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Ankylosaur: New armoured dinosaur discovered

A new armoured dinosaur, known as an ankylosaur, has been described and named for Prof Paul Barrett of the Natural History Museum. Vectipelta barretti was...

Rare and dramatic fossil shows small mammal attacking larger dinosaur

While there is little doubt that many a Mesozoic mammal became a meal for a dinosaur, it may come as a surprise to learn that...

New image reveals secrets of planet birth

A spectacular new image released today by the European Southern Observatory gives us clues about how planets as massive as Jupiter could form. Using...

The Pacific slope of Peru is greening, but it’s not good news

Research led by physicists and geographers at the University of Cambridge has unveiled some large-scale changes in the vegetation in the South American Andes...

Greenland melted some 416,000 years ago, shows high risk of causing sea level rise today

During the Cold War, a secret U.S. Army mission, at Camp Century in northwestern Greenland, drilled down through 4,560 feet of ice on the...

Have you seen these giant piles of rocks at Yosemite? Rangers say knock ’em down

If you've been feeling like you want to knock over giant piles of rocks, then Yosemite National Park might be your playground. The park posted...