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2011
August
- Light Shed On South Pole Dinosaurs – 05/08/2011 – Science Daily
- Ancient primate fossil unearthed – 02/08/2011 – BBC News
July
- New duck-billed dinosaur gives scientists clues to evolution of head ornamentation and provinciality – 20/07/2011 – Science Daily
- Prehistoric crocodile Terminonaris was Texas native, fossil suggests – 20/07/2011 – Science Daily
- Vertebrate Jaw Design Locked Early: Study On Initial Diversification of Jaws Sheds Light On Early Vertebrate Feeding Ecology – 06/07/2011 – Wired Science
- The Rise and Rise of the Flying Reptiles: Pterosaurs Not Driven Into Extinction by Birds, Study Reveals – 06/07/2011 – Wired Science
- X-rays Reveal Pigmentation of First Birds – 01/07/2011 – Wired Science
June
- Domed Dinosaur Was King of the Head Butt – 28/06/2011 – Science Daily
- Fossilized Pollen Reveals Climate History of Northern Antarctica: Tundra Persisted Until 12 Million Years Ago – 28/06/2011 – Science Daily
- Body Temperature of Dinosaurs Measured for the First Time – 28/06/2011 – Science Daily
- Ancient Symbiosis Between Animals and Bacteria Discovered – 27/06/2011 – Science Daily
- Oldest Eurasian Hominoids Lived in Swabia: Molar Tooth Dated at 17 Million Years Old – 22/06/2011 – Science Daily
- Life After ‘Snowball Earth’: New Fossils Suggest Rapid Recovery of Life After Global Freeze – 16/06/2011 – Science Daily
- Protein from Bones of 600,000-Year-Old Mammoth Extracted Successfully – 04/06/2011 – Science Daily
May
- Researchers Solve Mammoth Evolutionary Puzzle: The Woollies Weren’t Picky, Happy to Interbreed – 31/05/2011 – Science Daily
- Fossil of Giant Ancient Sea Predator Discovered – 26/05/2011 – Science Daily
- Birch Mouse Ancestor Discovered in Inner Mongolia Is New Species of Rare ‘Living Fossil’ – 25/05/2011 – Science Daily
- Young Graphite in Old Rocks Challenges the Earliest Signs of Life – 21/05/2011 – Science Daily
- Peculiar Feeding Mechanism of the First Vertebrates – 20/05/2011 – Science Daily
April
- Dinosaurs come alive at London’s Natural History Museum – 21/04/2011 – BBC News
- Fossilised spider ‘biggest on record’ – 20/04/2011 – BBC News
- Dinosaurs were active both day and night, study claims – 14/04/2011 – BBC News
- Isle of Wight rock yields three fossil footprints – 11/04/2011 – BBC News
- Dino crater focus for ocean drilling plans – 05/04/2011 – BBC News
March
- Tree resin the key evidence of current and historic insect invasions – 22/03/2011 – EurekAlert
- First image of protein residue in 50 million year old reptile skin – 22/03/2011 – EurekAlert
- Primordial Soup’s Missing Ingredient May Be Sulfur – 21/03/2011 – Wired Science
- Primordial Soup Gets Spicier: ‘Lost’ Samples from Famous Origin of Life Researcher Shed New Light on Earth’s First Life – 21/03/2011 – Science Daily
- Fossils Record Ancient Migrations & Trilobite Orgies – 17/03/2011 – University of Cincinnati
- Paleontologists Audition Modern Examples of Ancient Behavior – 16/03/2011 – Science Daily
- Chilly Times for Chinese Dinosaurs: Abundance of Feathered Dinosaurs During Temperate Climate With Harsh Winters – 11/03/2011 – Science Daily
- New Species Found: Thai Fossils Reveal Ancient Primate – 11/03/2011 – National Geographic
- Genetic Errors Nixed Penis Spines, Enlarged Our Brains – 09/03/2011 – Wired Science
- The Case for a Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event – 08/03/2011 – Science Daily
- Fossil Bird Study Describes Ripple Effect of Extinction in Animal Kingdom – 07/03/2011 – Science Daily
- New to Nature No 33: Keuppia levante – 06/03/2011 – The Guardian
- Fossils of Horse Teeth Indicate ‘You Are What You Eat’ – 04/03/2011 – Science Daily
- Fossils of horse teeth indicate ‘you are what you eat,’ according to NYCOM researchers – 03/03/2011 – EurekAlert
- Rare 89-Million-Year-Old Flying Reptile Fossil from Texas May Be World’s Oldest Pteranodon – 01/03/2011 – Science Daily
- Meteorites ‘could have carried nitrogen to Earth’ – 01/03/2011 – BBC News
- We’re all aliens… how humans began life in outer space – 01/03/2011 – The Independent
Febuary
- BBC show to feature 3D dinosaurs – 28/02/2011 – The Guardian
- Fossil pits show how ammonites turned parasites into pearls – 27/02/2011 – Discover Magazine
