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Tamirkhan balcarceli (skull and partial hindlimb). Nicole Wong/© AMNH A remarkably preserved fossil from Mongolia’s Gobi Desert is reshaping scientists’ understanding of mammal evolution during the age of dinosaurs. The new species, described in the journal Nature by a team of scientists from the American Museum of Natural History, Stony Brook University, UniversityContinue Reading

Fossils of Spriggina floundersi collected in South Australia preserve mirror-image impressions of the original animals, so a leftward bend in the rock represents an animal that bent to the right in life. Scott Evans/© AMNH Scientists have uncovered what may be the earliest evidence of “right-handedness” in the animal kingdom, dating backContinue Reading

Eggs from the Museum’s Ornithology Collection of an elephant bird (back), an ostrich (front right), and a hummingbird (front left, in box) show the range of sizes of bird eggs. Elephant birds (Aepyornis maximus), thought to have gone extinct about 1,000 years ago in Madagascar, could grow more than 9Continue Reading

Photo by Liz Ligon Stargazers on the High Line are invited to a special, “once in a quarter moon” opportunity to learn about the wonders of the night skies directly from experts from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team, as part of the High Line’s weekly partnership with the AmateurContinue Reading

A reconstruction of Tylosaurus rex in the Cretaceous-era Western Interior Seaway of North America that was created by Alderon Games with scientific consultation from the study’s lead author Amelia Zietlow.Courtesy of Alderon Games – Path of Titans There’s a new T. rex in the fossil record, only this one terrorized the ancient seas. NewContinue Reading

Reconstruction of a hypothetical deep-water press from the new fossil site in Canada’s Northwest Territories, based on fossils recovered by the researchers. Image by Alex Boersma Researchers have uncovered a remarkable fossil site in a remote part of Canada’s Northwest Territories, offering unprecedented insight into the earliest evolution of complexContinue Reading