Fossils preserve both skin and scales from an ancient sea monster
Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks ...
‘A 300-million-year journey’: Ancient Life exhibit opening at NM Museum of Natural History & Science
A new exhibit featuring nearly 300 never-before-seen fossils will open at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science ...
France finds smuggled dinosaur teeth in parcels bound for Italy
French customs officers seized nine dinosaur teeth last month from a courier truck transiting through the country from Spain ...
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Underwater fossil bed discovered by collectors preserves rare slice of Florida's past
Fossil collectors in Florida have discovered an ancient sinkhole, now at the bottom of a river, which holds the remains of animals rarely seen in the state, including a type of giant armadillo, giant ...
Selling human skulls just ‘small part’ of Toronto museum’s identity
Egyptian artifacts, dinosaur fossils and taxidermy mounts headline eccentric items at the SkullStore Oddity Shop and ...
Jurassic fossil rewrites what we thought we knew about bird evolution
“This fossil (Baminornis) indicates that Jurassic birds probably already had a global distribution and were much more ...
Lasers, Waffle Fries and the Secrets in Pterosaurs’ Tails
Above the shores of prehistoric seas and lakes, pterosaurs roamed the skies. They were feathered creatures that ranged in ...
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Scientists Discover ‘Groundbreaking’ Jurassic Fossil That Could Overhaul the Evolutionary History of Birds
Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...
Moab’s ‘Dinosaur Man’ and rock shop founder dies at 97
Lin Ottinger discovered four dinosaur species and founded the Moab Rock Shop, a unique combination of store and museum that ...
What did dinosaur skin look like? Fossil from 1940 shows
The tissues of the MH7 fossil were so precisely preserved that researchers could study individual skin cells. In some samples ...
Paleontology Shaken: Organic Molecules Found in 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Bones
Liverpool researchers' discovery of collagen in fossilized bones could provide new insights into dinosaurs. For years, ...
Evolutionary tale: 'Ancient Life' at NM Museum of Natural History & Science tells the story before the dinosaurs
Feb. 12—"Walk Through Time" at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science is now complete with the addition of the Bradbury Stamm Construction Hall of Ancient Life. The permanent exhibition ...