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Fossil Mystery Reveals New Species Of 85-Million-Year-Old Sea Monster, And It’s “Very Odd”Two individuals of Traskasaura sandrae hunt the ammonite Pachydiscus in the northern Pacific during the Late Cretaceous. Traskasaura sandrae, named today in the Journal of Systematic Paleontology, was declared the Provincial Fossil of British Columbia in 2023

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Fossil Mystery Reveals New Species Of 85-Million-Year-Old Sea Monster, And It’s “Very Odd”Two individuals of Traskasaura sandrae hunt the ammonite Pachydiscus in the northern Pacific during the Late Cretaceous. Traskasaura sandrae, named today in the Journal of Systematic Paleontology, was declared the Provincial Fossil of British Columbia in 2023
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Fossil Mystery Reveals New Species Of 85-Million-Year-Old Sea Monster, And It’s “Very Odd”

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“Under UV Light, The Bone Glows Brightly”: A Fluorescent Archaeopteryx Just Changed Our Understanding Of The Evolution Of Flightarchaeopteryx fossil showing fluorescent soft tissue detail under UV light

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“Under UV Light, The Bone Glows Brightly”: A Fluorescent Archaeopteryx Just Changed Our Understanding Of The Evolution Of Flightarchaeopteryx fossil showing fluorescent soft tissue detail under UV light
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“Under UV Light, The Bone Glows Brightly”: A Fluorescent Archaeopteryx Just Changed Our Understanding Of The Evolution Of Flight

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New Species Of Three-Eyed “Sea Moth” Hunted In Earth's Oceans 506 Million Years AgoLife reconstruction of Mosura fentoni. It has three eyes and big mandibles

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New Species Of Three-Eyed “Sea Moth” Hunted In Earth's Oceans 506 Million Years AgoLife reconstruction of Mosura fentoni. It has three eyes and big mandibles
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New Species Of Three-Eyed “Sea Moth” Hunted In Earth's Oceans 506 Million Years Ago

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The Last Remaining Soft Tissues Of A Dodo Date To 1683 CE – And Are Still Going StrongThe "Oxford Dodo" pictured on display at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

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The Last Remaining Soft Tissues Of A Dodo Date To 1683 CE – And Are Still Going StrongThe "Oxford Dodo" pictured on display at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
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The Last Remaining Soft Tissues Of A Dodo Date To 1683 CE – And Are Still Going Strong

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Mammoth DNA Is Showing How These Ice Age Giants Evolved Over Past 1 Million Years3D rendered illustration of Mammoth in a winter landscape.

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Mammoth DNA Is Showing How These Ice Age Giants Evolved Over Past 1 Million Years3D rendered illustration of Mammoth in a winter landscape.
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Mammoth DNA Is Showing How These Ice Age Giants Evolved Over Past 1 Million Years

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Supersized Dinosaur-Eating Crocodiles Kept Re-evolving Each Time They Had A ChanceArtist's reconstruction of a late Cretaceous waterway with two Deinosochus waiting for a dinosaur to come down to feed.

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Supersized Dinosaur-Eating Crocodiles Kept Re-evolving Each Time They Had A ChanceArtist's reconstruction of a late Cretaceous waterway with two Deinosochus waiting for a dinosaur to come down to feed.
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Supersized Dinosaur-Eating Crocodiles Kept Re-evolving Each Time They Had A Chance

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The First Giant Land Organism May Require A New Branch On The Tree Of LifePrototaxites loganii from the middle Devonian Bellvale Sandstone. Fossils of smaller relatives of these first land giants suggest they were all part of a lineage unrelated to any that survives today.

