Paleontology Shaken: Organic Molecules Found in 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Bones
Liverpool researchers' discovery of collagen in fossilized bones could provide new insights into dinosaurs. For years, ...
Museum With Renowned Dinosaur Fossils Gets a $25 Million Gift
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, home to the Tyrannosaurus rex holotype and a famous Diplodocus, will ...
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Quail-sized feathered dinosaur may be the earliest known bird
Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which ...
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Secret canals in flying dinosaur cousin’s bones could inspire lighter, tougher planes
Researchers suggest that studying the biological designs of prehistoric creatures could advance materials science.
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11 Of Ancient Earth’s Most Unbelievable Prehistoric Animals
For nearly 30 million years, a 2,000-pound beast known as the entelodont ruled a sweeping empire from Mongolia to what is now ...
Paleontologists solve decades’ old mystery about plesiosaur skin texture
While experts know details about its diet, size, and general habitat, the aquatic reptile’s skin characteristics have ...
Ancient ‘ostrich-like’ creature — 73 million years old — found as new species in Mexico
Now, more than a decade later, new analysis of the fossils has found that they belong to a new 73-million-year-old species, according to a study published Jan. 28 in the peer-reviewed journal ...
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'Beyond Doubt': Proteins in Fossil From Actual Dinosaur, Claim Scientists
Researchers have discovered clear chemical traces of decaying collagen in a duck-billed dinosaur fossil, upending previously ...
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Stories from the University of Toronto community
We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the ...
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10 deadly prehistoric snakes from ocean predators to dinosaur hunters
From the colossal Titanoboa in ancient Colombia to the transitional form Eophis in England and the dinosaur-hunting Sanajeh in India, these ancient snakes showcase incredible evolutionary ...