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From horseshoe crabs to crocodiles, some of these creatures have looked about the same for hundreds of millions of years.
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A colossal mammoth tusk was uncovered in West Texas, marking an unexpected fossil find.
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There’s a gooey time capsule in the heart of Los Angeles, left over from an era when saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, camels, and giant sloths prowled southern California.
A surprising discovery in Wyoming has challenged long-held ideas about dinosaur migration.
Dinosaurs roamed the UK millions of years ago, as evidenced by fossilized tracks recently uncovered in Oxfordshire.
New Zealand’s open-access fossil database makes it easier for scientists to collaborate.
The shelf-sized mammoth comes with three sets of tusks, including one with battle damage.
Millions of fossils, from shells to the largest known shark species, were unearthed beneath San Pedro High School.
"Apex" is among the most complete Stegosaurus specimens ever discovered.
This “Teen Rex” was 25 feet long and weighed about 3500 pounds while alive.
The three mammoth skeletons represent the first significant paleontology discovery in Austria in a century.
Previously, a study suggested that the king of the dinosaurs was as intelligent as a primate. New data hints that this may not have been the case.
Like his most famous discovery, fossil hunter Barnum Brown was larger than life.
If you dreamed of becoming a paleontologist when you were younger, it's not too late to pursue your dinosaur-hunting ambitions.
A new study explains how T. rex's feathered ancestors may have survived the extinction event that wiped out nearly half of all quadrupeds.
Hawkins was the Steven Spielberg of his time—an artist and visionary who created an immersive world where giants still walked the Earth.
The pterosaur fossil discovered on Scotland's Isle of Skye shows that flying reptiles grew to great sizes more quickly than previously believed.
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