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The First Giant Land Organism May Require A New Branch On The Tree Of LifePrototaxites loganii from the middle Devonian Bellvale Sandstone. Fossils of smaller relatives of these first land giants suggest they were all part of a lineage unrelated to any that survives today.
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The First Giant Land Organism May Require A New Branch On The Tree Of Life

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Scanning A 165-Million-Year-Old Octopus Fossil Revealed Surprising Features In Proteroctopusa fossil octopus showing body and legs

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Scanning A 165-Million-Year-Old Octopus Fossil Revealed Surprising Features In Proteroctopusa fossil octopus showing body and legs
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Scanning A 165-Million-Year-Old Octopus Fossil Revealed Surprising Features In Proteroctopus

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Did Anything Have Feathers Before The Dinosaurs?The discovery of Sinosauropteryx showed that non-bird dinosaurs could also have feathers. Fossil shows upside-down dinosaur with little brown feathers

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Did Anything Have Feathers Before The Dinosaurs?The discovery of Sinosauropteryx showed that non-bird dinosaurs could also have feathers. Fossil shows upside-down dinosaur with little brown feathers
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Did Anything Have Feathers Before The Dinosaurs?

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"Exceptionally Rare" 183-Million-Year-Old Plesiosaur Was Covered In Mosaic Of Skin And ScalesJurassic plesiosaur skeleton with preserved skin and scales

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"Exceptionally Rare" 183-Million-Year-Old Plesiosaur Was Covered In Mosaic Of Skin And ScalesJurassic plesiosaur skeleton with preserved skin and scales
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"Exceptionally Rare" 183-Million-Year-Old Plesiosaur Was Covered In Mosaic Of Skin And Scales

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Did Humans Almost Go Extinct 900,000 Years Ago?Human skull representing extinction

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Did Humans Almost Go Extinct 900,000 Years Ago?Human skull representing extinction
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Did Humans Almost Go Extinct 900,000 Years Ago?

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Long-Snouted Crocodile Fossil Around 10 Million Years Old Unearthed In Peruvian DesertThe photo shows the excavated fossil of the crocodile laid out in a display cabinet. The fully articulate skeleton can be seen protruding from the surround stone as it curves into a semi-circle shape.

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Long-Snouted Crocodile Fossil Around 10 Million Years Old Unearthed In Peruvian DesertThe photo shows the excavated fossil of the crocodile laid out in a display cabinet. The fully articulate skeleton can be seen protruding from the surround stone as it curves into a semi-circle shape.
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Long-Snouted Crocodile Fossil Around 10 Million Years Old Unearthed In Peruvian Desert

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12 Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals What May Be The Largest Terror Bird To Have Ever LivedParaphysornis brasiliensis, a terror bird from the Early Miocene found in Brazil, only reached about 1.4 meters, so imagine this but seven in size for the new one.

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12 Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals What May Be The Largest Terror Bird To Have Ever LivedParaphysornis brasiliensis, a terror bird from the Early Miocene found in Brazil, only reached about 1.4 meters, so imagine this but seven in size for the new one.
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12 Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals What May Be The Largest Terror Bird To Have Ever Lived

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Brand New Dino Discovered In Drawer In Mexico Could Totally Upend Tyrannosaur HistoryLabocania aguillonae reconstruction

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Brand New Dino Discovered In Drawer In Mexico Could Totally Upend Tyrannosaur HistoryLabocania aguillonae reconstruction
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Brand New Dino Discovered In Drawer In Mexico Could Totally Upend Tyrannosaur History

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Newly Discovered Ancient Panda Fossil Shows They Once Lived In Europe And Ate MeatA photo of a giant panda lounging in a tree top. The tree has been cut so only its trunk and a few trimmed branches are left. The bear is sat with one of the branches under it as a seat, while it rests its paws on the main trunk in front of it, like it is at the table.

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Newly Discovered Ancient Panda Fossil Shows They Once Lived In Europe And Ate MeatA photo of a giant panda lounging in a tree top. The tree has been cut so only its trunk and a few trimmed branches are left. The bear is sat with one of the branches under it as a seat, while it rests its paws on the main trunk in front of it, like it is at the table.
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Newly Discovered Ancient Panda Fossil Shows They Once Lived In Europe And Ate Meat

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