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Dinosaur fossils in Brazil reveal new giant species
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (269+ words) Tuesday March 17, 2026 Brazilian scientists have identified a new species of giant dinosaur with ties to a similar animal "found in Spain, reinforcing knowledge that land routes once "connected parts of South America, Africa and Europe about 120 million years ago. Named…...
The giant, stinky corpse plant has an incredible evolutionary backstory
29+ min ago (900+ words) How the corpse flower came to be so weird Evolutionary studies make sense of the world's strangest plant By Jacob S. Suissa edited by Kate Wong Visitors to a botanical garden in Basel, Switzerland, attend the blooming of a corpse plant....
Prehistoric Adventures
3+ hour, 38+ min ago (143+ words) Prehistoric Adventures'Travel And Tour World Tuesday, March 17, 2026 Queensland Dinosaur Week 2026 promises to be an unforgettable experience, showcasing the rich prehistoric heritage of the Capricorn Coast. As the region gears up for this exciting event, it will offer a variety of…...
Fossil Tourism
3+ hour, 39+ min ago (143+ words) Fossil Tourism'Travel And Tour World Tuesday, March 17, 2026 Queensland Dinosaur Week 2026 promises to be an unforgettable experience, showcasing the rich prehistoric heritage of the Capricorn Coast. As the region gears up for this exciting event, it will offer a variety of…...
The 'Peculiar' Crocodile Ancestor: Why This Terrifying Predator Decided to Walk on Two Legs
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (545+ words) It doesn't appear that the eastern Arizona desert has any secrets. Petrified logs strewn about, flat patches of sun-burned ground, and sporadic gusts of dust. Beneath that silence, however, scientists have been discreetly extracting pieces of a world that initially…...
Hunted by Neanderthals, giant elephants travelled hundreds of miles across Europe
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (400+ words) Human ancestors hunted large prey in organised way using their knowledge of landscape Neanderthals hunted giant elephants and pursued them over hundreds of miles across Europe, according to a new study of fossils unearthed in Germany. Previous research confirmed that…...
This Just In: You Can Explore Australia's Prehistoric History During the First-Ever Queensland Dinosaur Week
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (449+ words) This Just In: You Can Explore Australia's Prehistoric History During the First-Ever Queensland Dinosaur Week'Concrete Playground Australia's human history makes for a dense history book, filled with highs and lows from tens of thousands of years of culture, war and…...
Huge tyrannosaur discovered in New Mexico
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (589+ words) The discovery supports the thesis that the great Tyrannosaur emerged in North America How big is an "unusually large tyrannosaur"? Its shinbone is 96 centimeters long, more than three times longer the corresponding human equivalent. It's not the longest tyrannosaur shinbone…...
Researchers show dinos hatched eggs less efficiently than modern birds
4+ hour, 2+ min ago (426+ words) We show the difference in oviraptor hatching patterns was induced by the relative position of the incubating adult to the eggs," said senior author Dr Tzu-Ruei Yang, an associate curator of vertebrate paleontology at Taiwan's National Museum of Natural Science....
How a 190-Million-Year-Old Sea Dragon Rewrote Prehistoric History
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (354+ words) Xiphodracon, nicknamed the "Sword Dragon of Dorset," is a rare, nearly complete ichthyosaur fossil from the Early Jurassic Pliensbachian Stage. Its elongated skull, bite marks, and limb abnormalities reveal insights into its diet, predator encounters, and life challenges. The fossil…...