Ancient wasp preserved in amber may have used its rear end to trap flies todayheadline
A specimen of Sirenobethylus charybdis preserved in amberQiong Wu An extraordinary extinct wasp found preserved in amber may have used ...
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Fossils reveal what the fur of early mammals looked like todayheadline
Illustration of Arboroharamiya fuscus, a newly discovered Jurassic mammal species with dark furChuang Zhao, Ruoshuang Li While many dinosaurs and ...
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Giant megalodon sharks may have sparred with their jaws todayheadline
Illustration of two sparring megalodonsClarence “Shoe” Schumaker, Courtesy of the Calvert Marine Museum Several fossil teeth from the giant predatory ...
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Giant sloths lived alongside humans in South America for millennia todayheadline
In the Pleistocene Epoch, South America was home to now-extinct animals, including the sabre-toothed cat Smilodon, the giant ground sloth ...
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Fossil claimed to be new species of mosasaur is suspected forgery todayheadline
Artist’s impression of Carinodens, a mosasaur whose remains scientists suspect might have been manipulated and then labelled as a new ...
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