‘Unusual’ Fossil Egg Reveals Evolutionary Link Between Dinosaurs and Birds

Origin of ‘Spanish Armor,’ Said to Have Been Found in Texas Desert, Stumps Scientists

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It seems to have passed through more hands than The Maltese Falcon. And it’s proving to be nearly as mysterious. Two pieces of iron armor — reportedly first found in…

18th Century

First Evidence Found of Storied Battle That Stopped Spain’s Eastward Expansion

March 17, 2014 —by Blake de Pastino 30235 12

Nearly 300 years ago, two great alliances collided on the Great Plains in a battle that changed the course of American history. But until now, no physical evidence of the…

birds

‘Unusual’ Fossil Egg Reveals Evolutionary Link Between Dinosaurs and Birds

October 9, 2013 —by Blake de Pastino 14759 4

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….

Nebraska

Origin of ‘Spanish Armor,’ Said to Have Been Found in Texas Desert, Stumps Scientists

First Evidence Found of Storied Battle That Stopped Spain’s Eastward Expansion

‘Unusual’ Fossil Egg Reveals Evolutionary Link Between Dinosaurs and Birds

700,000-Year-Old Horse Found in Yukon Permafrost Yields Oldest DNA Ever Decoded

At 50, Ring-Tab Beer Cans Are Now Officially Historic Artifacts

Wyoming Wildfire Reveals ‘Massive’ Shoshone Camp, Thousands of Artifacts

16,000-Year-Old Tools Discovered in Texas, Among the Oldest Found in the West

New Dinosaur Found in Montana Reveals Tyrannosaurs’ True Face (They Didn’t Have Lips)

First-Ever Fossil Poop Excavated From L.A.’s La Brea Tar Pits

New Feathered Dinosaur From New Mexico Was Among the ‘Last of the Raptors’

America’s Earliest Traces of Potato Use Found at 10,900-Year-Old Utah Shelter

Rock Art in Chaco Canyon May Depict Ancient Solar Eclipse, Experts Say

World’s Best-Preserved Armored Dinosaur, a ‘Mona Lisa’ of Fossils, Found in Alberta