Scientists Solve the Mystery of a Nine-Million-Year-Old Mass Whale Die-Off
Ancient blooms of toxic algae appear to have killed dozens of whales at once
Colorful Plumage Began With Feathered Dinosaurs
The pigment patterns scientists use to predict ancient animal colors started with feathered dinosaurs and led to vibrant color in birds
Ancient Walking Fish May Have Walked on All Fours
A fossilized pelvis shows the fish had functioning rear “legs”
Dinosaur Poop Is Harder to Find Than It Should Be
Why don’t archaeologists find fossilized poop all over the place? In a word: roaches
The Evolutionary Secrets Within the Messel Pit
An amazing abundance of fossils in a bygone lake in Germany hints at the debt humans owe to animals that died out 48 million years ago
Scientists Just Sequenced the DNA From A 400,000-Year-Old Early Human
The fossil, found in Spain, is mysteriously related to an ancient group of homonins called the Denisovans, previously found only in Siberia
Kirk Johnson — Director of the National Museum of Natural History
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How Scientists Are Recreating a Mating Call Last Heard in the Jurassic Period
Preserved in stone, a set of ancient insect wings are “chirping” once again thanks to the work of entomologists
A Smithsonian Paleontologist Suggests His Evotourism Sites
For even more ideas on where to take an evolution vacation, we turned to one of our own dinosaur experts
Wyoming Paleontology Dispatch #9: Why It’s Called “Breaking Camp”
Some trick of the human psyche makes a patch of sagebrush feel like home
When Triceratops Was a Giant Bison
The giant with the “three-horned face” was originally mistaken for a very different creature
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