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Film Paleontology
What ‘The Meg’ gets wrong — and right — about megalodon sharks
A paleobiologist helps Science News separate shark fact from fiction in the new Jason Statham film The Meg.
By Carolyn Gramling | 12:41pm, August 10, 2018
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News in Brief | Paleontology
Fossil teeth show how a mass extinction scrambled shark evolution
By Carolyn Gramling | 11:00am, August 02, 2018
brachiosaur
News in Brief | Paleontology
Paleontologists have ID’d the world’s biggest known dinosaur foot
By Cassie Martin | 7:00am, July 24, 2018
Akainacephalus johnsoni illustration
Introducing | Paleontology
A new ankylosaur found in Utah had a surprisingly bumpy head
By Cassie Martin | 12:30pm, July 19, 2018
baby snake preserved in amber
News in Brief | Paleontology
This amber nugget from Myanmar holds the first known baby snake fossil
By Laurel Hamers | 2:00pm, July 18, 2018
Dunkleosteus
News | Paleontology
An ancient swimming revolution in the oceans may have never happened
By Carolyn Gramling | 7:05pm, July 17, 2018
giant long-necked sauropod
News | Paleontology
Long-necked dinosaurs grew to be giants in more ways than one
By Carolyn Gramling | 11:49am, July 10, 2018
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Reviews & Previews | Paleontology
‘Spying on Whales’ dives into the story of true leviathans
By Sid Perkins | 12:00pm, June 29, 2018
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Feature | Paleontology
Why won’t this debate about an ancient cold snap die?
By Carolyn Gramling | 2:00pm, June 26, 2018
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Introducing | Paleontology
These newfound frogs have been trapped in amber for 99 million years
By Carolyn Gramling | 9:00am, June 14, 2018
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