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For a long time, scientists thought the Earth's inner core was a solid ball of metal, sort of like a planet within a planet that sits some 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers) below the surface.

“The fossil fauna there is diverse, and our understanding of Southern Hemisphere ecosystems from near the end of the Age of Dinosaurs is still very incomplete,” says paleontologist Matthew ...

After the dinosaurs were wiped out, forests began to grow back, and the thick tree cover blocked the sun from reaching the ground layer. Scientists have theorized that competition for light in denser ...

KUNMING: Chinese scientists have identified a new species of Early Jurassic sauropod dinosaur, named Xingxiulong yueorum, based on a fossilised skeleton discovered in the country’s southwestern ...

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A Fairbanks legislator wants the state to have an official dinosaur, and he’s suggesting that it be a type of tyrannosaur whose remains were found on Alaska’s North Slope. Republican Rep.

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CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES KUNMING — Chinese scientists have identified a new species of Early Jurassic sauropod dinosaur, named Xingxiulong yueorum, based on a fossilized skeleton discovered ...