Bizarre-looking dinosaur challenges what we know about the evolution of fingers
Oviraptorosaurs are weird dinosaurs that look a bit like flightless birds. But these ancient animals aren't just ...
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Ten Exceptional Ancient Elephants, From Small Swimming Creatures to Shovel-Tusked Beasts
If there were any contender for a real-life equivalent to the Oliphaunts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, it would be ...
Scientist discovers ‘legless, headless wonder’ older than the dinosaurs in South Africa — and names it ‘Sue’ after her mother
Paleontologists in England discovered the existence of a new marine species that roamed the Earth before the dinosaurs and ...
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These 26-foot Tall Organisms Weren't Plants, Animals, or Fungi, but a Secret Fourth Thing
Previously believed to be plant or fungi, these giant organisms may have been a now-extinct fourth type of life.
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A Fossil So Strange Scientists Think It’s From a Completely New Form of Life
In 2007, a team led by Stanford geobiologist Kevin Boyce found that carbon isotopes in the fossils resembled those of fungi — ...
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The effort to save Syria’s northern bald ibis population failed, but much can be learned (analysis)
The northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) is an extravagant waterbird adapted to forage in dry, open habitats, and is ...
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Mysterious fossil discovery represents a whole new form of life
He called the organism Prototaxites, meaning “first conifer.” The name stuck, even though the fossil didn’t quite match any ...
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Officers respond to unusual 911 call after unexpected creature is found meandering in streets: 'This is certainly out of the ordinary even for us'
During seal season in Connecticut, the New Haven Police Department and Mystic Aquarium's animal rescue team combined forces ...