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Darwin was right: These plants are carnivores
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (590+ words) Charles Darwin loved a deep dive. The famed evolutionary biologist devoted years to studying barnacles and obsessed over breeding pigeons. But one of his most enduring fascinations was carnivorous plants. He called Venus flytraps “one of the most wonderful plants…...
In Egypt, an ape jaw fossil may hold the 'missing piece' of the early ape family tree
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (536+ words) A fossil jaw unearthed in northern Egypt may be rewriting a key chapter of ape evolution. The newly identified species lived roughly 17 to 18 million years ago and may help fill a major gap in the early ape family tree, reported…...
10 supersized animals that made prehistoric Europe a land of giants
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (780+ words) Long before cities and roads transformed its landscape, Europe supported animals comparable with Africa’s largest living creatures. Elephants weighing over 10 tonnes, armored rhinoceroses, towering bison, and deer carrying record-breaking antlers once occupied its forests, grasslands, rivers, and vast frozen steppes....
???Rare??? array of mammoth bones in Burke is unearthed
7+ hour, 47+ min ago (945+ words) A mammoth excavation under a northwest North Dakota garage is unearthing a more complete prehistoric beast than paleontologists had hoped for when the discovery was made in the 1980s. The excavation in Burke County is being spearheaded by the North Dakota…...
Dinevenator robustus | | santafenewmexican.com
8+ hour, 57+ min ago (178+ words) Dinevenator robustus Santa Fe New Mexican A rendering of the Dinevenator robustus, a dinosaurthat roamed New Mexico more than 70 million years ago. Amid a summer of fires and hazy skies, the climate crisis becomes personal 'Jawbone' was a brassy No....
Just steps from downtown Boston, a massive waterfront shopping mall is hosting a 30,000-square-foot prehistoric safari, bringing 50 life-sized animatronic dinosaurs, VR adventures, and discounted $17.76 tickets
4+ hour, 4+ min ago (431+ words) Created in partnership with expert paleontologists, this limited-run Jurassic experience at CambridgeSide lets families dig for fossils and interact with roaring giants before it goes extinct this September. Families and thrill-seekers are stepping straight into the Mesozoic Era this summer…...
How an???explosion of excrement??? changed Earth's ecosystems forever
12+ hour, 28+ min ago (477+ words) image: Fig 1 displays examples of Cambrian coprolite from around the world, including Australia, Greenland, North America and China. view more Credit: R Bicknell (Flinders University) An international study led by Flinders University has found a fertile area of inspiration to…...
On the origin of feces: how animal poo drove Earthâs greatest evolutionary event
2+ min ago (624+ words) As all children learn, everyone poos. But when did this begin? And what evolutionary and environmental changes accompanied the dawn of dung? Going further, is the evolution of excrement the reason we exist? Our new research suggests the evolution of…...
Dinosaur George exhibit comes to Abilene’s Spark Science Center
5+ hour, 43+ min ago (220+ words) The Dinosaur George Traveling Exhibit is stomping into Abilene this weekend for a three day stop at Spark Science Center. The exhibit will be on display August 6th through 8th from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and is included with regular admission or membership to Spark…...
Parkasaurus: Dinoluxe Edition - Review
15+ hour, 19+ min ago (229+ words) Parkasaurus is a classical top-down sim builder game, in the vein of the classic Theme Park or Zoo Tycoon games. This means the camera is in a fixed angle: you can of course zoom in and out, but the camera…...