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The Mammal Inside the Shell: Buenos Aires and the Armored Giants
A giant armored mammal once roamed the Pampas beneath what is now Buenos Aires. Glyptodon opens a journey through the armadillo family’s remarkable defenses — from fol...
The Canal Through the Bridge: How a Monkey Reached Panama Before the Land Did
Seven fossil monkey teeth turned up during work on the Panama Canal. About twenty-one million years old, they come from long before North and South America were joined...
Falling With A Plan: The Rib Glider Near New York
A palm-sized Triassic reptile found just outside New York opens a journey through animals that turn falling into travel. Lizards spread ribs, mammals stretch skin, fro...
The Giant Bird at the Airport: Charleston and the Largest Wings in the Sky
A giant fossil bird turned up during construction at Charleston International Airport. With a wingspan of about twenty-one feet, Pelagornis sandersi opens a journey in...
The Small Mammoths of the Channel Islands: What Happens When Giants Live on an Island Budget
Mammoths reached California’s Channel Islands by swimming. Once there, generations of giants became something very different: adult mammoths scarcely taller than a per...
The Saber Teeth in the Asphalt: Los Angeles and the Cat Built Around a Bite
The famous teeth of Smilodon only worked because the rest of the cat worked with them. La Brea’s extraordinary fossil record reveals the jaws, shoulders, forelimbs, pr...
The Dragon That Was a Rhinoceros: Klagenfurt and the Horn That Cleared the Snow
A fossil skull in Klagenfurt was once taken for the remains of a dragon and helped shape the city’s famous fountain. Give that skull its body back, and it becomes a wo...
A Leaf That Digests: Darwin and the Sundew
Charles Darwin became fascinated by a tiny sundew growing on English heathland. Its glittering leaves open into a remarkable plant mechanism: a leaf that can trap, sen...