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July 19, 2016

2,000-year-old dog graveyard discovered in Siberia

The carefully buried remains of five dogs were recently found in a 2,000-year-old doggy graveyard near the Arctic Circle in Siberia, according to archaeologists

July 8, 2016

Prehistoric tattoos were made with volcanic glass tools

Volcanic glass tools that are at least 3,000 years old were used for tattooing in the South Pacific in ancient times, a new study finds.

June 30, 2016

Mummified, 99-million-year-old wings caught in amber

About 99 million years ago, a hummingbird-size bird got stuck in a glob of tree resin and eventually died, leaving its feathers to mummify in what became a lump of amber, a new study finds.

June 27, 2016

Ancient insects carried corpses of prey for camouflage

If you were magically transported back to the mid-Cretaceous, you'd likely have your hands full dodging dinosaur giants like Iguanodon or the toothy Carcharodontosaurus

June 7, 2016

Ice Age surprise: Bison fossils give clues to early human migration

Ice age bison fossils offer new clues to the early migration of humans in North America, according to a report released by UC Santa Cruz on Monday.

May 18, 2016

New dinosaur species discovered in American southwest

Scientists have added another dinosaur species to the prehistoric catalog, and this one was found in what is now Utah.

May 2, 2016

Ancient marine reptiles flew through the water

The ancient, four-flippered plesiosaur didn't swim like a fish, whale or even an otter — but instead like a penguin, a new study finds

May 2, 2016

Ancient mouse-size creature uproots mammal family tree

Three-dimensional computer models of fossils from a tiny mouse-size creature that lived about 210 million years ago in what is now Greenland clear up a long-standing mammal mystery

May 2, 2016

Spaniel-size Triceratops cousin walked on its two hind legs

The discovery of a spaniel-size ceratopsian that walked on its two hind legs reveals that Late Jurassic horned dinosaurs were much more diverse than previously thought, a new study finds

May 2, 2016

Ancient tiny whale hunted with pointy teeth, oversize gums

Before baleen whales developed their iconic bristled filter-feeding structures, they relied on their pointy teeth and a suctioning method to nab and gulp down prey, a new study finds