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New herbivorous dinosaur species discovered in Romania’s Hațeg UNESCO Geopark
8+ hour, 55+ min ago (279+ words) Paleontologists from the University of Bucharest and E'tv's Lor'nd University in Budapest have discovered a new species of herbivorous dinosaur in Romania's Ha'eg Country UNESCO Global Geopark. The dinosaur, which lived around 70 million years ago, has been named Kryptohadros kallaiae....
Human History is Brief When Measured Against Age of the Earth
13+ hour, 50+ min ago (900+ words) At UC Santa Barbara's Art, Design & Architecture Museum, Tiffany Chung's mid-career survey exhibition considers human history alongside the planet's much longer timeline. "Tiffany Chung: indelible traces" brings together more than 70 artworks spanning 25 years by the Vietnamese American artist and UCSB…...
Hell Pigs and the Abnormal Shrimp: 6 Nightmarish Predators From Prehistoric Earth
17+ hour, 18+ min ago (569+ words) With some examples reaching 2m in length and packing a monstrous, meter-long jaw, the Archaeotherium were piggies you really didn't want to go to market. Though sometimes called (for obvious reasons) the "hell pig" these creatures weren't actually porcine - in fact,…...
CSI in the Cretaceous. Paleontologists solve prehistoric dinosaur murder mystery
15+ hour, 48+ min ago (477+ words) Wyenberg-Henzler et al / PeerJ Left lateral view of the skull A new analysis of a fossil discovered in 2005 revealed the presence of a piece of a T-Rex tooth in the skull of a duck-billed dinosaur, which indicates that this attack…...
Denver Museum unveils 'The World's Largest Dinosaurs"
9+ hour, 17+ min ago (106+ words) Denver Museum unveils "The World's Largest Dinosaurs'Travel Daily Media Highlights include a dramatic introduction featuring the massive head of Argentinosaurus, one of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered, and a showcase of the museum's own collection, including its first-ever dinosaur bone....
Triceratops huge nose helped regulate body temperature, study suggests
12+ hour, 28+ min ago (1494+ words) Researchers combined fossil CT scans with comparisons to living birds and reptiles to rebuild the soft-tissue layout inside Triceratops skulls. Their work suggests the dinosaur's nose was much more than a scent organ; it was an anatomical solution to a…...
Meet the man who’s found so many fossils in Melbourne he’s opened his own museum
5+ hour, 42+ min ago (692+ words) March 11, 2026 " 3:30pm A few years ago, palaeontologist Ben Francischelli saw something extraordinary while free diving just off the beach at Beaumaris in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs. Not an exotic fish, a pretty shell, or even a stolen phone. It was the complete…...
Strange dinosaur species found with hundreds of stones in its throat
5+ hour, 15+ min ago (623+ words) Species named after techno-funk duo Chromeo could be key to understanding how a small group of dinosaurs survived extinction Scientists have discovered an enigmatic dinosaur species that lived some 120 million years ago and whose fossil contained hundreds of stones in…...
Paleontologists Weigh In On Netflix's Hit New Series The Dinosaurs
22+ hour, 36+ min ago (567+ words) The four-part docuseries has been a hit with critics and viewers " but what are real dinosaur experts saying? Since premiering on the platform last week, Netflix's new documentary The Dinosaurs has become a huge hit with viewers. A sequel of…...
A New Study Reveals Why T. rex Was Such a Formidable Apex Predator
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (207+ words) As a result, some specimens that were previously classified as juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex have recently been reassigned to a different, smaller species known as Nanotyrannus. Similar doubts also surround the largest specimens attributed to T. rex, further complicating efforts to understand…...