fossils That Expand Our Understanding Of The Origins Of Complex Lifemud core containing early eukaryote fossils
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Scientists Just Found 12,000 Tiny Fossils That Expand Our Understanding Of The Origins Of Complex Life

clock-iconMay 25, 2026

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Meet The Mighty Marine T. Rex, A Sea Monster That Was A “Much Meaner Animal Than Other Mosasaurs”A reconstruction of Tylosaurus rex in the Cretaceous-era Western Interior Seaway of North America

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Meet The Mighty Marine T. Rex, A Sea Monster That Was A “Much Meaner Animal Than Other Mosasaurs”A reconstruction of Tylosaurus rex in the Cretaceous-era Western Interior Seaway of North America
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Meet The Mighty Marine T. Rex, A Sea Monster That Was A “Much Meaner Animal Than Other Mosasaurs”

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"Science Is Always Evolving": Earth's Earliest "Animals" Revealed To Be Something Completely Different By Stunning Fossil ReanalysisVisible to the naked eye, fossilized bacteria or algae were found in an ancient seabed that emerged in the current Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul

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"Science Is Always Evolving": Earth's Earliest "Animals" Revealed To Be Something Completely Different By Stunning Fossil ReanalysisVisible to the naked eye, fossilized bacteria or algae were found in an ancient seabed that emerged in the current Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul
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"Science Is Always Evolving": Earth's Earliest "Animals" Revealed To Be Something Completely Different By Stunning Fossil Reanalysis

clock-iconMay 20, 2026

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Ancient Teeth From Heroic Tiny Mammals Suggest The Arctic Was A "Crucible" For Evolution In The Late CretaceousTiny rodent mammals scurry bewteen the feet of larger therapod dinosaurs

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Ancient Teeth From Heroic Tiny Mammals Suggest The Arctic Was A "Crucible" For Evolution In The Late CretaceousTiny rodent mammals scurry bewteen the feet of larger therapod dinosaurs
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Ancient Teeth From Heroic Tiny Mammals Suggest The Arctic Was A "Crucible" For Evolution In The Late Cretaceous

clock-iconMay 19, 2026

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Amazingly Preserved 100-Million-Year-Old Bug Trapped In Amber Has Rare Crab-Like ClawsClose up of C. libererrantes preserved in amber showing the unusual claws.

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Amazingly Preserved 100-Million-Year-Old Bug Trapped In Amber Has Rare Crab-Like ClawsClose up of C. libererrantes preserved in amber showing the unusual claws.
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Amazingly Preserved 100-Million-Year-Old Bug Trapped In Amber Has Rare Crab-Like Claws

clock-iconMay 15, 2026

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The First Fish To Crawl Out Of The Sea? A 380-Million-Year-Old Fossil Helps Explain Origins Of Land AnimalsAn illustration of the Devonian tetrapodomorph fish Koharalepis jarviki.

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The First Fish To Crawl Out Of The Sea? A 380-Million-Year-Old Fossil Helps Explain Origins Of Land AnimalsAn illustration of the Devonian tetrapodomorph fish Koharalepis jarviki.
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The First Fish To Crawl Out Of The Sea? A 380-Million-Year-Old Fossil Helps Explain Origins Of Land Animals

clock-iconMay 15, 2026

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120-Million-Year-Old Sauropod Becomes The Largest Dinosaur Ever Found In Asia, As Heavy As 9 Asian ElephantsArtistic illustration of the Nagatitan shows it as a blue-grey dinosaur with a very long neck and long tail

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120-Million-Year-Old Sauropod Becomes The Largest Dinosaur Ever Found In Asia, As Heavy As 9 Asian ElephantsArtistic illustration of the Nagatitan shows it as a blue-grey dinosaur with a very long neck and long tail
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120-Million-Year-Old Sauropod Becomes The Largest Dinosaur Ever Found In Asia, As Heavy As 9 Asian Elephants

clock-iconMay 14, 2026

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How Did Giant Dinosaur Footprints End Up On The Ceiling Of A Cave?Footprints on the ceiling gallery in the Castelbouc Cave, Causse Méjean plateau, France.

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How Did Giant Dinosaur Footprints End Up On The Ceiling Of A Cave?Footprints on the ceiling gallery in the Castelbouc Cave, Causse Méjean plateau, France.
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How Did Giant Dinosaur Footprints End Up On The Ceiling Of A Cave?

clock-iconMay 13, 2026

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A $600,000 "T. Rex Leather" Handbag Could Be Yours, But Is It All It's Cracked Up To Be?A T. rex leather handbag in glass case surrounded by the cast of a T. rex skeleton in a museum.

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A $600,000 "T. Rex Leather" Handbag Could Be Yours, But Is It All It's Cracked Up To Be?A T. rex leather handbag in glass case surrounded by the cast of a T. rex skeleton in a museum.
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A $600,000 "T. Rex Leather" Handbag Could Be Yours, But Is It All It's Cracked Up To Be?

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