Become a backyard geologist—in one week

National Geographic's Wonder Lessons will teach you how to navigate the stars, spot cloud types, recognize common trees, and ...

Inside the homes (and minds) of fossil collectors

These long-extinct, fearsome creatures are turning up in living rooms and corporate offices as wealthy collectors indulge a ...
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Newly discovered fossil unearths ancient croc that may have hunted dinosaurs on land, expert says

A newly unearthed fossil has led experts to believe an ancient species of crocodile may have been an apex predator that hunted dinosaurs on land. Paleontologist and National Geographic Explorer Diego ...
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This Bone-Crunching Octopus Was Nearly the Size of a Semitruck and May Have Feasted on Giant Reptiles 100 Million Years Ago

The massive invertebrates may have been top predators, according to an analysis of their fossilized jaws. The work suggests ...
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Fossils reveal giant octopuses rivalled Cretaceous marine reptiles

New fossil evidence suggests that massive octopuses up to 19 metres long were apex predators in the Late Cretaceous, challenging the view that large vertebrates dominated ancient oceans. Researchers ...

25 million-year-old fossils reveal how ancient platypus was a fierce predator with a stronger bite than its modern relatives

Fossil records dating back 25 million years that show evidence of platypuses, including those classified under Obdurodon ...