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May 17, 2018

Could reviving Woolly-Mammoth genes fight the effects of global warming?

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Woolly mammoths have been extinct for more than 4,000 years, but with new gene-editing techniques, they could help mitigate the effects of a modern problem: climate change.

May 14, 2018

180 million-year-old crocodile had dolphin-like features, tells tale of 'missing link'

The discovery of an ancient type of crocodile that lived during the Jurassic Period, at the height of the age of dinosaurs, has shed new light on the species.

May 11, 2018

34 million-year-old ancient whale would have ripped you to shreds

This ancient, gummy whale is breaking all the rules.

May 8, 2018

Tourists unknowingly toss dinosaur tracks into lake at a Utah state park

Tourists at a Utah state park are mistaking dinosaur tracks as ordinary rocks and throwing them into a nearby lake, causing “substantial impact” to the historic site.

May 3, 2018

Tennessee girl, 11, finds 475-million-year-old trilobite fossil

Ryleigh Taylor came across a fossil that’s 475 million years old on the banks of Douglas Lake in Tennessee, WATE reports.

April 30, 2018

Utah family finds remains of ancient horse in backyard

A Utah family working on a landscaping project unearthed the fossil remains of an ancient horse dating back more than 2 million years.

April 30, 2018

This 3,000-year-old horse got a human-style burial

More than 3,000 years ago in the Nile River Valley, a body was carefully prepared for ceremonial burial. It was wrapped in a shroud and placed in a tomb, surrounded by important objects that demonstrated its elevated status.

April 26, 2018

Museum shocked to discover giant egg in collection is real

The Buffalo Museum of Science has been sitting on a rare find.

April 25, 2018

Egg of extinct elephant bird was mislabeled as fake for decades, museum realizes

A museum in Buffalo, N.Y., recently discovered that a rare elephant bird egg in its collection had been mislabeled as a model for decades.

April 17, 2018

What the heck are these 520-million-year-old blobs? Experts can't agree.

Here's a brainteaser: Do the 520-million-year-old fossils of an ancient, bug-like creature actually show a silhouette of its brains?