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Paleontologists have discovered tracks belonging to meat-eating theropods and long-necked sauropods on the Isle of Skye.

A new species of dinosaur named Duonychus tsogtbaatari has been discovered by scientists, and unlike other therizinosaurs, this species has only two clawed fingers instead of three.

Paleontologists from the Australian Museum Research Institute, the University of New South Wales, the University of Canberra and CSIRO have described a new species of osmeriform fish from the fossilized remains found in New South Wales, Australia.

The plants might 'steal' from fungi just because they can.

It's the first known sea slug that swims through the ocean's midnight zone.

Paleontologists have unearthed and examined a fossilized leg bone of a phorusrhacid bird that lived 12 million years ago in South America.

Fossilized stomach contents of 2 pterosaur species offered valuable information about the feeding habits and ecosystems of pterosaurs in the Jurassic period. The post What did pterosaurs eat? New fossil study reveals their diet first appeared on EarthSky.

Paleontologists have found a fossilized jaw fragment and three isolated teeth from a new, relatively large (by Late Cretaceous standards) metatherian species in the layers of the Williams Fork Formation in northwestern Colorado, the United States.

Bacteria that live in soil and help roots fix nitrogen can boost certain plants' capacity to reproduce, according to an article published in the American Journal of Botany describing a study of this mechanism in Chamaecrista latistipula, a legume belonging to the Fabaceae family, which includes beans and peas.

Sharks have been losing teeth for 400 million years. Here's a guide to uncovering some of these plentiful fossils across the country

A single sighting implies thousands of peach blossom jellyfish.

Meerkats are adorable mammals you can't help but love. They live in groups and take care of each other, especially the cubs and the sick members. The post Meerkats are our adorable and sociable lifeform of the week first appeared on EarthSky.

Scientists re-create the last moments of a manateelike animal that was eaten by both a crocodilian and a shark

Nematodes react to the odors of pathogens by prepping their guts to withstand an infection. Do humans react similarly?

Paleontologists from the University of Bristol and elsewhere have constructed a computational musculoskeletal model of a 5-m wingspan ornithocheiraean pterosaur.

Fossil grape seeds found in South America reveal how grapes spread after dinosaur extinction, with one species being the oldest in the Western Hemisphere.

Why are bears both adorable and deadly? Scientific American investigates why these apex predators are "friend-shaped"

The recent discovery of a complete Genyornis newtoni skull has given scientists their first face-to-face encounter with the extinct, massive 'thunder bird.'

Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of fossil pseudoscorpion from the Eocene-period Cambay amber of Western India.

These two marine giants rarely clash head-to-head. But great white sharks' hunting habits for large prey can help unlock secrets about how they communicate with each other.