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This 18-Foot Sail-Backed Dinosaur Once Roamed Dinosaur Island
9+ hour, 2+ min ago (420+ words) This 18-Foot Sail-Backed Dinosaur Once Roamed Dinosaur Island'A-Z Animals Quick Take In 2025, a new sail-backed iguanodontian was discovered from fossils on the Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight is one of Europe's most important Early Cretaceous dinosaur sites Istiorachis…...
DNA from a tiny but mighty insect could help reveal the timeline for prehistoric humans
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (1159+ words) New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes" feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of prehistoric human ancestors. Published Mar 13, 2026 1:15 PM EDT | Updated Mar 13, 2026 1:15 PM EDT (CNN) " Mosquitoes haven"t always had a taste for…...
A dinosaur road trip through the American West
2+ hour, 32+ min ago (1707+ words) RED FLEET STATE PARK, Utah - A three-toed footprint appeared in the rock, slightly longer than my hiking boot. The outlines weren't crisp, but the impression was deep enough to collect sand grains and pebbles. This impression is estimated to be…...
3 Meters Long, 50 Kilos Heavy: This Giant Creature Really Existed 300 Million Years Ago Long Before Dinosaurs Ruled Earth
10+ hour, 19+ min ago (795+ words) For 170 years, one crucial part of Arthropleura stayed hidden. Now, scans inside a fossil from France have exposed details that change what this giant prehistoric arthropod really looked like. The fossil measured only 4 centimeters, nowhere near the giants that made…...
The “392-Year-Old Shark” Story Is Everywhere Online, But Researchers Say Its Age Isn’t What You Think
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (377+ words) An image of a giant Arctic shark said to be 392 years old spread rapidly online. Here's what researchers really found. The confusion stems from legitimate scientific research showing that they can live for centuries, making them the longest-lived known vertebrates....
Dinosaurs, community building the focus of Radness Ensues founder’s new picture book
7+ hour, 34+ min ago (395+ words) When Becka Bonner was dreaming up a logo for her button shop she sent a picture of herself with her arms spread out wide to her friend Taylor Howard and asked him to draw a pink pterodactyl with a red…...
Did the T. rex Actually Evolve in America? A 74-Million-Year-Old Shin Bone Suggests It May Have
3+ hour, 26+ min ago (558+ words) Learn how a freakishly large shinbone found in New Mexico is rewriting the T. rex family tree. Imagine stumbling across a fossilized shinbone so massive it nearly rivals that of "Sue," the most famous Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed. That is exactly…...
Tate Geological Museum to celebrate ‘Mammoth Day’ on Saturday
3+ hour, 27+ min ago (177+ words) SPRING SALE: Get home delivery of Oil City Weekly newspaper, arriving by mail each Friday!JUST $99/year CASPER, Wyo. " The Tate Geological Museum will celebrate "Mammoth Day" Saturday, March 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event commemorates the 20th anniversary of the discovery of…...
No such thing as a shark? Genomes shake up ocean predator’s family tree
16+ hour, 50+ min ago (212+ words) The concept of sharks as a natural biological group has been challenged by recent findings in genomic studies. The study, published last month on the bioRxiv preprint server, suggests that sharks might not be a single evolutionary lineage after all....
New dinosaur-age bird species found in Spain
4+ hour, 9+ min ago (829+ words) A small fossil skull has revealed a previously unknown bird species, Gorgonavis alcyone, from the age of dinosaurs. The discovery extends the known range of a long-beaked bird lineage once thought confined to ancient ecosystems in China. Inside a limestone…...