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Millions of years ago, male mosquitoes may have been blood suckers too
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA mosquito encased in amber. Deposits of this tree resin can provide clues into insects and...
Fossil first identified as plant is actually a baby turtle
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe fossil first described in 2003 was originally interpreted to be a plant. Researchers have now...
Paleontologists discover rare fossils of a Cretaceous-era lizard near Grande Prairie, Alta.
CBC via Yahoo News· 5 months agoNot far from the bank of Wapiti River, just 11 kilometres from Grande Prairie, there's a...
Meet the new king of the ‘living fossils’
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe alligator gar is an example of a living fossil. These plants, animals, and fungi show very little species diversity or physical differences from...
Dust from the dino-killing impact ushered in years of global darkness
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAn illustration of the dinosaur Dakotaraptor steini in the months following the Chicxulub impact...
120 million-year-old 'plants' turn out to be ultra-rare fossilized baby turtles
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoLeft hand side shows a drawing of the turtle's ribs and backbone superimposed onto the oval shaped...
How to build a giant? Sauropod dinosaurs did it 36 different ways
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSauropods, those familiar plant-eating dinosaurs with long necks, long tails and four pillar-like...
‘Rare find’ of 115-million-year-old fossils unearthed in Maryland. ‘This is a dream’
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA rare dinosaur bone bed containing 115-million-year-old fossils has been unearthed in Maryland,...
Why are there so many beetle species?
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCaroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they exist in myriad bright colors: shiny blue, red, orange, leaf green...
Fossil captures moment ancient mammal attacked bigger dinosaur
Yahoo News UK· 11 months agoThe mammal's attack was frozen in time by a volcanic eruption. (Canadian Museum of Nature) Canadian...
