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Paleontology

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SScience
An 82-Year-Old Fossil Hunter Found a 150-Million-Year-Old Insect That May Redraw the Evolutionary Map
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An 82-Year-Old Fossil Hunter Found a 150-Million-Year-Old Insect That May Redraw the Evolutionary Map

  • November 18, 2025
Scientists have identified a new species of non-biting midge from 151-million-year-old specimens discovered by an amateur fossil hunter. Credit:…
WWildlife
Video shows towering dinosaur-like shoebill bird. What's happening?
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Video shows towering dinosaur-like shoebill bird. What’s happening?

  • November 15, 2025
Shoebill birds can reach a height of five feet, but the prehistoric-looking creatures generally aren’t taller than people.…
SScience
Evidence of Rhino Living in Frigid Arctic Circle 23 Million Years Ago Discovered in New Fossil
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Evidence of Rhino Living in Frigid Arctic Circle 23 Million Years Ago Discovered in New Fossil

  • November 2, 2025
Marisa Gilbert (left) and Dr. Danielle Fraser with fossil of Arctic rhino Epiaceratherium itjilik – Canadian Museum of…
EEnvironment
Meet the Weirdly Wonderful 'Frosty' Rhino That Once Roamed the Canadian Arctic
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Meet the Weirdly Wonderful ‘Frosty’ Rhino That Once Roamed the Canadian Arctic

  • October 29, 2025
When you think of rhinoceroses, chances are you think of regions like Africa and Asia, not North America.…
WWildlife
A Plant-Eating Croc? Newly Identified Species Demonstrates Crocodilian Versatility
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A Plant-Eating Croc? Newly Identified Species Demonstrates Crocodilian Versatility

  • October 17, 2025
Illustration by Dane Johnson, Museum of the Rockies – released to the press Measuring no more than 2…
EEnvironment
Adaptive ecosystem restoration to mitigate zoonotic risks
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Adaptive ecosystem restoration to mitigate zoonotic risks

  • October 7, 2025
Jones, K. E. et al. Global trends in emerging infectious diseases. Nature 451, 990–993 (2008). Article  CAS  PubMed …
SScience
Pachycephalosaurs Illustration
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Scientists Just Found the Oldest Dome-Head Dinosaur Ever

  • October 1, 2025
Artist’s illustration of Z. rinpoche. Credit: Masato Hattori In Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, researchers uncovered a remarkably complete fossil…
SScience
Fossil From 310 Million Years Ago Rewrites the Story of Fish Evolution
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Fossil From 310 Million Years Ago Rewrites the Story of Fish Evolution

  • September 30, 2025
Life reconstruction of Platysomus, with open mouth showing toothplate on the floor of the mouth supported by gill…
SScience
Ancient Sloths
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From a 20-Foot Poop Pile, Scientists Uncover the Secrets of Giant Sloths

  • September 27, 2025
Ancient sloths lived in trees, on mountains, in deserts, boreal forests, and open savannahs. These differences in habitat…
SScience
Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis Artist
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Scientists Discover Ancient New Ichthyosaur Species in Germany

  • September 27, 2025
A commissioned artwork by Andrey Atuchin illustrates Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis on a belemnite battleground. Credit: Andrey Atuchin Researchers have…
SScience
New Dinosaur Species Identified in Wales
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New Dinosaur Species Identified in Wales

  • September 19, 2025
Close-up of two teeth of GSM 6532, showing fine preservation of serrations along the posterior carina. Scale bar…
SScience
Mastodon Migrations With the Glaciers Ice Revealed in New Paper
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Mastodon Migrations With the Glaciers Ice Revealed in New Paper

  • September 16, 2025
Giant elephants were more diverse than we had appreciated, it turns out. A new study published Friday in…
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