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New Studies Say Chicxulub Dust Turned Earth Into a Lethal Grill

Two peer‑reviewed papers strengthen the case that a global fine‑dust layer trapped heat from falling impact debris and caused near‑instant terrestrial deaths from fire and heat.

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Modi Visits Aldabra Tortoise Enclosure and Plants Coco de Mer on Seychelles State Visit

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Ramesh Recounts 1976 Flight That Launched Great Indian Bustard Conservation

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Mastodon Skulls Recovered in Junín's Chambará

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Southern California Faults at Highest Modeled Stress in 1,000 Years

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Cozumel Dwarf Fox Confirmed Alive After More Than Two Decades

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Museum Reassessment Identifies Praearcturus gigas as a One‑Metre Scorpion

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Hydrophone Recordings Capture Low Rumbles From Pando, the Vast Aspen Clone

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Early Asexuality Slowed Animal Evolution, Study Finds

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Researchers Confirm Metre‑Long Fossil as World's Largest Scorpion

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Metre-Long Scorpion Praearcturus Gigas Confirmed From Devonian Fossils

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New Studies Say Chicxulub Dust Turned Earth Into a Lethal Grill

T. Rex ‘Gus’ Sells for $50.1 Million, Setting Fossil Auction Record

Study Identifies Chicxulub Impactor as Rare CO Carbonaceous Chondrite

T. Rex 'Gus' Sells for $50.1 Million, Setting Fossil Auction Record

Middle Devonian Amber Pushes Fossil Resin Record Back 65 Million Years

T. Rex 'Gus' Sells for Record $50.13 Million at Sotheby’s

T. Rex 'Gus' Sells for Record $50.13 Million at Sotheby's

Ediacaran Fossils Show Population-Level Turning Bias, Researchers Say

550-Million-Year-Old Worm Shows Population Bias for Rightward Turns

Museum Specimen Identified as First Confirmed Dinosaur Bone From Antarctica

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Modi Visits Aldabra Tortoise Enclosure and Plants Coco de Mer on Seychelles State Visit

Ramesh Recounts 1976 Flight That Launched Great Indian Bustard Conservation

Mastodon Skulls Recovered in Junín's Chambará

Southern California Faults at Highest Modeled Stress in 1,000 Years

Cozumel Dwarf Fox Confirmed Alive After More Than Two Decades

Museum Reassessment Identifies Praearcturus gigas as a One‑Metre Scorpion

Hydrophone Recordings Capture Low Rumbles From Pando, the Vast Aspen Clone

Early Asexuality Slowed Animal Evolution, Study Finds

Researchers Confirm Metre‑Long Fossil as World's Largest Scorpion

Metre-Long Scorpion Praearcturus Gigas Confirmed From Devonian Fossils

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