Thomas Clements dissects fish

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Researchers Watch Fish Rot, for Science

Recording the pH within decaying organs for the first time, researchers come closer to understanding why some soft tissues are more likely to be preserved as fossils than others.

Drawing of fish along with internal organs

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Researchers Visualize Heart From 380-Million-Year-Old Fish

Artist’s rendering of an early mammal called a mammaliamorph

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Warm-Bloodedness in Mammals May Have Arisen in Late Triassic

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T. rex-like dinosaur head covered in knobby structures

The Dino That Looked T. Rex-y Long Before T. Rex

Shawna Williams | | 2 min read

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South African Hominin Fossils Predate Lucy, Analysis Suggests

Andy Carstens | | 2 min read

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Science Snapshot: Mastodons on the Move

Lisa Winter | | 2 min read

early giraffe relative at the bottom and modern giraffes at top

“Necks for Sex” May Explain Giraffes’ Distinctive Anatomy

Andy Carstens | | 2 min read

An artist's rendering of the ancient arthropod Erratus sperare

Anatomical Firsts in Early Arthropods

Clare Watson | | 2 min read

Illustration of a Tyrannosaurus rex on a rock on a mountain

Most Dinosaurs Were Warm-Blooded After All

Catherine Offord | | 2 min read

The fossil tooth found in the Annamite Mountains in Laos

Ancient Tooth Could Be Clue in Denisovan Migration Mystery

Andy Carstens | | 2 min read

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Caught on Camera

The Scientist | | 2 min read

A fossil imprint of the stridulatory apparatus from an extinct cricket species

Listen to Extinct Crickets Chirp

David George Haskell | | 5 min read

A fossil imprint of the stridulatory apparatus from an extinct cricket species

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David George Haskell | | 5 min read

Drawing of white squid-like animal in blue water

Ten-Limbed Octopus Ancestor Described, Named After Biden

Natalia Mesa, PhD | | 3 min read

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Caught on Camera

The Scientist | | 1 min read

Reconstruction of an indeterminate theropod running on lacustrine sediments during low water timespan

Car-Sized, Meat-Eating Dinosaur Could Run Faster Than Usain Bolt

Christie Wilcox, PhD | | 2 min read

Fossils of African Fauna

African, Arabian Mammals Didn’t Escape Grande Coupure Extinction

Chloe Tenn | | 2 min read

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Paleontologists Find Possible Dinosaur DNA

Chloe Tenn | | 3 min read

Megalodon from prehistoric times scene 3D illustration

Classroom Science Leads to Revision of Megalodon’s Size

Connor Lynch | | 5 min read

Plant cryptospore fossil found in 480 million-year-old Australian rock

Discovered: Fossilized Spores Suggestive of Early Land Plants

Ruth Williams | | 3 min read

Microbial Fossils Found in 3.4-Billion-Year-Old Subseafloor Rock

Ruth Williams | | 3 min read

An artist's depiction of a new species of Homo, H. longi

“Dragon Man” May Replace Neanderthal as Our Closest Relative

Amanda Heidt | | 8 min read

Calcite crystals covered in small grains of pyrite, with pincers

Signs of Ancient Microbial Life Abundant in Earth’s Crust: Study

Catherine Offord | | 5 min read

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