Extinction
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500 million-year-old 'abnormal shrimp' used facial spikes to 'pincushion' soft prey
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Scientists have solved the mystery of what Anomalocaris canadensis, an extinct apex predator, may have eaten.
Siberian cave filled with mammoth, rhino and bear bones is ancient hyena lair
By Kristin Hugo published
The cave has been untouched for around 42,000 years. It also contained the bones and teeth of hyena pups, suggesting they raised their young there.
94 million-year-old fossilized sea monster is the oldest of its kind in North America
By Kiley Price published
A team of researchers uncovered a tiny mosasaur fossil in the gray shale rocks of southern Utah — a discovery that could teach us more about this ancient sea beast's evolutionary history.
Never-before-seen 'missing link' dinosaur walks, drinks and socializes in stunning new animation
By Harry Baker published
The newly discovered duck-billed dinosaur, Gonkoken nanoi, likely grew to around 13 feet long and weighed up to 1 ton, new analysis reveals.
25 million-year-old 'slasher' dolphin with weird teeth discovered in museum collection
By Kristin Hugo published
Researchers believe the creature, named Nihohae matakoi, used its horizontal teeth to thrash at prey before gulping it down.
Megalodon was a warm-blooded killer, but that may have doomed it to extinction
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Scientists studied the fossilized teeth of megalodon and determined that the jumbo-size extinct species of shark was warm-blooded.
Deadly cyclone unearths fossils of giant marine creatures that lived 80 million years ago
By Hannah Osborne published
"It's like a giant has walked down the stream-bed, kicking at rocks and boulders as if they were pebbles," Pete Shaw, forest manager of the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust, said in a statement.
Blade-like spikes covered newly discovered dinosaur unearthed in the UK
By Harry Baker published
The armored ankylosaur is more closely related to dinosaurs found in China than its UK relatives, hinting at a previously unknown migration for the group.
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