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Incredible Marine Reptile Fossil Preserves Its Internal Organs In Such Detail That Its Liver Is Still A "Reddish Color"An artists impression of Austranaga hunting fish in the sea.

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Incredible Marine Reptile Fossil Preserves Its Internal Organs In Such Detail That Its Liver Is Still A "Reddish Color"An artists impression of Austranaga hunting fish in the sea.
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Incredible Marine Reptile Fossil Preserves Its Internal Organs In Such Detail That Its Liver Is Still A "Reddish Color"

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Three-Way Chomp-Fest Between Ancient Species Shows Who Was Eating Who in The Lower CretaceousA paeloart drawing of a ichthyosaur biting a pterosaur while and pliosaur swims below.

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Three-Way Chomp-Fest Between Ancient Species Shows Who Was Eating Who in The Lower CretaceousA paeloart drawing of a ichthyosaur biting a pterosaur while and pliosaur swims below.
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Three-Way Chomp-Fest Between Ancient Species Shows Who Was Eating Who in The Lower Cretaceous

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Dinosaurs “Charbroiled” To Death, Giving A Harrowing Reminder Of How Much Devastation Can Happen On A Planetary Scale In Just A Few HoursA Daurlong taking refuge in water to escape from a fire

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Dinosaurs “Charbroiled” To Death, Giving A Harrowing Reminder Of How Much Devastation Can Happen On A Planetary Scale In Just A Few HoursA Daurlong taking refuge in water to escape from a fire
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Dinosaurs “Charbroiled” To Death, Giving A Harrowing Reminder Of How Much Devastation Can Happen On A Planetary Scale In Just A Few Hours

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“Exceptionally” Preserved Cretaceous Snake Fossil Allows For The Reconstruction Of Its BrainAn artist's reconstruction of the new fossil snake showing it burrowing underground.

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“Exceptionally” Preserved Cretaceous Snake Fossil Allows For The Reconstruction Of Its BrainAn artist's reconstruction of the new fossil snake showing it burrowing underground.
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“Exceptionally” Preserved Cretaceous Snake Fossil Allows For The Reconstruction Of Its Brain

clock-iconJuly 24, 2026

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The Cloaca – A Butthole That Does It All – Has Been Missing A Chapter In Its Evolution. This 294-Million-Year-Old Tailprint Could Change Thatthe clay-colored fossil shows the scale imprint of a cloaca in its center

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The Cloaca – A Butthole That Does It All – Has Been Missing A Chapter In Its Evolution. This 294-Million-Year-Old Tailprint Could Change Thatthe clay-colored fossil shows the scale imprint of a cloaca in its center
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The Cloaca – A Butthole That Does It All – Has Been Missing A Chapter In Its Evolution. This 294-Million-Year-Old Tailprint Could Change That

clock-iconJuly 22, 2026

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Oldest-Ever Crocodile Soft Tissue Reveals The Color Pattern In An Exquisite 125-Million-Year-Old FossilA picture of the fossil crocodile under UV light, showing the skeleton in the middle and out the outline of the skin.

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Oldest-Ever Crocodile Soft Tissue Reveals The Color Pattern In An Exquisite 125-Million-Year-Old FossilA picture of the fossil crocodile under UV light, showing the skeleton in the middle and out the outline of the skin.
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Oldest-Ever Crocodile Soft Tissue Reveals The Color Pattern In An Exquisite 125-Million-Year-Old Fossil

clock-iconJuly 17, 2026

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Newly Hatched T. Rex Babies Came Out Of The Egg Ready To Chase Their Own FoodArtist's impression of a newly hatched T. rex, already hunting prey

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Newly Hatched T. Rex Babies Came Out Of The Egg Ready To Chase Their Own FoodArtist's impression of a newly hatched T. rex, already hunting prey
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Newly Hatched T. Rex Babies Came Out Of The Egg Ready To Chase Their Own Food

clock-iconJuly 17, 2026

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$50 Million Dinosaur Sale Smashes Auction Record. Three Palaeontologists Told Us Why That’s Potentially Catastrophic For Science And Educationside profile of gus the t rex mounted in a predatory position with tail out and mouth open

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$50 Million Dinosaur Sale Smashes Auction Record. Three Palaeontologists Told Us Why That’s Potentially Catastrophic For Science And Educationside profile of gus the t rex mounted in a predatory position with tail out and mouth open
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$50 Million Dinosaur Sale Smashes Auction Record. Three Palaeontologists Told Us Why That’s Potentially Catastrophic For Science And Education

clock-iconJuly 16, 2026
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How Do You Name A New Species? | IFLScience The Big QuestionsA picture of a museum cabinet displaying birds, with a mobile phone overlaid showing on the screen the logo for The Big Questions.

