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<em>E. kingii</em> never got huge, but it kept on growing.
science

The Cambrian Creatures That Grew Up Over the Course of 28 Bodies

Trilobites slipped out of one exoskeleton and built another, over and over and over again.
Jessica Leigh Hester July 30, 2020
The old quarry from above.
dinosaurs

Behind a New Jersey Hardware Store, a Paleontological Bonanza

The third episode of TED’s Far Flung podcast was 66 million years in the making.
Anna Phelan June 30, 2020
The animal's stubby legs and stumpy tail resemble a badger's. The rest of its anatomy raises more questions than it answers.
islands

How Island Evolution Forged a Bizarre Mammal in Ancient Madagascar

Back when reptiles were all the rage, Adalatherium really stood out.
Isaac Schultz May 4, 2020
The massive gallery 1,600 feet below France has some pretty big feet on display.
dinosaurs

What It’s Like to Find Prehistoric Dinosaur Tracks on the Ceiling

Of course, they are deep underground and came from 75-ton titanosaurs.
Isaac Schultz April 22, 2020
The Hypacrosaurus nestling died about 75 million years ago, and its microscopic skull material was immaculately preserved.
dinosaurs

Found: Possible Traces of DNA, in a Fossilized Dino Skull

This ancient hadrosaur has some microscopic secrets.
Isaac Schultz March 5, 2020
Enciso, Spain

Enciso Ichnites

Hundreds of preserved dinosaur footprints can be found along a hiking trail in this small village.
The Royal Mint coins—available in bronze, silver, and gold—are a testament to English paleontology.
dinosaurs

For Sale: Royally Minted Coins, Decorated With Dinosaurs

It’s change 165 million years in the making.
Isaac Schultz February 20, 2020
Ruby Foster and Brian Engh with the humerus in June, before it was excavated.
dinosaurs

This 6-Foot Brachiosaurus Fossil Hitched a Ride With Two Clydesdale Horses

Their names are Molly and Darla.
Sabrina Imbler February 17, 2020
The rocky escarpments of Karoo, South Africa. Roughly 183 million years ago, this area was part of the supercontinent Gondwana.
dinosaurs

When South Africa Was Home to the 'Firewalkers' of Karoo

The reptilian critters may not have survived, but they made sure to sign off feet first.
Isaac Schultz January 29, 2020
Dinosaur Fossil Park and Museum
Jetholi, India

Dinosaur Fossil Park and Museum

The village where the park and museum are located is also the third-biggest hatchery of dinosaurs discovered.
Teenage <em>T. rex</em> would still have been plenty fearsome.
dinosaurs

How a 70-Year-Old Dino-Size Mystery May Have Finally Been Solved

Was it a teenage T. rex or another species entirely?
Isaac Schultz January 3, 2020
A <em>Triarthus</em>, preserved with the arm of the shrimp-like predator <em>Anomalocaris</em>.
geology

In Upstate New York, Ancient Arthropods Can Get Turned Into (Fool's) Gold

Pyritized trilobites aren't just flashy—they preserve incredible detail.
Sabrina Imbler January 3, 2020
Modern footprints speckle the Alkali Flat Trail at White Sands—and around the area, oodles of prehistoric footprints are buried beneath the sand.
geology

How Radar Detected Prehistoric Footprints Beneath White Sands National Monument

Researchers have found Pleistocene-era proof of a human, mammoth, and ground sloth trundling along.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 27, 2019
This ancient shark may have been slow-moving, but it was still pretty pointy.
farms

Found: A Sluggish Ancestor of the Great White Shark, in Kansas

A relic of North America’s shallow sea.
Isaac Schultz November 25, 2019
One fossil depicts a near-perfect circle in the sand, with a point in the center.
art

Are These Markings in South Africa the World's Earliest Sand Sculptures?

It depends on whether a natural process could explain them.
Sabrina Imbler October 11, 2019
Neanderthal figures along the trail.
Krapina, Croatia

Muzej Krapinskih Neandertalaca (Krapina Neanderthal Museum)

This modern, multimedia museum takes visitors on an evolutionary journey back in time.
Part of the Victoria Fossil Cave network, where the prehistoric marsupials were found.
extinct animals

Ice Age Australia Had Giant, Clawed, Swole Marsupials in Its Trees

Something like a koala, except the size of a rhino.
Isaac Schultz September 18, 2019
Baby loggerhead turtles, newly hatched in South Africa.
turtles

Found: Fossilized Tracks of Baby Sea Turtles in South Africa

Prehistoric squee!
Sabrina Imbler September 4, 2019