Riley Black
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All Stories by Riley Black
- Animals
A new fossil shows how hagfish went back to basics
A new fossil hagfish shows these animals aren’t as primitive as researchers had assumed.
- Fossils
Bones show ancient marine reptile was a big baby
A new study of a rare baby plesiosaur reveals that these marine reptiles were huge at birth, then continued to grow speedily.
- Fossils
These fuzz-covered flying reptiles had catlike whiskers
New fossils are changing the look of ancient flying reptiles called pterosaurs.