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almost 4 years ago by Pete Buchholz

Final mammoth populations suffered from "genetic meltdown"

The last populations of woolly mammoths lived on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Siberia. Comparison of specimens from Wrangel Island and the Siberian mainland show that the island populations accumulated a number of genetic mutations that would adversely affect the last living mammoths.

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almost 4 years ago by Pete Buchholz

Did T. rex have feathers?

Tyrannosaurus has never been found with feathers preserved, but its cousins tell us it wasn't the green scaly giant of our childhood.

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almost 4 years ago by Rachel Fritts

Hatzegopteryx, Transylvania’s dinosaur hunter

During the late Cretaceous, Transylvania was an island that hosted one of the largest pterosaurs of all time. Now, scientists think that this giraffe-sized stork-like reptile might have also been the island’s arch-predator.

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almost 4 years ago by Franz Anthony

The Stegosaur lookalike and its last supper

One dinosaur discovered in Argentina was found with a gut full of toxic seeds. This discovery offers researchers an insight on how dinosaurs and plants depended on each other for survival.

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almost 4 years ago by Pete Buchholz

Deinocheirus, the giant hunchbacked dinosaur with terrifying hands

In 1965, a pair of arms as long as a full-grown ostrich's height were discovered in Mongolia. For more than 40 years, the rest of the animal remained a mystery.

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Final mammoth populations suffered from "genetic meltdown"

Did T. rex have feathers?

Hatzegopteryx, Transylvania’s dinosaur hunter

The Stegosaur lookalike and its last supper

Deinocheirus, the giant hunchbacked dinosaur with terrifying hands