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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Chris Simms

    Remarkably preserved feathered dinosaur discovered in China reveals new secrets of flying predator evolution (opens the original)

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    A predatory bird-like dinosaur with four wings discovered in China adds evidence to the idea that flight evolved several times in different dinosaur groups. The exceptionally well-preserved feathered dinosaur, which has been named Norellraptor barsboldi, was 3 years old when it died and measured just 21 inches (57 centimeters) long. It was found in the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation in northeastern China, which dates to between 145 million and 100 million years ago. N. barsboldi had the sh

  2. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · Chris Simms

    Live birth may have evolved 90 million years earlier than thought (opens the original)

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    A dog-sized carnivore and mammal ancestor that lived around 236 million years ago seems to have given birth to live young, a new study suggests. This means the tactic of keeping young developing inside the mother ‪—‬ known as viviparity ‪—‬ may have emerged in the mammalian lineage 90 million to 95 million years earlier than scientists previously thought, researchers noted in the study. "This is the first time that we have evidence on how these mammalian ancestors reproduced," said first author

  3. Article · Jul 15, 2026 · Chris Simms

    Orange-lipped monkey that roars and snorts deep in Congo rainforest is new species to science (opens the original)

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    Scientists have identified a new species of monkey that has orange lips and makes unique roars and snorting sounds. The distinctive monkey lives in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is only the fifth new monkey species to be identified in Africa in the past 75 years, and there might be more unknown monkey species in the region, scientists behind a new study suggested. Researchers named the newly identified species of monkey Colobus congoensis, after the region, an

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