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Mummies return to California Science Center - Beverly Press & Park Labrea News
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (455+ words) Mummies return to California Science Center'Beverly Press & Park Labrea News Mummies return to California Science Center "Mummies of the World: The Exhibition" brings together more than 30 naturally and intentionally preserved human and animal mummies from South America, Europe and ancient…...
Ice Age wolf's last meal suggests climate change doomed woolly rhinos
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (245+ words) This content was translated by an AI-powered translation tool. It may contain inaccuracies due to the limitations of machine translation. Traces of an extinct woolly rhino have been discovered in the stomach of a 14,400-year-old Ice Age wolf found in…...
Ancient Wolf Pup's Meal Shows How Woolly Rhinos Vanished
3+ hour, 44+ min ago (421+ words) Scientists learned a lot about one of the last generations of woolly rhinocheros'from a chunk of meat swallowed by a wolf pup some 14,400 years ago. The mummified body of... Ancient Wolf Pup's Meal Shows How Woolly Rhinos Vanished Scientists learned…...
Tyrannosaurus Rex Grew Slower and Lived Longer Than Previously Believed
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (398+ words) A new study overturns our understanding of Tyrannosaurus rex development: the dinosaur lived longer and took more time to reach its full size than previously thought. Previously, scientists often relied on the annual growth rings in the limb bones of…...
It took 35 years for T. rex to become fully grown - CNN
4+ hour, 46+ min ago (15+ words) It took 35 years for T. rex to become fully grown'CNN You can cancel anytime....
Study finds Tyrannosaurus rex did not reach full size until age 40
6+ hour, 17+ min ago (494+ words) WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - There is no question that Tyrannosaurus rex got big. In fact, this fearsome dinosaur may have been Earth's most massive land predator of all time. But the question of how quickly T. rex achieved its maximum size has…...
Fossil may solve mystery of what one of the weirdest-ever animals ate
7+ hour, 17+ min ago (585+ words) Hallucigenia was such an odd animal that palaeontologists reconstructed it upside-down when they first analysed its fossils - and now we may know what it ate Hallucigenia, one of the strangest animals of all timeAlamy One of the weirdest animals that…...
'Walking sharks' found off Australian coast. A closer look reveals extraordinary new discovery
8+ hour, 23+ min ago (274+ words) The find suggests that epaulette sharks, known for their unusual ability to 'walk' along the seafloor, could be more resilient to environmental threats than we thought. Researchers have discovered that'epaulette sharks, also known as 'walking sharks' because of their ability…...
Tyrannosaurids Took Their Time Growing to 17,000 Pounds
9+ hour, 18+ min ago (383+ words) Science at the Ballot Box Women in Science & Engineering Forty-year growth periods may have given them a leg up in dominating their ecosystems The full Nautilus archive " eBooks & Special Editions " Ad-free reading How long did it take for a Tyrannosaurus…...
Unveiling the Growth Secrets of T. Rex: A Slow and Steady Giant | Science-Environment
11+ hour, 6+ min ago (270+ words) Unveiling the Growth Secrets of T. Rex: A Slow and Steady Giant'Devdiscourse Unveiling the Growth Secrets of T. Rex: A Slow and Steady Giant A study suggests that the Tyrannosaurus Rex reached its massive size over 40 years, contradicting earlier estimates of a…...