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Fossils From The Arctic Reveal Ocean-Dwelling Reptiles Of The Dinosaur Age
Researchers collected samples from a 36-square-meter area, recovering over 800 kilograms of material.
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A Chance Discovery Of A 350 Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals New Type Of Fish
In 2015, two members of the Blue Beach Fossil Museum in Nova Scotia found a long, curved fossil jaw, bristling with teeth.
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New Species Emerged As Tectonic Plates Shifted: Surprise Discovery
Coelacanths are deep-sea fish that live off the coasts of southern Africa and Indonesia and can reach up to two metres in length. For a long time, scientists believed they were extinct.
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Megalodon Thrashed An Ancient Whale, Newly-Discovered Fossil Shows
Megalodon is considered to be the largest shark that ever existed, and one of the largest fish on record.
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Scientists Discover "Beautifully Preserved" 380-Million-Year-Old Fish Heart
The heart is S-shaped and has two chambers, which led researchers to draw similarities between the fish and modern sharks.
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A Rare Catch: Fisherman Reels In 12,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Tooth
Captain Tim Rider was fishing for scallops when he reeled in something much rarer and more valuable - a 12,000-year-old woolly mammoth tooth.
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Fishing Boats In Kerala Will Run On LPG-Driven Vessels
Kerala government has launched an eco-friendly scheme to convert fossil fuel-run fishing boats into LPG-driven vessels.
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Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid May Have Hit Earth During Spring, Research Suggests
The extinction of dinosaurs took place about 66 million years ago but we are yet to know the full impact of the asteroid that wiped out this species. Scientists are still studying the disaster and continuously unearthing new aspects of the devastating impact. Now, researchers say that if the asteroid's trajectory had been slightly different, it wou...
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Fossils Show World-Wide Catastrophe On The Day Dinosaurs Died
Sixty-six million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into a shallow sea near Mexico. The impact carved out a 90-mile-wide crater and flung mountains of earth into space. Earthbound debris fell to the planet in droplets of molten rock and glass.
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Giant Squid Gets Makeover Before Exhibition In Paris Museum
A little elbow grease, some formaldehyde, and a lot of ingenuity -- that's what it took for taxidermists at the Museum of Natural History to prettify a giant squid along with a coelacanth, a rare fish known as the "living fossil".
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Fossils From The Arctic Reveal Ocean-Dwelling Reptiles Of The Dinosaur Age
Researchers collected samples from a 36-square-meter area, recovering over 800 kilograms of material.
-
A Chance Discovery Of A 350 Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals New Type Of Fish
In 2015, two members of the Blue Beach Fossil Museum in Nova Scotia found a long, curved fossil jaw, bristling with teeth.
-
New Species Emerged As Tectonic Plates Shifted: Surprise Discovery
Coelacanths are deep-sea fish that live off the coasts of southern Africa and Indonesia and can reach up to two metres in length. For a long time, scientists believed they were extinct.
-
Megalodon Thrashed An Ancient Whale, Newly-Discovered Fossil Shows
Megalodon is considered to be the largest shark that ever existed, and one of the largest fish on record.
-
Scientists Discover "Beautifully Preserved" 380-Million-Year-Old Fish Heart
The heart is S-shaped and has two chambers, which led researchers to draw similarities between the fish and modern sharks.
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A Rare Catch: Fisherman Reels In 12,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Tooth
Captain Tim Rider was fishing for scallops when he reeled in something much rarer and more valuable - a 12,000-year-old woolly mammoth tooth.
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Fishing Boats In Kerala Will Run On LPG-Driven Vessels
Kerala government has launched an eco-friendly scheme to convert fossil fuel-run fishing boats into LPG-driven vessels.
-
Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid May Have Hit Earth During Spring, Research Suggests
The extinction of dinosaurs took place about 66 million years ago but we are yet to know the full impact of the asteroid that wiped out this species. Scientists are still studying the disaster and continuously unearthing new aspects of the devastating impact. Now, researchers say that if the asteroid's trajectory had been slightly different, it wou...
-
Fossils Show World-Wide Catastrophe On The Day Dinosaurs Died
Sixty-six million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into a shallow sea near Mexico. The impact carved out a 90-mile-wide crater and flung mountains of earth into space. Earthbound debris fell to the planet in droplets of molten rock and glass.
-
Giant Squid Gets Makeover Before Exhibition In Paris Museum
A little elbow grease, some formaldehyde, and a lot of ingenuity -- that's what it took for taxidermists at the Museum of Natural History to prettify a giant squid along with a coelacanth, a rare fish known as the "living fossil".
