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New species of pterosaur identified at Petrified Forest National Park
A remarkable finding has surfaced in the colorful, fossil-rich badlands of Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park: North ...
North America's oldest known pterosaur, a flying reptile the size of a "small seagull," discovered in Arizona, researchers say
Researchers were able to date the fossil of the flying reptile, a close cousin of dinosaurs, back to more than 209 million ...
This Golden Fungus Is Spreading Wildly in North America’s Forests
The golden oyster mushroom, a tasty species native to Asia, has proliferated in states around the Great Lakes and may crowd ...
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North America's oldest known pterosaur discovered in a petrified forest
A rare Triassic fossil site reveals North America's oldest known pterosaur, Eotephradactylus mcintireae, in what was once a ...
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Invasive Golden Oyster Mushrooms Are Crowding Out Native Fungi and Could Slash Biodiversity in Forests, Study Suggests
Researchers found that trees in Wisconsin that had become hosts to the eye-catching species hosted only half the fungal ...
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Woodland Park Zoo welcomes tiny new resident
SEATTLE — The Woodland Park Zoo has a new resident. The north Seattle zoo welcomed a tiny female pudu, the smallest deer species in the world, native to South America. The fawn hasn't been named ...