Fossils
- Animals
Cool Jobs: Studying what you love
Researchers study the same animals that fascinated them as kids.
- Fossils
End of big bug era
Flying predators probably gobbled up the biggest of the large flying insects 150 million years ago
- Earth
The oldest place on Earth
Antarctica may seem like the dead continent, but it once bustled with life — a little of which still survives.
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- Fossils
Old relative steps down
Ancient human ancestor climbed trees but also walked clumsily upright on the ground.
- Fossils
Dino drama
Scientists study skulls to determine whether Triceratops and Torosaurus were two different species.
- Fossils
Early toehold on land
A five-toed fossil now holds the record for smallest, oldest foot ever found.
- Animals
The secret songs of giant beavers
Scientists discover a noisemaking chamber in the extinct animal’s skull.
- Fossils
Dino teeth tell a traveling tale
Dental evidence from sauropods suggests the mighty beasts migrated for food.
- Fossils
Dangerous dinos in the dark
Eye fossils reveal predatory dinosaurs’ preference for hunting at night.
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- Fossils
Message in a dinosaur’s teeth
Giant dino that was T. rex rival may have spent most of its time in the water.
