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'That's a huge amount of movement for a single mammoth': Woolly female's steps retraced based on chemistry of 14,000-year-old tusk
New analysis of a 14,000-year-old woolly mammoth tusk has pieced together the life of a female mammoth that likely died at the hands of hunters close to Alaska's oldest archaeological site.
Mummified skin from creature that lived 290 million years ago is older than the dinosaurs
Crocodile-like skin from a reptile is 130 million years older than the previous record for fossilized skin, researchers say.
Newfound T. rex relative was an even bigger apex predator, remarkable skull discovery suggests
The newly identified tyrannosaur species is the closest known relative of T. rex and could have been even larger than the famous dinosaur king.
Huge, complete mammoth tusk accidentally discovered by North Dakota coal miners
A tusk scooped up my miners in North Dakota turned out to be one of the most complete skeletons of a mammoth ever discovered in the state.
Dinosaur finger bone from Lesotho rock shelter suggests Africans discovered fossils centuries before British did
Africans discovered dinosaur fossils long before the term 'paleontology' existed
Megalodon tooth found on unexplored seamount 10,000 feet below the ocean's surface
A remotely operated submersible was deep in a never-before-studied part of the ocean when it extracted the megalodon tooth.
Nanotyrannus vs. T. rex saga continues: Controversial study 'doesn't settle the question at all'
A new study of long-debated dinosaur fossils has found growth patterns inconsistent with those of T. rex, suggesting the bones belong to a distinct species, but other experts aren't convinced.
Why was the name 'Brontosaurus' brought back from the dead?
The dinosaur Brontosaurus was canceled but then resurrected. What happened?
