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Purussaurus, the giant reptile of the Miocene: its dominance in South America 13 million years ago with a length of 7 meters
5+ hour, 23+ min ago (255+ words) More than thirteen million years ago, the south of America presented an extreme aquatic environment dominated by impressive prehistoric reptiles. These colossal creatures, known as Purussaurus, transformed the region into a true land of giants. At that time, the South…...
International premiere of 'The Last Traces of the Neanderthal' will be screened on the Rock
3+ hour, 50+ min ago (88+ words) Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation Culture / Community | 24th August 2026, 18:37 | Published by GBC News The international premiere of the film, the Last Traces of the Neanderthal, will be screened on the Rock. The event in collaboration with Cultural Services will be a red-carpet occasion…...
Hyperfixation | Paleontology
22+ hour, 51+ min ago (33+ words) Phillip Hamilton • 34 minutes ago Philipp Kachalin • 3 years ago Uploaded by KimmyDude Aug 23, 2026 at 05:38PM EDT Resolution: (2048px x 1296px) File size: 162 KB 36 views (9 from today)...
Public dinosaur digs continue to be a big hit
1+ min ago (182+ words) The North Dakota Geological Survey wraps up its latest public dinosaur digs this week. And they continue to be very popular. "Our registration is at the very beginning of February," said paleontologist Jeff Person. "One person for one day is…...
The Scorpion Was Tiny. Our Panic Was Not.
1+ min ago (330+ words) Some life lessons come from books. Some come from experience. And some arrive at midnight with eight legs, a stinger, and absolutely no intention of …...
Evolutionary arm race in Cenozoic seas shaped modern diversity of marine snails
4+ hour, 21+ min ago (473+ words) image: Phylogenetic tree of nearly 700 Neogastropoda genera sampled across the radiation of Neogastropoda colorcoded by superfamily attribution. Selected life Neogastropoda species shown on the right. view more A large scale study of nearly 700 species reveals the evolutionary relationships and history…...
Snakes on a plate: Could reptile consumption have freed us to settle down?
5+ hour, 1+ min ago (1225+ words) Lizards and snakes comprised almost a third of the Natufian diet in northern Israel 15,000 years ago, but that doesn't mean eating them was a choice The snake slithered frantically into the underbrush, but it was too slow. It had been…...
Canada drops new glow-in-the-dark coin that's totally dino-mite | National
5+ hour, 23+ min ago (425+ words) Dinosaur lovers, your next collector’s item is about to glow up. The Royal Canadian Mint has recently released a new coin featuring a Tyrannosaurus rex and a giant flying reptile, with a hidden design that only appears under black light....
A Strange Fossilized Egg Has Surfaced from the Frozen Depths of Antarctica
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (302+ words) What actually emerged from this egg is still unknown. 68 million years ago, at the edge of the Late Cretaceous, an enormous marine reptile laid an egg near the shore of the landmass that is now Antarctica. When that egg hatched…...
A self-aggrandizing post concerning a paper on speciation I wrote with Allen Orr
6+ hour, 2+ min ago (435+ words) I rarely look at Speciation now, though, for when I do I realize that when we wrote it I was at the top of my neuronal game, able to read, write, and synthesize far better than I do now. And…...