Some of the earliest known inhabitants of the Pacific Northwest lived alongside a now-extinct species of ‘stout-legged’ horse, scientists say.
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Alaska’s First Fossil Ichthyosaur Found With Last Meal Still in Its Gut
New insights into life in the ancient oceans are emerging from a huge fossil found in a remote reach of northern Alaska — the largest and most complete specimen of…
Read More‘Unusual’ Fossil Egg Reveals Evolutionary Link Between Dinosaurs and Birds
Millions of years after the reptilian animals we know as dinosaurs disappeared, some of their traits persisted in surprising ways among their descendants — birds — a new fossil shows….
Read MoreDozens of Animals Discovered in Huge Wyoming Fossil Deposit
More than two dozen types of ancient animals — including at least two predatory dinosaurs, eight mammals, and a host of amphibians, sharks and other fish — have been unearthed…
Read MoreExtinct Tropical Bird Discovered in Wyoming
Providing yet another reminder of how much the land — and the life on it — changes over time, scientists say they’ve found, on the arid plateaus of southwestern Wyoming,…
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