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September 30, 2026 via Phys.org

Dinosaur teeth show a seaweed side dish

Paleontologists have long tried to explain how the carbon isotopes of some dinosaur's teeth were so much higher than others. They have recently solved this dietary puzzle.

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September 11, 2026 via The Guardian

First known T. rex footprints found in North Dakota

The first known series of footprints from an adult Tyrannosaurus rex has been found in North Dakota by a team of scientists.

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September 9, 2026 via ScienceDaily

Giant new dinosaur discovered beneath construction site in Brazil

Scientists have identified a giant new dinosaur from a construction site in Brazil that reached about 20 meters long and lived 120 million years ago. Its surprising evolutionary ties to a Spanish dinosaur suggest its ancestors crossed ancient land connections between Europe, Africa, and South America.

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September 8, 2026 via Science

The first insects had way more than six legs

A newly described amphibious stem-insect fossil had 24 legs, shedding light on how the ancestors of modern insects moved from water onto land.

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September 2, 2026 via Phys.org

Rare dinosaur tracks from the Coniacian age near Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia

Imagine the Western Plains of North America, from Texas to Alaska, submerged under a broad, shallow seaway. To the west lay the ancestral Rocky Mountains. To the east were low-lying plains traversed by large, sluggish rivers.

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August 25, 2026 via SciTechDaily

Archaeopteryx may have needed a running start

New work argues the first bird reached takeoff speed with two or three leaps rather than a standing launch.

October 23, 2026 by Michael Wallington

America’s oldest natural history museum has closed, but we can still save it

Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences shut its doors in September, and the Sternberg Museum in Kansas could follow in December. Here’s how to help.

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April 17, 2019 by Kristin Hugo

Duck-billed dinosaur skeleton from Gobi Desert is “virtually complete”

The first thing that the expedition team found in peeking from the rocks and sands of the Gobi Desert was a tiny tip of a large pelvis. The international team descended on the exposed fossil, and chipped and brushed away to reveal more and more bones. Eventually, they exposed an exceptionally rare find: the virtually complete skeleton of a new dinosaur species.

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From the Archive

America’s oldest natural history museum has closed, but we can still save it

Duck-billed dinosaur skeleton from Gobi Desert is “virtually complete”

Extinct marine reptile had the face of a platypus

Giant early whale Basilosaurus hunted the calves of other whales

Exquisitely preserved fossils prove pterosaurs grew bird-like feathers

Dolphin-like marine reptiles were more dolphin-like than previously thought