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“It blew all of our minds," his mother said of the prehistoric find Craig Thomas, BLM Rock Springs Field Office; courtesy of the Tate Geological Museum, Casper, Wyoming An 11-year-old discovered a ...

A chunky, squat creature that roamed Earth 307 million years ago is helping scientists understand how plant-eating animals first appeared on land. The newly described species is one of the earliest ...

Some 400 million years ago, long before dinosaurs or even trees had evolved, an enigmatic organism towered over the landscape like a prehistoric monolith. Now, new research makes the case that the ...

Most shark fossils are just teeth—their cartilage skeletons usually decay long before they can fossilize. But in northwestern Arkansas, a series of geological sites known as the Fayetteville Shale has ...

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Scientists have uncovered a well-preserved 125-million-year-old dinosaur fossil in China. Experts say it's in such good condition, that it has allowed them to see what the dinosaurs' skin really ...

Lazarus Kgasi walks with ease across a gently rolling landscape about an hour's drive outside of Pretoria, South Africa. A few trees are sprinkled here and there but it's mostly grass. Kgasi, a tall ...