The Tiniest Bonehead
A trio of bones outline the spiky skull of a rare baby dinosaur
Laelaps
Following the fossil trail through evolution, extinction, and survival
Fossil Rewrites Ratfish History
An ancient braincase offers new insights into the origins of some of the ocean’s strangest fish
The Little Butts from Iowa
Paleontologists still don't know what these tiny fossils are
Paleo Profile: The High Arctic Flyer
Rare fossils give away a big bird that lived in a much warmer Arctic.
Baby Dinosaurs Grew Slowly
A new study concludes that developing dinosaurs spent a long time inside their eggs
Paleo Profile: The Northern Nasutoceratopsian
A fossil skull offers new insights in the early days of North America's horned dinosaurs
The Time 19th-Century Paleontologists Punched It Out
Famous fossil hunter E. D. Cope got into a fistfight over a matter of tarnished honor
A Crushing Bite Gives Sea Otters Their Cute Mugs
Sea otters owe much of their adorable look to the way they eat
Paleo Profile: Ozimek's Flyer
This strange prehistoric reptile swooped through Triassic skies
Most Dinosaur Species are Still Undiscovered
We're nowhere near Peak Dinosaur.
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