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Sotheby’s Just Auctioned off a Prehistoric Predator for $50 Million, Igniting a Debate on Who Actually Owns Ancient History

By Terrina Jairaj Jul 15th
Scientists Just Opened a Long-Ignored Drawer to Find the First Proof of a Giant That Shouldn’t Have Been in Antarctica

By Terrina Jairaj Jun 30th
Kansas Boy on a School Field Trip Spots Something Protruding From a Quarry, and It Turns Out to Be a Prehistoric Monster

By Terrina Jairaj Jun 18th
Megalodon Teefs Have Started Washing Up on the Shores of North Carolina

By Jessica Lachenal Oct 27th
Museum Discovers New Species From Fossil They Thought Was Fake

By Victoria McNally Feb 23rd
Scissor-Handed Fossil Named in Honor of Johnny Depp, History’s Greatest Scissor-Handed Actor

By Ian Chant May 16th
New Fossils Reveal the Mouthparts, Nervous System of Ancient Horror

By Jeff LaSala Feb 27th
Fossil Bird Had Hardened Teeth for Crushing Hard-Shelled Prey

By Ian Chant Jan 7th
First Freshwater Mosasaur Discovered, Was Basically A 20-Foot Long, Terrifying Reptilian River Dolphin

By Ian Chant Dec 20th
You’re Gonna Get Some Hop Ons: Ancient Flightless Bug Caught Hitching Ride On Mayfly

By Ian Chant Oct 18th
Ancient Arthropod Fossil Had First Modern Brain

By Ian Chant Oct 10th
Scientists Uncover Giant Prehistoric Sperm Cache

By Rollin Bishop Jul 29th
Giant Wombat Mass Grave Found In Australia, Paleontologists Rejoice

By Sui Ying Teoh Jun 21st
Pregnant Fossil Is First Evidence That Plesiosaurs Gave Birth To Live Young

By Erin Podolak Aug 12th
Fossil of Largest Wombat Ever Discovered

By Erin Podolak Jul 6th