U.K. Fossil Tour Guide Discovers Rare Dinosaur Track Imprinted in Clay on the Isle of Wight
A U.K. fossil tour guide discovered a rare purple dinosaur footprint imprinted in clay on the coast of the Isle of Wight on ...
Why A 9-Million-Year-Old Great White Shark Ancestor Was Found In A Desert—A Biologist Explains
One might assume that marine fossils are exclusively unearthed in sedimentary coastal or underwater deposits. This is far ...
Fossils preserve both skin and scales from an ancient sea monster
Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks ...
Why this Jurassic bird fossil from China might rewrite evolutionary history
The short-tailed find with the forelimb of a raptor is an extremely rare example of the transition from dinosaurs to birds ...
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A British Plumber Just Discovered A New ‘Sea Dragon’ Dinosaur Species
An amateur fossil hunter just unearthed a new species of "sea dragon" dinosaur on a British beach. The sea dragon, or ...
Fossil from 1940 reveals what dinosaur skin looked like
The tissues of the MH7 fossil were so precisely preserved that researchers could study individual skin cells. In some samples ...
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Robots are bringing new life to extinct species
The field of paleo-inspired robotics is opening up a new way to turn back time and studying prehistoric animals.
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183-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals That Plesiosaur Skin Was Smooth and Scaly
Dive into the findings of the first detailed study of plesiosaur skin, which was a strange mosaic of textures.