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A Pterosaur Comes In for a Landing
2009/08/20
Scientists have uncovered the fossilized tracks of this pterosaur, providing the first glimpse of how these flying creatures touched down.
ScienceNow
Did Humans Learn From Hobbits?
2009/04/21
A detailed analysis sheds light on the hobbit's technological capabilities and raises a new mystery: Why did the modern humans who arrived later on Flores make tools the same way hobbits did?
ScienceNow
Canadian dig yields tiny dinosaur
2009/03/17
The smallest meat-eating dinosaur yet to be found in North America has been identified from six tiny pelvic bones.
BBC
Scientists find world's biggest snake
2009/02/05
Researchers have found fossils of the biggest known snake in the world, a discovery that could shed light on the climate of the tropics in the past.
Nature News
A Much Earlier Start for Animals
2009/02/05
Where did all the animals come from? The fossil record is virtually animal-free up until the Cambrian Explosion 540 million years ago, and then--boom--thousands of critters of all shapes and sizes show up. The mystery has plagued scientists for more than
Science News
Triceratops Horns Aren't Just for Show
2009/02/04
Watch any black-and-white movie about dinosaurs, and you're likely to see a Triceratops jabbing a Tyrannosaurus rex with its horns. Over the years, paleontologists have backtracked on the idea that these horns were weapons, however, with some arguing that
Science News
The Flashiest Dino of Them All
2009/01/13
In what may be the first example of a peacocklike display, researchers are reporting the earliest evidence of a creature that used feathers for showing off. The animal, a 125-million-year-old long-necked bipedal dinosaur named Beipiaosaurus, may have empl
Science
Biggest rodent 'shrinks in size'
2008/05/22
The largest rodent ever recorded might not have been as monstrous as was first suggested, a scientist has claimed.
BBC
Missing link shows bats flew first, developed echolocation later
2008/02/14
he discovery of a remarkably well-preserved fossil representing the most primitive bat species known to date demonstrates that the animals evolved the ability to fly before they could echolocate.
Eurekalert!
Shining a light on ancient stromatolites
2008/01/28
Strong microscope techniques show microbes from 2.7 billion years ago.
Nature News
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