In a remarkable discovery, three school kids uncovered a rare juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex fossil while hiking in North Dakota, sparking significant interest in the paleontological community. This ...
NEW YORK − On a recent rainy Wednesday in Manhattan, Leonid Kogut sat and looked in awe at Apex, a stegosaurus that spans 27 feet. It was the perfect way to spend his afternoon. From small children to ...
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The fossil record of sharks and related elasmobranchs offers a comprehensive window into the evolutionary dynamics that have shaped marine ecosystems over millions of years. From preserved teeth and ...
Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks that lived alongside the dinosaurs. By Asher Elbein Asher Elbein previously ...
The world’s most expensive dinosaur fossil — found in 2022 in Colorado — is headed to a museum in New York City. “Apex,” a nearly complete set of stegosaurus fossils, sold for nearly $45 million at ...
The idea that dinosaurs were already in decline before an asteroid wiped most of them out 66 million years ago may be explained by a worsening fossil record from that time rather than a genuine ...