Video Games Need Better Dinosaurs. Paleontologists Can Help
The most marine-centered event at GSA was also one of the loudest voices in the chorus for pro-ammonite games. The final night of the conference, I stumbled…
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The Mystery of Nevada’s Ancient Reptilian Boneyard
Berlin, Nevada, is a treasure chest for paleontologists. Just down the road from now-abandoned gold and silver mines, a rockbound collection of bones hints…
Climate-Driven Extinction Made Mammals’ Teeth Less Weird
Earth was warmer 34 million years ago—and wonkier. The Pangea supercontinent had split up. The dinosaurs were long gone. But Antarctica contained…
How the Demise of Dinosaurs Led to the Rise of Snakes
The doom of the dinosaurs was good news for snakes. According to new research, snake biodiversity began increasing shortly after the Cretaceous–Paleogene…
A Mammoth Tusk Reveals a Woolly (and Unprecedented) Tale
“That was very surprising to me,” says Bataille of these ranges, which were much larger than he’d expected. “It definitely asks the question: Why? What…