- New Marine Mollusk Oldest in Its Genus Discovered in Iberian Peninsula – 23/02/2011 – Science Daily
- Meet Diania the walking cactus, an early cousin of life’s great winners – 23/02/2011 – Discover Magazine
- Wormlike “Walking Cactus” Fossil Found – 23/02/2011 – National Geographic
- Dinosaur named ‘thunder-thighs’ – 23/02/2011 – BBC News
- ‘Thunder thighs’ dinosaur discovered in America – 23/02/2011 – The Independent
- T. Rex More Hyena Than Lion: Tyrannosaurus Rex Was Opportunistic Feeder, Not Top Predator, Paleontologists Say – 22/02/2011 – Science Daily
- Plankton key to origin of Earth’s first breathable atmosphere – 21/02/2011 – EurekAlert
- Oldest fossils ever found may not be fossils after all – 21/02/2011 – PhysOrg.com
- Strange Fossil Findings Cast Evolution in New Light – 16/02/2011 – CBS News
- Oldest Fossils of Large Seaweeds, Possible Animals Tell Story About Oxygen in an Ancient Ocean – 16/02/2011 – Science Daily
- Oldest fossils of large seaweeds, possible animals tell story about oxygen in an ancient ocean – 16/02/2011 – EurekAlert
- Simple Seaweeds May Be Earth’s First Plants – 16/02/2011 – Wired Science
- 3-D Digital Dinosaur Track Download: A Roadmap for Saving at-Risk Natural History Resources – 11/02/2011 – Science Daily
- New View of Human Evolution? 3.2 Million-Year-Old Fossil Foot Bone Supports Humanlike Bipedalism in Lucy’s Species – 11/02/2011 – Science Daily
- Fossil foot bone shows our ancestor had two feet firmly on the ground – 10/02/2011 – The Guardian
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Dinosaur Sex – 10/02/2011 – Smithsonian Magazine
- On their own 2 feet – 10/02/2011 – EurekAlert
- Pictures: “Remarkable” Ice Age Fossil Cache Found – 09/02/2011 – National Geographic
- Ancient teeth raise new questions about the origins of modern man – 09/02/2011 – EurekAlert
- Powerful Microscope Reveals Chemical Structure of Fossils – 09/02/2011 – Science Daily
- Animal Kingdom Gains Phylum But Loses Link – 09/02/2011 – Wired Science
- Studying how snakes got legless – 08/02/2011 – BBC News
- Secrets of Antarctica’s fossilised forests – 08/02/2011 – BBC News
- 3D digital dinosaur track download: A roadmap for saving at-risk natural history resources – 07/02/2011 – Southern Methodist University
- Unexpected Exoskeleton Remnants Found in Paleozoic Fossils – 07/02/2011 – Science Daily
- X-Rays Reveal Hidden Leg of an Ancient Snake: New Hints on How Snakes Were Getting Legless – 07/02/2011 – Science Daily
- Unexpected exoskeleton remnants found in Paleozoic fossils – 07/02/2011 – EurekAlert
- Earth’s last great virgin habitat invaded – 06/02/2011 – The Independent
- New Dinosaur: Titanic Triceratops Ancestor? – 04/02/2011 – National Geographic
- Rare insect fossil reveals 100 million years of evolutionary stasis – 03/02/2011 – EurekAlert
- Dinosaurs left footprints thanks to ‘Goldilocks effect’ – 02/01/2011 – BBC News
- Ancient bird fossils found in Alaska – 01/02/2011 – Press TV
- Newly Discovered Dinosaur Likely Father of Triceratops – 01/02/2011 – Science Daily
January
- Newly Discovered Dinosaur Likely Father of Triceratops – 31/01/2011 – Yale University
- Frogs re-evolved lost lower teeth – 31/01/2011 – BBC News
- Bone suggests dinosaurs survived meteorite strike – 29/01/2011 – Vancouver Sun
- Test shows dinosaurs survived mass extinction by 700,000 years – 27/01/2011 – EurekAlert
- Mass Extinction Linked to Ancient Climate Change, New Details Reveal – 27/01/2011 – Science Daily
- Dinosaurs Survived Mass Extinction by 700,000 Years, Fossil Find Suggests – 27/01/2011 – Science Daily
- Tyrannosaurus rex study reaffirms its predatory credentials – 26/01/2011 – The Guardian
- No leftovers for T. rex – 25/01/2011 – EurekAlert
- Evolution by mistake – 25/01/2011 – EurekAlert
- Scientists hail discovery of one-fingered T rex relative – 25/01/2011 – The Guardian
- Evolution by Mistake: Major Driving Force Comes from How Organisms Cope With Errors at Cellular Level – 25/01/2011 – Science Daily
- Legendary Dinosaur King Didn’t Survive on Fast Food – 25/01/2011 – Wired Science
- First Single-Fingered Dinosaur Discovered – 25/01/2011 – Science Daily
- Two-clawed and parrot-sized: new T.rex cousin unveiled – 25/01/2011 – BBC News
