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Raccoons are often seen as cute and harmless wildlife—but that is a misconception. "Raccoons are native animals," "They ...

Fossils of the pterosaur were discovered in Petrified Forest National Park. The fossils date back 209 million years.

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Long before the first dinosaur hatched, Earth's ancient life was already thriving. There were bizarre sea creatures and lumbering plant-eaters that ruled prehistoric landscapes for hundreds of ...

A Smithsonian-led team of researchers have discovered North America's oldest known pterosaur, the winged reptiles that lived ...

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Smithsonian scientists have uncovered North America’s oldest known pterosaur from a 209-million-year-old bonebed in Arizona’s ...

The 209-million-year-old fossil offers clues to the evolution of the reptiles, which have more than 150 named species ...