When 12-year-old Mary Anning uncovered the complete skeleton of a fish-like creature near her home on England"s southern coast in 1811, extinction was a shaky idea in science. Fossils were nothing new—everything dies and leaves remains, after all. But could an entire species really die off? Were more of these 17-foot sea monsters lurking in the depths of the English Channel?
Celebrating a young girl s age-old discovery
Today in History
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Rock formations at Sedona, Arizona
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Christmas Bird Count turns 125
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Lavender field, Hertfordshire, England
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Kluane National Park
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Feeling chic on Fashion Week
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World Numbat Day
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Happy Bee Day to you
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Uredd Rest Area, Norway
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Who created the Easter Bunny?
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For the love of bikes
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Saint Dwynwen s Day
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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The artists come to Venice
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Computer science on the page
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Burrowing owls
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New Year s Eve in Sydney, Australia
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50 years of Earth Day
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A new park with a new mission
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The ‘Living Forest’ in Biscay, Spain
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Rising up from the black sand like rock gods
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Mount Rainier National Park
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Spread some love with Bing
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It s National Camera Day. Get the picture?
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Pretty poetic for a pit
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Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California
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Barcelona bids farewell to summer
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Star Wars Day