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Large Eocene Mammal Fossils Found During Oceanside Construction

Plaster-jacketed bone blocks are now in a lab for preparation as researchers search for skull or teeth to confirm the animal's identity.

New Studies Recast Thylacine as Small‑Prey Pouncer, Not Wolf‑Like Predator

Maryland Names Extinct Megalodon as Official State Shark

Scientists Recover 40,000-Year-Old Mammoth RNA, Offering a Glimpse of Genes at Work

Oldest RNA Ever Sequenced Recovered From 40,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth

Neanderthals Crafted Crayon-Like Ochre Tools in Crimea and Ukraine, Study Finds

Hornless ‘Arctic Rhino’ Identified in Canada’s High Arctic Challenges Long-Held Dispersal Timeline

Reanalysis Overturns ‘Smoking Gun’ for Human Megafauna Hunting in Australia

Oldest Host-Associated Microbial DNA Found in Million-Year-Old Mammoth Remains