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Ancient Warming Collapsed Wyoming Forest Canopies, Study Shows

Faster modern carbon emissions plus recent global declines in vegetation productivity raise the risk that today’s ecosystems could cross thresholds with recovery measured in tens to hundreds of thousands of years.

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Ferns Fueled Long Wildfire Pulse in End‑Triassic Europe

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Miocene Marine Fossils Found in Odisha’s Baripada

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Egypt Fossil Site Shows Modern Ocean Fishes Emerged Quickly After Dinosaur Extinction

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New 70-Million-Year-Old Lizard in Patagonia Extends Scincomorph Record to South America

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Snorkel Survey of a Texas Water Cave Uncovers Ice Age Megafauna New to Central Texas

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7mo ago

Bromacker Fossil Site Redated to 294.1 Million Years Old

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125-Million-Year-Old Bird 'Gorgonavis' Unveiled in Cuenca Museum Display

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Wyoming Boy, 11, Uncovers 48-Million-Year-Old Turtle Fossil Now Under Study

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8mo ago

Huayuan Biota From China Unveils Deep-Water Cambrian Life After Early Mass Extinction

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8mo ago

Long Decline in Ocean Calcium Helped Cool Earth, PNAS Study Finds

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8mo ago

Helium-3 Dating Reveals Rapid Post-Impact Evolution in Ocean Plankton

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Parking-Lot Project at Dinosaur National Monument Unearths New Fossils, First Dig at Site Since 1924

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Parking-Lot Work at Dinosaur National Monument Uncovers Sauropod, Prompting First Dig There in a Century

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8mo ago

Lab Flood Experiments Challenge Classic Fossil Transport Rules

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9mo ago

Ancient Salt Yields First Direct Mesoproterozoic CO2, Indicating a Mild 1.4-Billion-Year Climate

Paleontology

Ancient Warming Collapsed Wyoming Forest Canopies, Study Shows

Ferns Fueled Long Wildfire Pulse in End‑Triassic Europe

Miocene Marine Fossils Found in Odisha’s Baripada

Egypt Fossil Site Shows Modern Ocean Fishes Emerged Quickly After Dinosaur Extinction

Researchers Chemically Confirm K/Pg Impact Layer in Eastern Hokkaido

Paleolatitude.org Relaunches With 320-Million-Year Map of Past Latitudes

Tamil Nadu Fossil Bed Confirmed at Up to 12,000 Years Old

Rare Marine Crocodile Jaw Found by Amateur Now on Display in Lyme Regis

New 70-Million-Year-Old Lizard in Patagonia Extends Scincomorph Record to South America

Snorkel Survey of a Texas Water Cave Uncovers Ice Age Megafauna New to Central Texas

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Bromacker Fossil Site Redated to 294.1 Million Years Old

125-Million-Year-Old Bird 'Gorgonavis' Unveiled in Cuenca Museum Display

Wyoming Boy, 11, Uncovers 48-Million-Year-Old Turtle Fossil Now Under Study

Huayuan Biota From China Unveils Deep-Water Cambrian Life After Early Mass Extinction

Long Decline in Ocean Calcium Helped Cool Earth, PNAS Study Finds

Helium-3 Dating Reveals Rapid Post-Impact Evolution in Ocean Plankton

Parking-Lot Project at Dinosaur National Monument Unearths New Fossils, First Dig at Site Since 1924

Parking-Lot Work at Dinosaur National Monument Uncovers Sauropod, Prompting First Dig There in a Century

Lab Flood Experiments Challenge Classic Fossil Transport Rules

Ancient Salt Yields First Direct Mesoproterozoic CO2, Indicating a Mild 1.4-Billion-Year Climate

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