- Academic Unearths Mystery Behind Ice Age Fossils in ‘Once in a Life-Time Discovery’ – 24/01/2011 – Science Daily
- Dating sheds new light on dawn of the dinosaurs – 24/01/2011 –UC Davis
- The first single-fingered dinosaur – 24/01/2011 – EurekAlert
- First One-Fingered Dinosaur Found—Dug for Bugs? – 24/01/2011 – National Geographic
- Ice age graveyard reveals its secrets – 23/01/2011 – Telegraph
- Researchers find smoking gun of world’s biggest extinction – 23/01/2011 – EurekAlert
- Remarkable Preservation of African Fossils Explained – 21/01/2011 – Science Daily
- Fossil female pterosaur found with preserved egg – 21/01/2011 – BBC News
- Mother Pterosaurs Laid Soft Eggs, New Fossil Hints – 20/01/2011 – National Geographic
- Museums set to ‘shuffle’ artefacts unseen by the public – 20/01/2011 – BBC News
- Pint-sized ancestor of Tyrannosarus rex discovered in Argentina – 14/01/2011 – Telegraph
- Dinosaurs were peace-loving veggies – 14/01/2011 – Telegraph
- Pictures: “Nasty” Little Predator From Dinosaur Dawn Found – 13/01/2010 – National Geographic
- ‘Dawn runner’ casts light on birth of the dinosaurs – 13/01/2011 – BBC News
- New dinosaur adds to the mystery of Triassic Park – 13/01/2011 – New Scientist
- Dinosaur from Triassic period discovered in Argentina – 13/01/2011 – BBC News
- Species Loss Tied to Ecosystem Collapse and Recovery – 10/01/2011 – Science Daily
- Introducing Bentonyx – 10/01/2011 – University of Bristol, UK
- Oxygen-Free Early Oceans Likely Delayed Rise of Life on Planet – 10/01/2011 – Science Daily
- New Species of Ancient Flying Reptile Identified on British Columbia Coast – 10/01/2011 – Science Daily
- Extinct Insect Completely Reconstructed in 3-D – 07/01/2011 – Science Daily
- Ammonite diet revealed in X-rays – 06/01/2011 – BBC News
- Ammonites’ strict diet doomed them to extinction – 06/01/2010 – New Scientist
- Ancient Jamaican bird used wings to go clubbing – 05/01/2011 – BBC News
- Not So Bird-Brained: 3D X-Rays Piece Together the Evolution of Flight from Fossils – 03/01/2011 – Science Daily
2010
- Link Between Ancient Lizard Fossil in Africa and Today’s Komodo Dragon in Indonesia – 30/12/2010 – Science Daily
- New Prehistoric Crocodile Found in “Kitchen Counters” – 30/12/2010 – National Geographic
- New Fossil Site in China Shows Long Recovery of Life from the Largest Extinction in Earth’s History – 23/12/2010 – Science Daily
- CT scan for colossal sea monster – 23/12/2010 – BBC News
- Colossal pliosaur fossil secrets revealed by CT scanner – 23/12/2010 – BBC News
- Colossal pliosaur fossil gets 3D CT scan – 23/12/2010 – BBC News
- Colossal pliosaur fossil emerges from rock – 23/12/2010 – BBC News
- Meat-Eating Dinosaurs Not So Carnivorous After All – 21/12/2010 – Science Daily
- Colossal Fossil: Museum’s New Whale Skeleton Represents Decades of Research – 16/12/2010 – Science Daily
- Oldest Fossils Found in Cordillera Bética Mountain Range – 14/12/2010 – Science Daily
- Ancient Balloon-Headed Dolphin Found by Fishers – 13/12/2010 – National Geographic
- Bizarre Reptile Challenges Notion of Crocodiles as ‘Living Fossils’ – 10/12/2010 – Science Daily
- “Horse Dragon,” Colossus Dinosaurs Found in Utah – 07/12/2010 – National Geographic
- Glacial Silt Encased Some of Earth’s Best-Preserved Fossils – 03/12/2010 – Wired Science
- How to Turn a Tyrannosaur Into a Iguanodont – 01/12/2010 – Smithsonian Magazine
- Rainforest Collapse Drove Reptile Evolution – 29/11/2010 – Science Daily
- Engineer Provides New Insight Into Pterodactyl Flight – 29/11/2010 – Science Daily
- Mammoth Find Gives Glimpse Of Rockies In Ice Age – 19/11/2010 – NPR
- Ancient seaweed is living fossil – 18/11/2010 – BBC News
- Did giant pterosaurs vault aloft like vampire bats? – 16/11/2010 – New Scientist
- One of France’s Largest Dinosaur Fossil Deposits Found in the Charente Region – 16/11/2010 – Science Daily
- Tropical forests thrived in ancient global warming – 11/11/2010 – New Scientist
- Oldest Fossilized Shrimp: Geologists Study Rare Well-Preserved Creature Showing Muscles – 10/11/2010 – Science Daily
- Dinosaur origins pushed further back in time – 06/10/2010 – BBC News
- Dinosaur had ginger feathers – 27/01/2010 – BBC News
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