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Final moments of dinosaur and mammal's epic 'mortal combat' battle preserved by volcanic eruption
A small badger-like mammal and a juvenile bipedal dinosaur were locked in a battle to the death 125 million years ago when they were both killed and perfectly preserved by a volcanic mudflow.
400,000-year-old mammoth tusk found sticking out of the ground in English quarry
Fossil hunters stumbled upon a large mammoth tusk during a "fossil walk."
Hidden 36 million-year-long cycles may fuel biodiversity on Earth, ancient rocks reveal
As tectonic plates clash and pull apart, sea levels change. This process has shaped marine biodiversity over time, a new study suggests.
Scientists reveal face of 10-foot 'killer tadpole' that terrorized Earth long before the dinosaurs
With huge teeth and large eyes, Crassigyrinus scoticus was specially adapted to hunt in the coal swamps of Scotland and North America.
462 million-year-old fossilized eyes and brains uncovered in 'secret' Welsh fossil site
Wales' new "Castle Bank" fossil site could be among the world's most important deposits.
Trilobites had a hidden third eye, new fossils reveal
What had multiple eyes and a hard shell? A trilobite, that's what.
Ancient marsupial sabertooth had eyes like no other mammal predator
The wide-set eyes and exaggeratingly long teeth likely helped Thylacosmilus atrox become a successful hunter.
Oldest 'fish-lizard' fossils ever found suggest these sea monsters survived the 'Great Dying'
The fossilized remains of an ichthyosaur dating back to shortly after the Permian mass extinction suggest that the ancient sea monsters emerged before the catastrophic event.
