Latest articles by Nick Garland

plants and animals
almost 6 years ago by Nick Garland

Weird mammals get a home in the tree of life

Two wonderfully weird animals from the last ice age of South America never had a real home in the mammal family tree. Through protein sequencing of fossil bones, scientists have found their closest living relatives.
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plants and animals
almost 6 years ago by Nick Garland

Bipedal crocodile ancestor discovered in North Carolina

In Triassic North Carolina, a 9-foot-tall bipedal crocodile relative ruled the land with a jaw full of knife-like teeth. Meet the "Butcher of Carolina."
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fossils
almost 6 years ago by Nick Garland

The flying reptile of Transylvania

Scientists described the fossil remains of a pterosaur from the Transylvania region of Romania. Its relatives include the biggest flying animals of all time.
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fossils
almost 6 years ago by Nick Garland

Nyctosaurus, the wild pterosaur with an "antler"

Most flying reptiles are already bizarre. Nyctosaurus ups the ante with something approximating a huge deer antler on its head.
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fossils
almost 6 years ago by Nick Garland

Early Cretaceous basal hadrosaurid found in Japan

A brand new herbivorous dinosaur called Koshisaurus has been unearthed in Japan. It is only the sixth named species of dinosaur ever discovered on the archipelago.
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