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Aquatic Life Mammals

Meet Perucetus & Tutcetus, The Two Extremes of Whale Evolution

Within a week, one of the largest and smallest prehistoric whales have emerged from across the world.

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Dinosaurs Weird Dinosaurs

The Mystery of Megaraptor & the Megaraptorans

Were these giant-clawed predators true raptors, or something else entirely?

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Dinosaurs

Zuul crurivastator & the True Origins of Ankylosaur Tail Clubs

Did giant tail clubs evolve for love, or for war?

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Dinosaurs Fossil Friday

Fossil Friday: A Mummified Thescelosaurus & the Day the Dinosaurs Died

Does this mummified dinosaur leg capture the day the dinosaurs went extinct?

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Dino Docs!

65 Thoughts About 65, Adam Driver’s Sci-fi Dinosaur Film

Are those real dinosaurs? Why is there a Triassic reptile in the Late Cretaceous? Was 65 really the best title??

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Aquatic Life Carboniferous Crocodiles Dino Docs! Dinosaurs Mammals Pterosaurs The Mesozoic Mailbag

Ferocious Mammals, New Dinosaurs, and Sliced up Ground Sloths: July 2023 in Paleontology

To say July 2023 has been a crazy month for paleontology would be underselling it.

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Aquatic Life Fossil Friday Pterosaurs

Fossil Friday, Shark Week Edition: The Ginsu Shark’s Flying Snack

In the seas of Cretaceous North America, one prehistoric shark made a meal out of a famous pterosaur…

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Aquatic Life

Blade Runner: Helicoprion & The Strangest Jaws in the Fossil Record

One might be forgiven for mistaking the jaws of this ancient “shark” with a pizza cutter.

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Dino Docs! Prehistoric Planet

A Complete Guide to the Species of Prehistoric Planet: Season 2, Episode 5: North America

Need a thorough guide to the dinosaurs and other prehistoric life featured in Prehistoric Planet? Look no further! Part five of five.

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Dino Docs! Prehistoric Planet

A Complete Guide to the Species of Prehistoric Planet: Season 2, Episode 4: Oceans

Need a thorough guide to the dinosaurs and other prehistoric life featured in Prehistoric Planet? Look no further! Part four of five.