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Near-Complete Triassic Austronaga Fossil Preserves Internal Organs

Organ preservation plus biomolecule traces indicate an early archosaur relative with complex marine anatomy despite a simple digestive system.

Study Identifies Chicxulub Impactor as Rare CO Carbonaceous Chondrite

Study Shows Volcanic CO2 and Heat Drove Selective Marine Die-Off in Permian–Triassic Event

Chinese Study Finds Vast Whale Cemetery Stretching 1,200 km in Indian Ocean

One‑Of‑A‑Kind Handbag From Claimed Lab‑Grown T. Rex Leather Goes to Auction in Paris

Ice Age Megafauna Loss Is Still Reshaping Food Webs, Most Strongly in the Americas

California Visitors Charged After Mammoth Tusk Shattered at Missouri Museum

125-Million-Year-Old Bird 'Gorgonavis' Unveiled in Cuenca Museum Display

Chicago Archaeopteryx Reveals Oldest Oral Papillae, Illuminating Early Bird Feeding

3,300-Year Kaziranga Record Shows Why Rhinos Endured in Northeast India

Scientists Name Salwasiren qatarensis From Qatar’s Densest Sea Cow Fossil Bed

Rare Megamouth Shark Strands on Peru Beach as Locals Cut It Up Before Experts Arrive

Apple TV Debuts Trailer for 'Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age,' Premiering Nov. 26

Study Recasts Ardi’s 4.4-Million-Year-Old Ankle, Blending Ape-Like Climbing With Early Bipedal Traits

Field Station: Dinosaurs Lists Dozens of Animatronics on Facebook Marketplace Ahead of Nov. 9 Closure

Museum Fossil From Wales Named New Triassic Theropod, Newtonsaurus Cambrensis

X-Rays Reveal Dozens of UK Triassic Fossils Were Coelacanths, Not Reptiles

Nullarbor ‘Little Bettong’ Described as New Species as Woylie Complex Is Split in Taxonomic Overhaul

New Dating Sets Petralona Skull’s Minimum Age at 286,000 Years, Undercutting Older Claims

Kākāpō Have Lost More Than 80% of Their Original Parasite Species