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Learn why researchers identified some of North America's most famous fossils as Traskasaura sandrae.
In 1988, on the banks of the Puntledge River on Vancouver Island, a strange fossil began to emerge from the stone. It was ...
SCIENTISTS have finally cracked the mystery behind a “very odd” long-necked sea monster found on the coast of Canada. The creature, which loosely resembles the infamous Loch Ness ...
A newly identified sea monster from British Columbia is rewriting marine reptile history and stunning scientists worldwide.
Scientists have uncovered a remarkable fossil from Canada's Burgess Shale, a discovery that reshapes how the evolution of ...
Before British Columbia fossil hunter Mike Trask died last week, he knew that recognition of his biggest discovery would live ...
Fossilized footprints discovered in Victoria, Australia, are rewriting reptile evolutionary history. Dating back 359 million ...
The extinct mammals were about five times larger than a grizzly bear–and filled caves with their poop.
The larger sloths didn’t do much tree climbing, at risk of falling to their deaths. Instead, they survived by being ...
The previously unnamed species of elasmosaur is being called Traskasaura sandrae in honour of Mike Trask, who in 1988 ...
At least one giant ground sloth has been positively identified, with other bones still being studied by paleontologists.