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The Fossil of a Human-Sized Penguin Has Been Unearthed in New Zealand
The Fossil of a Human-Sized Penguin Has Been Unearthed in New Zealand
The Overlooked Paleontologist Who May Have Inspired 'She Sells Sea Shells'
The Overlooked Paleontologist Who May Have Inspired 'She Sells Sea Shells'
Middle School Student Discovers Megalodon Tooth Fossil on Spring Break
Middle School Student Discovers Megalodon Tooth Fossil on Spring Break
After 110 Million Years, This Spider Fossil's Eyes Are All Aglow
After 110 Million Years, This Spider Fossil's Eyes Are All Aglow
Scientists Find Fossil of 150-Million-Year-Old Flesh-Eating Fish—Plus a Few of Its Prey
Fossilized Fat Shows 550-Million-Year-Old Sea Creature May Have Been the World's First Animal
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When German Scientists Tried to Rename Bats and Shrews, Hitler Threatened to Send Them to War
The Mysterious Origin of Nebraska's "Devil's Corkscrew" Fossils
Prehistoric Ticks Once Drank Dinosaur Blood, Fossil Evidence Shows
Scientists Unearth a Giraffe Ancestor That Had Four Horns Instead of Two
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Construction Workers in Colorado Discover 66-Million-Year-Old Triceratops Skeleton
Cephalopod Fossil Sketch in Australia Can Be Seen From Space
9-Year-Old Boy Trips Over the Bones of a Long-Extinct Elephant Relative
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