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Grinding Tomography Reveals 40 New Squid Species in 100-Million-Year-Old Rock

The fossil discovery challenges the belief that squids only thrived after the end-Cretaceous extinction.

Urbanization Reshapes Chipmunk and Vole Skulls in Chicago Over 125 Years

Amber Fossils Reveal 99-Million-Year-Old Zombie-Fungi Infections

Triassic Reptiles Migrated 10,000 Miles Through Inhospitable Tropics

National Trust completes £2m Wicken Fen peatland restoration, reveals prehistoric bog oak

Cretaceous Bird Fossils Reveal Arctic Nesting 73 Million Years Ago

Tourists’ Coins Trigger Rapid Erosion at Northern Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway

Traskasaura sandrae Named as New Genus, Resolving 40-Year Fossil Mystery

Landmark Study Chronicles 35-Million-Year Evolution and Extinction of Sloths

Virginia Tech Study Warns of 15% Chance of Cascadia Megaquake Triggering 1,000-Foot Tsunami

World’s Largest Cliff-Top Boulder Identified in Tonga, Moved by Ancient Mega-Tsunami

Chicago Archaeopteryx Reveals New Insights into Early Bird Flight

Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake Strikes Near Kasos, Greece

4.4-Magnitude Quake Jolts Campi Flegrei as Seismic Swarm Escalates

4.4-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Naples Region, Extending Seismic Swarm

Brood XIV Cicadas Emerge Across Eastern U.S. After 17 Years Underground

Billions of Brood XIV Cicadas Begin 17-Year Emergence Across Eastern U.S.

Mount Etna Eruption Unleashes Lava Fountains and Ash Cloud

Ancient Bone Analysis Reveals Echidnas’ Aquatic Ancestry

Rare 'Dinosaur Tree' Bears Fruit for First Time in Worcestershire Garden