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This Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Embryo Shows Link to Modern-Day Birds
The unhatched dinosaur looks like a 17-day-old chicken embryo, with paleontologists calling it “exquisitely preserved.”
Earth's Biodiversity Could Take Millions of Years to Recover from Human Influence
A new study concludes that extinction rates for gastropods during the fifth mass extinction were worse than believed, and the sixth could be even bigger.
Scientists Discover 100-Million-Year-Old Sperm Preserved in Amber
A Cretaceous crustacean preserved in amber reveals new insights about “giant sperm.”
New Dinosaur Species Related to T-Rex Discovered
The Vectaerovenator inopinatus roamed the earth around 115 million years ago.
This 'Pickled' Dinosaur Brain Was Miraculously Preserved for 133 Million Years
“We are simply amazed that we have any structures present given how delicate these things are.”
Scientists Use Play-Doh to Understand the Feeding Habits of an Ancient Reptile
The hammerhead-shaped, zipper-teethed mouth of the Atopentatus was used to scrape algae off rocks and slurp it up.
The 307-Million-Year-Old ‘Tully Monster’ Finds Its Place on the Tree of Life
Tullimonstrum gregarium looks like a cross between a bath toy, a disembodied crab leg, and Star Wars bit character Sy Snootles.
Here's a 100-Million-Year-Old Spider Attack Caught in Amber
Imagine this: there you are, a wasp, trapped hopelessly in the web of a fine and brutal specimen of orb-weaver spider as it bears down on you. The spider isn't going to kill you with a bite or poison; instead it'll most likely wrap you tightly in silk...