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Texas researcher uncovers rare prehistoric fossil site in underwater cave
19+ hour, 7+ min ago (353+ words) WASHINGTON " A paleontologist has uncovered'a trove of ancient fossils inside a cave, a discovery that could reshape what scientists understand about prehistoric ecosystems in the region. John Moretti, a researcher with the University of Texas at Austin, found the fossils…...
Benson Building mammal museum revamped
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (679+ words) by Kakela Delatori | Apr 6, 2026 | BYU-Idaho, Campus News | 0 comments At the beginning of BYU-Idaho's Spring 2026 semester, the mammal exhibit on campus is planningon hosting a grand event as it reopens its doors to the general public. For nearly two decades, the…...
Inside the Discovery of a Rare “Living Fossil” From the Age of Dinosaurs
4+ hour, 50+ min ago (496+ words) Inside the Discovery of a Rare "Living Fossil" From the Age of Dinosaurs'The Economic Times...
Dueling Dinosaurs are a draw for N.C. science museum
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (278+ words) Good morning, North Carolina! Here's what you need to know today. After a cold front came through on Easter Sunday, we're getting cooler temperatures today. Beginning in the 40s to lower 50s, we'll see highs in just the 60s to lower 70s across most…...
Fossils from China show complex life evolved millions of years earlier than once thought
16+ hour, 29+ min ago (804+ words) A newly discovered fossil of a sausage-shaped animal from the Jiangchuan Biota has an end-positioned mouth. An artist's reconstruction, based on fossils found in what's now China's Yunnan province, depicts the Jiangchuan Biota about 554 million to 539 million years ago. This…...
The Daily Heller: Death to the Dinosaur, Long Live Dinosaurs – PRINT Magazine
4+ hour, 20+ min ago (230+ words) Steven Heller has written for PRINT since the 1980s. He is co-chair of SVA MFA Designer as Entrepreneur. The author, co-author and editor of over 200 books on design and popular culture, Heller is also the recipient of the Smithsonian Institution National…...
Mourning for dinosaurs, 65 million years too late | CNN
20+ hour, 28+ min ago (435+ words) Dinosaurs have been fearsome and fascinating " but tragic? Dinosaurs do not know, another TikToker opined, that "we found them and we love them with everything we have." Others wondered how they could miss creatures they never knew. If dinosaurs were…...
A chance to work with rare dinosaur fossils brings students to North Carolina
16+ hour, 54+ min ago (645+ words) RALEIGH, N.C. " Two complete dinosaur fossils found in Hell Creek Montana in 2006 are bringing students to North Carolina for paleontology research. Visitors at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences'can see the specimens in the SECU Dino Lab. Inside the lab,…...
Tiny 436-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossil Rewrites the Origins of Vertebrates
16+ hour, 45+ min ago (707+ words) Ancient fossils from South China reveal the earliest bony fishes and shed new light on how jaws, teeth, and key vertebrate features evolved before the major fish lineages diverged. A research team led by Profs. Min Zhu, Jing Lu, and…...
Misidentified Triassic fossil turns out to be its own species
15+ hour, 27+ min ago (857+ words) Scientists have confirmed that a tiny Triassic fossil long mistaken for another animal is actually its own species. That shift turns a long-standing misidentification into evidence of a much older lineage that survived a mass extinction. A small skull discovered…...