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11 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: November 2, 2026.
Curtin University researchers say fossilized red blood cells in a Brazilian theropod are the first to carry direct chemical proof of hemoglobin-derived molecules.
The 23-foot dinosaur, pieced together from more than 180 bone fragments in Gujarat, pushes the origins of a lineage that later produced titans like Brachiosaurus back by tens of millions of years.
A 38-foot Tyrannosaurus discovered on a South Dakota ranch shattered its estimate after a 10-minute bidding war — and reignited a fight between collectors and paleontologists.
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An 82-million-year-old tail vertebra collected on James Ross Island in 1985 has been identified as a titanosaur — the first dinosaur bone ever found on the continent.
A newly named microraptor relative, Jian changmaensis, glided on four feathered limbs and may explain piles of crushed bird bones in a 120-million-year-old fossil bed.
The 70-million-year-old dinosaur paired a raptor's sickle claw with a long, flexible neck, revealing a fish-eating lifestyle unusual for its family of predators.
Newly named Jian changmaensis, a barn-owl-sized cousin of Velociraptor, is the first non-bird dinosaur found at a Chinese site that has yielded more than 100 ancient birds — and it appears to have preyed on them.
Named Bicharracosaurus dionidei, the long-necked giant fills a major gap in the story of how the largest dinosaurs evolved in the Southern Hemisphere.
Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis weighed 27 tonnes and may be Southeast Asia's final giant sauropod before seas transformed the region.
Powerful synchrotron X-rays reveal preserved circulatory system in 66-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex bone, offering unprecedented insights into dinosaur biology and healing processes.
CT scans reveal hidden skull and stomach stones in first new Korean dinosaur species identified in 15 years.