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New Fossils Reveal Toothed Platypus With Strong Bite in Ancient Australian Lakes

The finds fill a rare gap in the platypus fossil record by showing how a toothed ancestor fed and swam.

Giant Cretaceous Octopuses May Have Ruled the Seas, Science Study Finds

Digital Fossil Mining Reveals Giant Cretaceous Octopuses

AI Scans Reveal Giant Cretaceous Octopus Relatives Nearly 20 Meters Long

Giant Cretaceous Octopuses Identified From 27 Fossil Beaks

Century-Old Skull Confirms Giant Echidnas Once Lived in Victoria

Maryland Names Extinct Megalodon as Official State Shark

First Confirmed Egg From a Mammal Ancestor Found in 250-Million-Year-Old Fossil

Famed ‘Oldest Octopus’ Reclassified as Nautiloid After High-Energy X-Ray Study

First Mammal-Ancestor Egg Found Confirms Lystrosaurus Laid Eggs

Mummified Permian Reptile Reveals Oldest Rib-Powered Breathing System

Famed ‘Oldest Octopus’ Fossil Reclassified as a Nautiloid

Late Ediacaran Fossils in China Push Back Origins of Major Animal Groups

Chinese Fossil Trove Pushes Complex Animal Origins Into the Ediacaran

Oldest Chelicerate Fossil Dates to 500 Million Years Ago

Lab-Grown ‘T. Rex Leather’ Handbag Unveiled in Amsterdam Ahead of Auction

500-Million-Year-Old Chelicerate Pushes Back Spider Lineage by 20 Million Years

Genome Study Recasts Squid and Cuttlefish Evolution From Deep-Sea Origins to a Post-Extinction Boom

Egyptian Ape Fossil Challenges East Africa as Cradle of Modern Apes

Egypt Jaw Fossil Recasts Great Ape Origins