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Identify the largest carnivorous dinosaur
Archeology

Identify the largest carnivorous dinosaur

LiveScience has published the results of the largest scientific study of carnivorous dinosaurs in history. Leading the list is the Spinosaurus dinosaur.

December 17, 2018
Found fossil lizard 120 million years old
Archeology

Found fossil lizard 120 million years old

A 120 million-year-old fossil has just been found in rocky mountains in northeastern China. This is the first fossil of a pregnant lizard found.

December 17, 2018
Found fossil flying lizard eggs
Archeology

Found fossil flying lizard eggs

The archaeologists have just said the discovery of the nearly complete skeleton fossil of mother flying lizards and its eggs in China.

December 17, 2018
The assassins once dominated the blue sky
Archeology

The assassins once dominated the blue sky

Millions of years ago, toothed birds, flying lizards and super insects were lords in the sky. They eat every animal, from flies to dinosaurs ...

December 17, 2018
Lizards spend variable
Archeology

Lizards spend variable

A number of small Australian lizards called ball lizards have transformed from having 5-foot to footless legs (like most snakes) in just 3.6 million years.

December 17, 2018
Discover new giant lizard species
Archeology

Discover new giant lizard species

A researcher at the University of Portsmouth has discovered a new flying lizard species, which is also the largest of all known.

December 17, 2018
Winged dinosaurs can't fly
Archeology

Winged dinosaurs can't fly

In movies, they flutter in the air with tremendous speed. But in fact, flying dinosaurs can hardly escape the ground because it is too heavy.

December 17, 2018
Discovered an ancient snake-headed lizard
Archeology

Discovered an ancient snake-headed lizard

Argentine and American paleontologists have discovered fossils in the well-preserved condition of a newborn Plesiosauri that lived 70 million years ago in the South Pole.

December 17, 2018