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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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This Wonderfully Well-Preserved Fossil From 34 Million Years Ago Shows The Earliest Emperor ButterflyFossil of the new species Apaturoides monikae, a rare butterfly fossil.

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This Wonderfully Well-Preserved Fossil From 34 Million Years Ago Shows The Earliest Emperor ButterflyFossil of the new species Apaturoides monikae, a rare butterfly fossil.
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This Wonderfully Well-Preserved Fossil From 34 Million Years Ago Shows The Earliest Emperor Butterfly

clock-iconApril 3, 2026

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Fossils Of Ice Age Giant Tortoise And Ancient Armadillo Relative Found In Central Texas Cave For First TimeA photo showing the back of a man wearing a wetsuit, a hardhat with a torch and a snorkel crouching by an underground stream in a cave. The water is clear and shallow, showing a rocky floor below the surface.

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Fossils Of Ice Age Giant Tortoise And Ancient Armadillo Relative Found In Central Texas Cave For First TimeA photo showing the back of a man wearing a wetsuit, a hardhat with a torch and a snorkel crouching by an underground stream in a cave. The water is clear and shallow, showing a rocky floor below the surface.
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Fossils Of Ice Age Giant Tortoise And Ancient Armadillo Relative Found In Central Texas Cave For First Time

clock-iconMarch 27, 2026

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A New Ancient Snake Has Been Discovered In A Drawer, And It Is, Scientists Say, "Weird"An artists's impression of a long snake witha pebbled reddish-brown skin and black, red and cream striped tail. It has a small head with beady dark eyes and priminant nostrils.

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A New Ancient Snake Has Been Discovered In A Drawer, And It Is, Scientists Say, "Weird"An artists's impression of a long snake witha pebbled reddish-brown skin and black, red and cream striped tail. It has a small head with beady dark eyes and priminant nostrils.
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A New Ancient Snake Has Been Discovered In A Drawer, And It Is, Scientists Say, "Weird"

clock-iconJanuary 10, 2026
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Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Tail Found Inside 99-Million-Year-Old Amber Was Mistaken For A PlantThe tip of a feathered dinosaur tail preserved in 99-million-year-old amber.

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Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Tail Found Inside 99-Million-Year-Old Amber Was Mistaken For A PlantThe tip of a feathered dinosaur tail preserved in 99-million-year-old amber.
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Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Tail Found Inside 99-Million-Year-Old Amber Was Mistaken For A Plant

clock-iconSeptember 5, 2025
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World-First Fossil Discovery Of Sauropod Stomach Contents Reveals They Didn't Chew Their FoodArtist impression of Diamantinasaurus matildae feeding.

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World-First Fossil Discovery Of Sauropod Stomach Contents Reveals They Didn't Chew Their FoodArtist impression of Diamantinasaurus matildae feeding.
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World-First Fossil Discovery Of Sauropod Stomach Contents Reveals They Didn't Chew Their Food

clock-iconJune 9, 2025
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How Many Babies Did Dinosaurs Have? And Other Questionable Prehistoric Parenting Practicesa nest of baby dinosaurs, several hatchlings have already popped out of their eggs

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How Many Babies Did Dinosaurs Have? And Other Questionable Prehistoric Parenting Practicesa nest of baby dinosaurs, several hatchlings have already popped out of their eggs
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How Many Babies Did Dinosaurs Have? And Other Questionable Prehistoric Parenting Practices

clock-iconJune 3, 2025
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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

clock-iconMay 21, 2025
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165-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is New Species Of Ancient Parasite. Did It Come From A Dinosaur’s Butt?fossil parasite thorny-headed worm

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165-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is New Species Of Ancient Parasite. Did It Come From A Dinosaur’s Butt?fossil parasite thorny-headed worm
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165-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is New Species Of Ancient Parasite. Did It Come From A Dinosaur’s Butt?

clock-iconMay 10, 2025
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A 113-Million-Year-Old Hell Ant Found In Brazil Is The Oldest Ant Known To ScienceThe new species of hell ant was encased in 113-million-year-old limestone.

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A 113-Million-Year-Old Hell Ant Found In Brazil Is The Oldest Ant Known To ScienceThe new species of hell ant was encased in 113-million-year-old limestone.
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A 113-Million-Year-Old Hell Ant Found In Brazil Is The Oldest Ant Known To Science

clock-iconApril 24, 2025
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Meet Sue The Fossil, An “Inside-out, Legless, Headless Wonder” That Dates Back 444 Million YearsThe fossil Keurbos susanae - or Sue - in the rock.

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Meet Sue The Fossil, An “Inside-out, Legless, Headless Wonder” That Dates Back 444 Million YearsThe fossil Keurbos susanae - or Sue - in the rock.
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Meet Sue The Fossil, An “Inside-out, Legless, Headless Wonder” That Dates Back 444 Million Years

clock-iconApril 11, 2025
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Monstrous 99-Million-Year-Old Wasp Had Inbuilt "Venus Flytrap" For Snatching Victimscretaceous amber wasp fossil

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Monstrous 99-Million-Year-Old Wasp Had Inbuilt "Venus Flytrap" For Snatching Victimscretaceous amber wasp fossil
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Monstrous 99-Million-Year-Old Wasp Had Inbuilt "Venus Flytrap" For Snatching Victims

clock-iconMarch 27, 2025
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Does This Photo Show A Cougar Submerged In Sediment Beginning Its Fossilization Journey?a cougar in a lake, covered in sediment

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Does This Photo Show A Cougar Submerged In Sediment Beginning Its Fossilization Journey?a cougar in a lake, covered in sediment
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Does This Photo Show A Cougar Submerged In Sediment Beginning Its Fossilization Journey?

clock-iconMarch 20, 2025
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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

clock-iconNovember 29, 2024
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Just A Small Rise In Earth's Oxygen Levels Led To The Cambrian Explosion And Its Evolutionary LeapsLife on the platform margin of the Miaolingian sea, North China. Based on data from the Linyi Lagerstätte. Drawing by Dinghua Yang.

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Just A Small Rise In Earth's Oxygen Levels Led To The Cambrian Explosion And Its Evolutionary LeapsLife on the platform margin of the Miaolingian sea, North China. Based on data from the Linyi Lagerstätte. Drawing by Dinghua Yang.
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Just A Small Rise In Earth's Oxygen Levels Led To The Cambrian Explosion And Its Evolutionary Leaps

clock-iconJuly 15, 2024
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