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  1. Paleontology

    Plenty of dinosaurs yet to be found

    Despite a dramatic surge in dinosaur discoveries in recent years, paleontologists won't soon run out of interesting new fossils to unearth, a new analysis suggests.

    By Sid Perkins
  2. Paleontology

    . . . and the big bird that didn’t

    The California condor, one of today's largest and rarest birds, may have survived the last ice age because of its varied diet.

    By Sid Perkins
  3. Paleontology

    The big fish that went away . . .

    Fossils found near Charleston, S.C., suggest that an extinct species of billfish related to today's swordfish and marlin would easily exceed the lengths documented for world-record specimens of those oft-sought sports fish.