The dignified crests adorning various items from Noren curtains to temple roofs are a common sight in Kyoto. These symbols of families and organizations originated over 1,000 years ago. Once the ...

WASHINGTON — A flying reptile whose head was topped with a big bony crest shaped like the sail of a yacht swooped through the skies over Brazil roughly 90 million years ago.

A strange new species of dolphin, that is said to be over 19-20 million years old, has been found among forgotten fossils kept in the Smithsonian.