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Carnegie Museum of Natural History curator leads discovery of new dinosaur species
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (416+ words) Herald-Standard Carnegie Museum of Natural History curator leads discovery of new dinosaur species Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s curator of vertebrate paleontology and senior dinosaur researcher Dr. Matt Lamanna, alongside a team of researchers, has identified a new predatory dinosaur…...
Human ancestor fossils unearthed in Spain point to grim secret of first Europeans
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (539+ words) Over two dozen new human ancestor fossils unearthed at a Spanish cave site suggest these first Europeans may have engaged in cannibalism 850,000 years ago. More than 30 years after the discovery of the first fossils attributed to the prehistoric human species…...
SCALY SITUATION AT THE LIBRARY
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (60+ words) Bwana Iguana Reptile Adventure, hosted by National Geographic Society member Ryan Ward, presented an interactive program with reptiles and amphibians, including snakes, turtles and giant salamanders, to a group of children July 27 at the library. More than 50 visitors packed the…...
Bangkok Post - Dinosaur fossils unearthed in Chaiyaphum
7+ hour, 20+ min ago (304+ words) PUBLISHED: 6 Aug 2026 at 05:52 More than 100 dinosaur fossil fragments estimated to be over 130 million years old have been found in Chaiyaphum, raising hopes of identifying one of Thailand's oldest known carnivorous dinosaurs. The discovery was announced after local resident Yodsanya Pitabut,…...
A New Dinosaur Species Has Just Been Discovered in Africa
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (214+ words) Infomance An international team of researchers from Zimbabwe, South Africa, and the United Kingdom has identified a previously unknown dinosaur species along the shores of Lake Kariba. The newly described sauropodomorph, named Musango matusadonaensis, inhabited northern Zimbabwe approximately 210 million years…...
Scientists Discover New Ice Age Toad Species in La Brea Tar Pits, Second Extinct Amphibian Ever Found in North America
2+ hour, 57+ min ago (474+ words) Scientists have identified a new extinct Ice Age spadefoot toad, Spea labreae, from fossils at Los Angeles' La Brea Tar Pits, marking only the second known extinct Pleistocene amphibian ever found in North America. The newly described species was recognized…...
A new species of carnivorous plant has been discovered in the mountain forests of China
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (386+ words) Botanists have discovered a new species of carnivorous plant in the mountain forests of China, a finding that confirms a hypothesis put forward by Charles Darwin more than 150 years ago, according to the website “The Debrief.” The plant, named Saxifraga…...
Scientists Named the Fecal Revolution as the Driver of the Cambrian Explosion
14+ hour, 2+ min ago (263+ words) inkorr.com Scientists Named the Fecal Revolution as the Driver of the Cambrian Explosion Fecal Explosion: A New Theory of Complex Life Development on Earth Publication Date: August 5, 18:00 An international group of scientists from Australia and Germany has proposed a…...
Did T. rex Really Leave These 66-Million-Year-Old Bite Marks?...
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (501+ words) Did Tyrannosaurus rex leave its teeth marks on another dinosaur 66 million years ago? Scientists say newly analyzed fossils from Wyoming may provide some of the strongest evidence yet. In a study published July 15 in PLOS One, researchers examined more than…...
Video: "Dinosaur Explorer" exhibit at Kalamazoo Valley Museum
4+ hour, 50+ min ago (11+ words) Battle Creek Enquirer...