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How Do You Name A New Species? | IFLScience The Big QuestionsA picture of a museum cabinet displaying birds, with a mobile phone overlaid showing on the screen the logo for The Big Questions.
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How Do You Name A New Species? | IFLScience The Big Questions

clock-iconJuly 16, 2026

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New Species Of Extremely Long-Necked Dinosaur Discovered Thanks To One Tiny, Unique Fossilized BoneA reconstruction of the new species of dinosaur showing it in a forest glade.

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New Species Of Extremely Long-Necked Dinosaur Discovered Thanks To One Tiny, Unique Fossilized BoneA reconstruction of the new species of dinosaur showing it in a forest glade.
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New Species Of Extremely Long-Necked Dinosaur Discovered Thanks To One Tiny, Unique Fossilized Bone

clock-iconJuly 10, 2026

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Astonishing 450-Million-Year-Old Fossil Preserving Soft Tissue Is "One In A Million"This fossil represents a fossilized tube foot from a 450-million-year-old crinoid, only the second crinoid soft tissue ever found

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Astonishing 450-Million-Year-Old Fossil Preserving Soft Tissue Is "One In A Million"This fossil represents a fossilized tube foot from a 450-million-year-old crinoid, only the second crinoid soft tissue ever found
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Astonishing 450-Million-Year-Old Fossil Preserving Soft Tissue Is "One In A Million"

clock-iconJuly 7, 2026

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Two Halves Of 300-Million-Year-Old Fossil Fish Reunited Revealing Unique Braincase And Snug Brain TissuesA photograph showing two fossils, that are two halves of a round node. Under each is the museum listing showing where they were found and the dates in handwriting.

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Two Halves Of 300-Million-Year-Old Fossil Fish Reunited Revealing Unique Braincase And Snug Brain TissuesA photograph showing two fossils, that are two halves of a round node. Under each is the museum listing showing where they were found and the dates in handwriting.
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Two Halves Of 300-Million-Year-Old Fossil Fish Reunited Revealing Unique Braincase And Snug Brain Tissues

clock-iconJuly 6, 2026

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How These Caves Alerted The World To Australia’s Unusual Megafauna And Helped Inspire Darwin’s Theory Of EvolutionThe stalactites of Cathedral Cave draw they eye, but there is more scientific interest in fossils found in the cave floor below.

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How These Caves Alerted The World To Australia’s Unusual Megafauna And Helped Inspire Darwin’s Theory Of EvolutionThe stalactites of Cathedral Cave draw they eye, but there is more scientific interest in fossils found in the cave floor below.
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How These Caves Alerted The World To Australia’s Unusual Megafauna And Helped Inspire Darwin’s Theory Of Evolution

clock-iconJuly 6, 2026

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For First Time, Molecules Detected On Perfectly Preserved 113-Million-Year-Old Pterosaur Wing Reveal Squid-Guzzling DietA computer graphic of a pterosaur flying over the sea.

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For First Time, Molecules Detected On Perfectly Preserved 113-Million-Year-Old Pterosaur Wing Reveal Squid-Guzzling DietA computer graphic of a pterosaur flying over the sea.
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For First Time, Molecules Detected On Perfectly Preserved 113-Million-Year-Old Pterosaur Wing Reveal Squid-Guzzling Diet

clock-iconJuly 2, 2026

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A New Species Of Jurassic Dinosaur Reveals How Their Long Tails Turned Into Birds' Feathered Flight ControlReconstructions of Jurassic proto-bird species Zhengheornis buyu (front) and Fujianvenator prodigiosus (back) showing the contrast in their tails

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A New Species Of Jurassic Dinosaur Reveals How Their Long Tails Turned Into Birds' Feathered Flight ControlReconstructions of Jurassic proto-bird species Zhengheornis buyu (front) and Fujianvenator prodigiosus (back) showing the contrast in their tails
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A New Species Of Jurassic Dinosaur Reveals How Their Long Tails Turned Into Birds' Feathered Flight Control

clock-iconJuly 2, 2026