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Two Dinos, Two Diets
A pair of Saharan predators were unveiled today – each similar in appearance but vastly different in hunting tactics.
Darwin: Man of Many Monsters
Happy Darwin Day!
Wired's Weird Wildlife
Wired has a great piece this month on the exotic and extinct monsters of old.
Behemoth Blitzkrieg: Germany's First Tank
390 million years ago, an eight-foot scorpion prowled the swamplands of Germany.
Earliest Biological Weapon: Sheep
Ancient texts suggest that 3,300 years ago the Hittite empire used biological weapons against their enemies. The delivery system: Sheep.
The People’s Republic of Dinosaur Rebels
There were riots in the streets of China over a village’s right to run a dinosaur black market.
Inside the Beast from the Mists of Time... in 3-D!
3-D X-ray imaging allows a look inside an ancient spider fossil.
Volcanism Vies for Dino-Killing Honors
New evidence supports the theory that a series of volcanic eruptions killed the dinosaurs.
The World's First Turducken?
A new fossil shows the food chain frozen in time.
Mystery Molar Means Much for Mammals
An ancient molar gives a new clue to where hoofed mammals came from.
'Dinosaur Breath' No Longer a Kindergarten Insult
Velociraptors and other dinos like them had the same breathing adaptation as modern birds.
Oldest Living Animal Found, Killed
The discovery and tragedy of an ancient Icelandic clam
Mmm... Dragon Bone Soup
Chinese villagers find "dragon bones."
News Bites – Multimedia feature
Two quick headlines about monstrous jaw lines.
Wow, I Need to Get to the Gobi Desert
Two lessons I learned today: The Gobi Desert is awesome, and Alan Turner is even cooler.
Just Be Glad They Couldn't Fly
New evidence proves that velociraptors had feathers.
Good Thing They Were Woolly
Scientists have discovered that wooly mammoth hair is an excellent source of DNA.
T. rex: Faster Than Jeff Goldblum – Multimedia feature
T. rexes could run faster than any human from Jurassic Park, even those kids.
Even Olderest Living Thing! (Kind Of)
Various scientists have revived multi-million-year-old bacteria in the lab.
The New Winner: Oldest Living Thing
Bacteria has slept in the Siberian ice for 600,000 years... and now it's awake!
Birdlike Behemoth
This new dino's name sounds like something out of a horror flick: Giganto-raptor!
Big Wolves with Huge Canines
The bone-crushing wolves of ancient Alaska

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