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Cambrian Lenisambulatrix humboldti

Without Claws or Armor, 520-Million-Year-Old 'Naked' Critter Was Likely a Loner

By Laura Geggel published

Fossils
Triassic pterosaur

Giant Pterosaur Sported 110 Teeth (and 4 Wicked Fangs)

By Laura Geggel published

Dinosaurs
Genie's dogfish

This Big-Eyed, Deep-Sea Shark Looks Like an Anime Character

By Kimberly Hickok published

Alien, or anime character? Neither! It's Genie's dogfish — a new shark species named for the famous marine biologist, Eugenie Clark.

Sharks
A newly discovered wasp from the Amazon.

Amazon Wasp with Enormous Stinger May Just Haunt Your Nightmares

By Kimberly Hickok published

She may be small, but check out that stinger!

Bees & Wasps
Extinct gibbon

Why Archaeologists Were Surprised to Find This Gibbon in a Royal Chinese Tomb

By Laura Geggel published

Archaeology
Barack Obama

Obama's Ears Inspired the Name of this 550-Million-Year-Old Critter

By Laura Geggel published

The ears of former U.S. President Barack Obama are so distinct, they inspired the scientific name of a newly identified 550-million-year-old critter: Obamus coronatus.

Fossils
This hairy-limbed shrimp (<em>Odontonia bagginsi</em>) lives inside a sea squirt.

'Hobbit' Shrimp with Hairy Feet Discovered Living Inside Hole in Sea Squirt

By Jasmin Malik Chua published

The itty-bitty shrimp shares more than a feature or two with the protagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 children's fantasy novel.

Crustaceans
giant ichthyosaur illustration

Prehistoric Sea Monster Was Nearly the Size of a Blue Whale

By Laura Geggel published

Fossils
The new parasitoid wasp species, <i>Dendrocerus scutellaris</i>, wears a saw of sorts on its back.

New 'Slasher' Wasp Comes Equipped with Its Own Body Saw

By Stephanie Pappas published

This parasitic wasp inflicts horrors on its hosts.

Bees & Wasps
Mansourasaurus-9

Photos: School-Bus-Size Dinosaur Discovered in Egypt

By Laura Geggel published

Researchers in Egypt just uncovered a newly identified long-necked dinosaur known as Mansourasaurus shahinae. This is only the sixth dinosaur to be discovered in Egypt.

Dinosaurs
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