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Scientists decode DNA of 'living fossil' fish

Scientists have decoded the DNA of a celebrated "living fossil" fish, giving them new insights into how today's mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds evolved from a fish ancestor.

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10,000 years ago, a lonely mammoth fell off a cliff

Residents of a Mexican suburb have stumbled across the most complete mammoth skeleton ever found in the country, the National Institute of Anthropology and History announced Monday.

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190M-year-old dinosaur bones found in China shed light on growth, development

A cache of fossilized dinosaur embryos unearthed in China is giving scientists their best glimpse yet into the development of these ancient creatures.

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Blast from the past: Dinosaurs storm Plaza

Dinosaurs Park reopens Friday, April 5

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What color were dinosaur feathers?

The discovery of microscopic color-making structures in fossilized feathers has recently made it possible for scientists to picture dinosaurs and ancient birds in their natural hues.

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'American Idol' for dinosaurs?

A spiky dinosaur took the top vote in a Canadian "Dino Idol" that asked visitors to one museum to select which fossil among five specimens that they wanted to see unwrapped from its...

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Hundreds of dinosaur egg fossils found

Researchers in northeastern Spain say they've uncovered hundreds of dinosaur egg fossils, including four kinds that had never been found before in the region.

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No 'Jurassic Park': Dinosaurs off the de-extinction menu

Dinosaurs won't be coming soon to a park near you -- although bringing them back to life might be possible.

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19 crazy critters from the cretaceous

If you've ever searched for dinos on the Internet, chances are, you've come across the drawings of Nobu Tamura. What began as a hobby in 2006, when he realized most dinosaurs on Wikipedia had no...

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Ancient superpredator ate sharks for lunch

Present-day Erie was under a saltwater ocean 364 million years ago. And a top-of-the-food-chain predator in that ancient ocean ate sharks for lunch. And for breakfast and dinner, too.

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Ancient sea predator had fanged, spiral jaw

An ancient sea predator had a spiraling whorl of teeth that acted as a lethal slicing tool, according to new scans of a mysterious fossil.

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500-million-year-old sea creature found

Scientists have unearthed extraordinarily preserved fossils of a 520-million-year-old sea creature, one of the earliest animal fossils ever found, according to a new study

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When crocodiles battled dinosaurs

Crocodile-like beasts may have nibbled on young dinosaurs some 75 million years ago, according to scientists who analyzed bite marks on dinosaur bones

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How dinosaurs grew the world's longest necks

How did the largest of all dinosaurs evolve necks longer than any other creature that has ever lived? One secret: mostly hollow neck bones, researchers say

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T. rex not a stand-up guy? Test your dino skills

Here's a test of your dinosaur knowledge: Did Tyrannosaurus rex stand upright, with its tail on the ground?

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