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Scientists unearth a "petrified aquarium" of 62-million-year-old fish fossils
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (622+ words) An unexpected haul of nearly 500 fossilized fish in Egypt provides an unprecedented picture of how sea life rebounded from the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. Paleontologists excavating a 62. 2-million-year-old rock layer in Egypt have uncovered a petrified aquarium. The unexpected…...
Stones & Bones: The dino "monsters" of Patagonia'and the hermit who found them
1+ week, 5+ day ago (805+ words) In National Geographic's inaugural edition of the Stones & Bones newsletter, we travel to the far reaches of Argentina to uncover a new dinosaur species. Welcome to the first edition of Stones & Bones, National Geographic's new twice-a-month newsletter where we dig…...
Exclusive: There's a new T. rex in town'and this giant beast ruled the seas
1+ week, 5+ day ago (761+ words) Equipped with powerful jaws and finely serrated teeth, paleontologists say the 43-foot-long prehistoric marine reptile deserves the name Tylosaurus rex. What do you call a massive prehistoric reptilian tyrant, with large, powerful jaws and sharp serrated teeth? If you said…...
A new species offers a clue to the boom of giant dinosaurs
2+ week, 6+ day ago (549+ words) Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis may be the largest dinosaur ever found in Southeast Asia. Paleontologists estimate this behemoth weighed 30 tons and measured over 88 feet long. Titans once towered over Thailand. A research team led by National Geographic Explorer Sita Manitkoon has discovered…...
Learn how to identify fossils
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (255+ words) National Geographic Become a backyard geologist'in one week National Geographic's Wonder Lessons will teach you how to navigate the stars, spot cloud types, recognize common trees, and identify different kinds of rocks. Today, we're learning about fossils. Every fossil is…...
Tiny teeth found in Colorado deepen the debate over primate origins
3+ mon, 4+ hour ago (524+ words) Last year, National Geographic Explorer Tyler Lyson was in Corral Bluffs on the outskirts of Colorado Springs, searching for minuscule fossils. His tool of choice? A unique filtering machine called a "bubbler." "To find these three teeny tiny teeth we…...
How dinosaur vomit has solved these prehistoric mysteries
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (409+ words) A new pterosaur species was recently discovered in the vomit of a dino. But that's just the start of revelations from prehistoric excretions. "This was not just a fossil concretion containing a new species of a rare type of pterosaur,…...
Newly discovered primate species could redraw the ape family tree
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (651+ words) An 18-million-year-old jawbone discovered in Egypt challenges the long-held view that East Africa was the cradle of our modern ape ancestors. Most early ape fossils paleontologists have unearthed come from East Africa, close to the forests where some chimpanzees and…...
The bizarre raptor-like dinosaurs that menaced the Mesozoic
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (302+ words) nationalgeographic. com The bizarre raptor-like dinosaurs that menaced the Mesozoic In the third episode of our Dead World video series, National Geographic digital editor Nicholas St. Fleur examines tiny prehistoric predators with baffling claws, weird wings, and bony skulls potentially…...
Invertebrates Pictures & Facts
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (215+ words) Invertebrates are animals without a backbone or bony skeleton. They range in size from microscopic mites and almost invisible flies to giant squid with soccer-ball-size eyes. This is by far the largest group in the animal kingdom: 97 percent of all…...