Dino fossil turns Denver museum into dig site
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNA Paleontologist Matched Two Halves of the Same Fossil Stored at Different Museums—and Discovered a New SpeciesPaleontologist Victor Beccari was looking through the fossilized reptiles housed at London’s Natural History Museum when he came across a specimen that stopped him in his tracks. The fossilized skeleton of a lizard-like reptile looked oddly familiar to him.
Proteins degrade over time, making their history hard to study. But new research has uncovered ancient proteins in the enamel of the teeth of 18-million-year-old fossilized mammals from Kenya's Rift Valley,
A team led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics discovered the most distant known fossil galaxy — a relic of the early universe that has escaped normal evolution.
Utilities across the European Union cranked output from natural gas and coal-fired power plants during the opening half of 2025, boosting power sector emissions and reversing recent energy transition momentum.
Scientists have linked last week’s European heat wave to human-caused climate change and estimate that climate change was responsible for 1,500 deaths.
Scientists found a rare dinosaur fossil beneath the Denver Museum's parking lot during a deep drilling project.
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNA Massive Underwater Fossil Find Includes Remains From Ancient Human AncestorsA team of scientists teamed up to date and identify the collection of more than 6,000 fossils, placing them between 131,000 and 146,000 years ago. Among them were komodo dragons, elephants, hippos, river sharks and more. Researchers also identified two tiny fragments of hominid skull as belonging to H. erectus, an ancient human ancestor.