Museum With Renowned Dinosaur Fossils Gets a $25 Million Gift
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, home to the Tyrannosaurus rex holotype and a famous Diplodocus, will ...
Fossil from 1940 reveals what dinosaur skin looked like
The tissues of the MH7 fossil were so precisely preserved that researchers could study individual skin cells. In some samples ...
Lasers, Waffle Fries and the Secrets in Pterosaurs’ Tails
Above the shores of prehistoric seas and lakes, pterosaurs roamed the skies. They were feathered creatures that ranged in ...
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Rare Neck Fossil With Puncture Mark Suggests a Prehistoric Crocodilian Snacked on a Young Pterosaur 76 Million Years Ago
The fossil sheds light on interactions within the Cretaceous food web and may represent the first record of this type of ...
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Plesiosaur fossil contains soft tissue preserved for 183 million years
A 183-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil unveils rare skin details, reshaping our understanding of ancient marine life.
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5 "Dinosaurs" That Weren't Dinosaurs At All
But, alas, the mosasaurs were not dinosaurs. As with plesiosaurs, the biggest giveaway is its habitat: “With the exception of ...
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Jurassic bird fossils found in Fujian rewrite history of avian evolution
The Archaeopteryx, the fossils of which were first discovered around 1860, belonged to the Late Jurassic period and was once ...
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Explore the prehistoric past in Big Island’s new exhibit
A fascinating and immersive experience on the Big Island will send visitors on a thrilling journey to the Earth's prehistoric ...
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Two Jurassic Fossils Could Be The Earliest True Birds Ever Found
Contenders for the true first birds have now been found in Chinese rocks dating from the late Jurassic, around 149 million years ago. If accepted as birds, as the scientists who described them think ...
Evolutionary tale: 'Ancient Life' at NM Museum of Natural History & Science tells the story before the dinosaurs
Feb. 12—"Walk Through Time" at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science is now complete with the addition of the Bradbury Stamm Construction Hall of Ancient Life. The permanent exhibition ...
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Secret canals in flying dinosaur cousin’s bones could inspire lighter, tougher planes
Researchers suggest that studying the biological designs of prehistoric creatures could advance materials science.