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October 21, 2015

Chinese Jurassic Park yields incredible feathered dino find

A fossil bed in China that contains some of the world's most exquisitely preserved feathered dinosaurs, early birds, reptiles and mammals may also be home to an equally rich set of older fossils from the Middle Jurassic, a new study finds.

October 21, 2015

49-million-year-old cockroach fossil found

A common European and African cockroach may have gotten its evolutionary start in North America, according to new fossil findings.

October 21, 2015

2 nearly complete fossilized dinosaur skeletons to be auctioned in NYC for estimated $7M-$9M

Two fossilized dinosaur skeletons found on a Montana ranch in 2006 are going on the auction block in New York City.

October 21, 2015

Rare, blood-engorged mosquito fossil found

About 46 million years ago, a mosquito sunk its proboscis into some animal, perhaps a bird or a mammal, and filled up on a meal of blood.

October 21, 2015

120-million-year-old bird had two tails

A 120-million-year-old bird sported not one, but two tails, National Geographic reported.

October 20, 2015

Stampeding dinosaurs were actually swimming

Fossilized track marks from a stampede of dinosaurs in Australia actually may have come from swimming animals, new research suggests.

October 20, 2015

Stampeding dinosaurs were actually swimming

Fossilized track marks from a stampede of dinosaurs in Australia actually may have come from swimming animals, new research suggests.

October 20, 2015

NASA lifts four-toed footprints from own backyard

A chunk of stone bearing dinosaur footprints has been carefully lifted from the grounds of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., scientists report

October 20, 2015

Weird fossil reveals ancient balloon animal

A real-life balloon animal that once lived in the ancient sea looks like a bird's nest in fossil form.

October 20, 2015

Thousands of Eocene shark teeth found in Canadian Arctic

The stark, barren landscape of Banks Island in Canada has yielded an unexpected find more than 8,000 shark teeth that date back millions of years, and have now been described in a study