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 A child looks at a rock containing dinosaur bone fossils discovered in Hong Kong, displayed at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre, in Hong Kong, China October 25, 2024.

Hong Kong's first dinosaur fossils, likely from large dinosaur, go on display

By REUTERS
 Elongated skulls at the Inca museum

Evidence of smallpox in 16th century Peru uncovered in Incan children's skeletal remains

 An assistant compares a fossilised tooth of a giant whale called Leviathan against the whale's fossilised jaw at the Natural History Museum in Lima June 30, 2010. The fossil of a giant whale called Leviathan for having teeth bigger than a grown man's forearms has been found in Peru by paleontologis

Gigantic marine reptile's fossils found by British girl and father

By REUTERS
 Sidersaura marae, discovered in Argentina

New species of dinosaur discovered in Argentina

 Pterosaur (Illustrative).

Dinosaur feathers were more similar to those we recognize than previously assumed - study

 A life reconstruction of the bird-like dinosaur Fujianvenator prodigiosus, which lived 148 million to 150 million years ago in China, is seen in this illustration.

'Bizarre' long-legged bird-like dinosaur has scientists enthralled

By REUTERS
 This illustration shows the Cretaceous carnivorous mammal Repenomamus robustus attacking the plant-eating dinosaur Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis moments before a volcanic debris flow buries them both about 125 million years ago in China.

Ancient clawed 'Edward Scissorhands' reptile discovered in Brazil

A sabre tooth tiger depiction at the Boston Museum of Science.

Purring predators: The adorable secret of saber-toothed tigers

Fossilized skeletons dating to about 125 million years ago from China showing the entanglement of the dinosaur Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis and the mammal Repenomamus robustus are seen in this 2022 handout photograph. Scale bar equals 10 cm.

Dinosaur vs mammal: Dramatic fossil shows pugnacious mammal attacking a dinosaur

By REUTERS
 An artistic illustration of the megalodon shark, one of the largest sharks to ever lurk in Earth's oceans.

Megalodons were slow-swimming, warm-blooded predators – study

 Life reconstruction of Brontosaurus excelsus, a type of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur (Illustrative).

Humans' ancestors, dogs, bats may have coexisted with dinosaurs – study

 Photograph of the whole specimen of Petrodacyle wellnhoferi.

The king takes flight: New pterosaur 'Elvis' receives scientific name

 A giant blue whale skeleton is unveiled in the Hintze Hall at the Natural History Museum, London, Britain July 13, 2017.

Newly discovered toothed whale was an early ancestor of dolphins - study

 How did the modern horse evolve? (illustrative)

Look ma, no toes! How the modern horse evolved to have hooves

 An illustrative image of a dinosaur's foot.

New dinosaur species discovered in China after fossilized paw found

 Illustrative depiction of the Australopithecus Afarensis

Step this way: When did humans learn how to walk upright? - study

 A paleontologist checks fossilized bones of the 'Gonkoken nanoi', a newly identified duck-billed dinosaur, that inhabited the Chilean Patagonian area, at El valle del rio de las Chinas, near Torres del Paine, Magallanes and Antarctic region, Chile, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters

New species of duck-billed dinosaur discovered in Chile - study

3D reconstruction of the cranium and lower jaws of Crassigyrinus scoticus in articulation.

After nearly 100 years, scientists solve puzzle of ancient predator's skull