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The Ten Best Children’s Books of 2017
Our picks are full of silly words, weird animals and unknown histories
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99-Million-Year-Old Tick That Feasted on Dino Blood Found Trapped in Amber
Sorry, there’s no DNA left. But the find does provide the first strong evidence that the parasites preyed on dinosaurs
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New Species of Extinct Marsupial Lion Deepens Their Fierce Family Tree
The dog-sized animal adds more diversity to the history of Australia’s largest predator
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Gaze Into a 530-Million-Year-Old Eye, the Oldest Yet Discovered
Found on an Estonian trilobite, the eye once processed 100 “pixels” of information
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What Makes a Dinosaur a Dinosaur?
The question may sound like a “duh,” but it gets to the heart of how we categorize and define nature
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Newly Discovered Swimming Dinosaur Is Delightfully Bizarre
The cartoonish creature blends characteristics of velociraptors, penguins, swans, and ducks
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Little Foot, the Most Complete Australopithecus Fossil, Goes on Display
After 20 years of excavation and cleaning, the 3.67-million year old hominin is ready for her closeup
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Mammoth Remains Unearthed at Michigan Farm, Hint at Ancient Human Butchering
Researchers have found 40 additional bones, including the skull, tusks and teeth of an ice age creature
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Cache of 120-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Pterosaur Eggs Found in China
Some of the eggs contained embryonic remains, offering unprecedented insight into the pterosaur’s early life phases
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This Dinosaur Was Much Fuzzier Than Scientists Once Thought
A new analysis shows the extent of ancient bird-like dino’s fluff
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When the Dinos Went Away, Mammals Came Out (in Daylight) to Play
While it’s challenging to imply one caused the other, a new study shows that mammals came into the light of day soon after the dinos disappeared
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Four-Horned Giraffe Ancestor Unearthed in Spain
The fossil is an unusually complete individual of an ancient giraffid species
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Scientists Unearth Near-Complete Marine Reptile Fossil in India
Palaeontologists have unearthed the remains of an ichthyosaur, a prehistoric creature more frequently seen in North America and Europe
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This Adorable Bandit-Faced Dinosaur Will Steal Your Heart
Some dinos were small, fluffy and frankly adorable, a new analysis shows
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Watch a Dinosaur Opera at New York’s American Museum of Natural History
Sink your teeth into the family friendly “Rhoda and the Fossil Hunt”
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Why Some Woolly Rhinos Grew Ribs on Their Necks
These misplaced ribs don’t grow unless something unusual is going on in the gene pool
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Modern Humans and Neanderthals May Be More Similar Than We Imagined
A remarkably preserved 49,000-year-old skeleton shows that Neanderthal kids may have grown slowly, like us
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Look Into the Creepy-Cute Eyes of This Reconstructed, 500-Million-Year-Old Creature
The depictions of Agnostus pisiformis are part of comprehensive review of the Cambrian-era arthropod
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Researchers Find 98-Million-Year-Old Horned Vampire Ant Encased in Amber
A newly described species of Hell Ant impaled its tiny victims on its reinforced horn and may have slurped up their bug blood
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The Ultimate Summer Camp Activity: Digging for Dinosaurs
Meet the intrepid teenagers and teenagers-at-heart who swelter in the heat hunting for fossils
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