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🦤 The dodo went extinct in the 1600s. ☄️ The asteroid that ended the dinosaurs struck 66 million years ago. 🐚 Trilobites survived for over 270 million years. 🦣 Woolly mammoths coexisted with humans. 🐟 Tiktaalik was a fish with early limbs. 🌋 The Permian extinction wiped out 90% of life. 🦕 Argentinosaurus may have weighed over 70 tons. 🧬 DNA from extinct animals has been recovered in permafrost and amber. 🦤 The dodo went extinct in the 1600s. ☄️ The asteroid that ended the dinosaurs struck 66 million years ago. 🐚 Trilobites survived for over 270 million years. 🦣 Woolly mammoths coexisted with humans. 🐟 Tiktaalik was a fish with early limbs. 🌋 The Permian extinction wiped out 90% of life. 🦕 Argentinosaurus may have weighed over 70 tons. 🧬 DNA from extinct animals has been recovered in permafrost and amber.
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Jan 10, 2026

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Silphedosuchus: A Small Predator in the Aftermath of Earth’s Greatest Extinction

An Early Triassic mammal relative shows how carnivores adapted as ecosystems slowly rebuilt

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Puijila: The Walking Seal of the Arctic

Jan 4, 2026

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Puijila: The Walking Seal of the Arctic

A semi-aquatic mammal from the High Arctic shows how early pinnipeds balanced walking and swimming before true seals evolved

Thoosuchus and Life After Earth’s Greatest Extinction

Dec 27, 2025

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Thoosuchus and Life After Earth’s Greatest Extinction

An Early Triassic amphibian navigating a world reshaped by collapse and recovery

Naughty or Nice? Velociraptor in a Seasonally Cold Cretaceous World

Dec 18, 2025

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Naughty or Nice? Velociraptor in a Seasonally Cold Cretaceous World

How feathers and seasons shaped life for a famous predator

The Pterosaur with a Giant Head and Strange Teeth: Dimorphodon macronyx

Dec 10, 2025

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The Pterosaur with a Giant Head and Strange Teeth: Dimorphodon macronyx

Its climbing limbs and short wings reveal how early flight took shape

The Giant Raptor of Early Cretaceous Utah: Utahraptor ostrommaysi

Dec 6, 2025

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The Giant Raptor of Early Cretaceous Utah: Utahraptor ostrommaysi

One of the most powerful dromaeosaurids discovered in North America

The Silky-Feathered Dinosaur of the Jurassic: Serikornis sungei

Oct 31, 2025

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The Silky-Feathered Dinosaur of the Jurassic: Serikornis sungei

Delicate feathers mark an early step in the evolution of flight

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