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When Did Animals Start Giving Birth to Live Young? This 236-Million-Year-Old Fossil Might Rewrite Mammals' Evolutionary History
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (429+ words) Margherita Bassi | Daily Correspondent Most mammals today give birth to live offspring, rather than laying eggs. However, scientists are unsure of when exactly this characteristic emerged in the mammalian lineage. One theory suggests that mammals became viviparous, or birthed live…...
Meet the Earliest Known 'Right-Handed' Animal, a Worm-Like Creature That Lived About 550 Million Years Ago
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (390+ words) Margherita Bassi | Daily Correspondent A tiny critter that lived around 550 million years ago might represent the first known sign of right-handedness in animals—despite not having any hands. “As soon as you get something that has a left and a…...
This T. Rex Fossil Could Fetch the Largest Sum of Any Dinosaur Ever Auctioned. Scientists Worry They'll Lose the Chance to Study It
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (548+ words) Margherita Bassi | Daily Correspondent Something extraordinary is going on sale tomorrow: a gigantic, 67-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton. Sotheby’s will auction off one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever found. However, some researchers are concerned that the scientifically…...
Early Flowering Plants May Have Relied on Dinosaurs to Eat Their Fleshy Fruits and Spread Their Seeds
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (428+ words) Sarah Kuta | Daily Correspondent Flowering plants may have started producing relatively large, fleshy fruits millions of years earlier than previously thought—and they probably relied on hungry, herbivorous dinosaurs to help spread their seeds, scientists report in a study published…...
A Fossil From Antarctica Sat in a Drawer for 40 Years. It Turned Out to Be the First Dinosaur Bone Ever Found on the Continent
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (355+ words) The biggest scientific breakthroughs can come from the most mundane places. A forgotten fossil that sat in a collection drawer for around 40 years is now providing a rare glimpse at the dinosaurs that roamed what is now Antarctica—and which…...
Tyrannosaurus Rex and Other Terrifying Predatory Dinosaurs Had Itty-Bitty Arms. Scientists May Have Finally Figured Out Why
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (438+ words) Sara Hashemi | Daily Correspondent Tyrannosaurus rex’s tiny arms might seem out of place on a massive predator, but there must have been an evolutionary reason for the limbs’ almost comical size. Now, scientists think they’ve figured it out. Shortened forelimbs…...
Pigeon Bones Found at an Ancient Cyprus Settlement Reveal That Our Relationship With These Birds Began Earlier Than We Thought
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (427+ words) Sara Hashemi | Daily Correspondent If you live in a city, pigeons are probably part of your daily life. But before they were considered an urban nuisance, humans domesticated them and used them as messengers, as a source of meat and…...
Paleontologists Discover an Ancient Marine Reptile They've Dubbed the T. Rex of the Sea, Crowning Another King of the Cretaceous
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (456+ words) More from Smithsonian magazine Margherita Bassi | Daily Correspondent Earth was a terrifying place during the Cretaceous period, some 66 million to 145 million years ago. During its tail end, Tyrannosaurus rex prowled the land. And a little before that, another kind of…...
A Man Spotted Strange-Looking Rocks Near a Pond in Thailand. They Turned Out to Be the Bones of a Massive New Dinosaur Species
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (627+ words) More from Smithsonian magazine Sarah Kuta | Daily Correspondent Paleontologists in Thailand have identified a new dinosaur—and it may be the largest one ever unearthed in Southeast Asia. Named Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, the long-necked, plant-eating behemoth likely stretched more than 88 feet…...