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New Raptor Fossils Rewrite Dinosaur History
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (457+ words) Paleontologists are rewriting the evolutionary story of raptor-like dinosaurs after two recent fossil discoveries suggested the family that includes Velociraptor spread across much of the ancient supercontinent Pangea before continental drift separated the world's landmasses. The latest discovery comes from…...
Mislabeled saber-toothed cat fossil spent over 50 years hidden in a drawer
2+ hour, 53+ min ago (479+ words) " Amazon Prime Day: The best deals chosen by our editors " Published Jun 27, 2026 10: 20 AM EDT A mislabelled fossil, forgotten and sitting in a museum drawer for decades is actually more special than previously thought. The skull fossil belongs to an ancient…...
Scientists cracked open 160-million-year-old rocks from a French riverbed and found a creature that looks almost exactly like something alive in the ocean today, and the discovery is forcing a rethink of how bodies evolve
6+ hour, 23+ min ago (791+ words) Picture the bottom of a warm Jurassic sea, roughly where southern France sits today, 160 million years before anyone built a road or planted a vineyard. Something impossibly spindly picks its way across the mud on legs so long they barely…...
Dinosaurs are alive and well in the Free State, and are often visited
5+ hour, 10+ min ago (571+ words) Home " Dinosaurs are alive and well in the Free State, and are often visited Discover where dinosaurs still roam in the Free State and join 100 000 other visitors to this remarkable SANParks attraction. Dinosaurs have a habit of refusing to stay…...
Animals In Alaska
5+ hour, 33+ min ago (86+ words) Home " News " Animals In Alaska Alaska, the last frontier, is home to a diverse array of wildlife that has adapted to its challenging and unforgiving environment. From the icy tundras to the lush forests, these animals have evolved distinct characteristics…...
Win a trip to Vernal, Dinosaurland!
13+ hour, 29+ min ago (255+ words) Win a Uintah Basin adventure! Located in the northeastern corner of Utah, Vernal is the heart of Dinosaurland, a region covering more than 7, 000 square miles of ancient fossil beds, red rock reservoirs, whitewater rivers, and wide-open backcountry. The variety of…...
In 2013, scientists uncovered Arctic camel fossils that revealed a once-warmer northern world
6+ hour, 39+ min ago (389+ words) The Times of India Nonetheless, recent research has completely altered that common perception A discovery published in 2013 revealed fossilized bone fragments of an extinct giant camel on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian High Arctic - the most northerly record of early…...
Mountainside Library Turns the Page on Summer Drawing Nearly 500 People at 'Unearth a Story' Reading Kickoff
8+ hour, 13+ min ago (18+ words) TAPinto...
World-famous T-Rex now on display in Calgary
16+ hour, 33+ min ago (51+ words) CTV News World-famous T-Rex now on display in Calgary One of the most famous dinosaur fossils in the world, Sue the T-Rex, is now on display at Telus Spark Science Centre in Calgary for a limited time this summer....
NATURE NOTES: C5's day a very human-like existence
10+ hour, 13+ min ago (127+ words) The Facts The morning sun finally clears the dunes of Matagorda Peninsula, casting long shadows across the windswept sand As humans yawn, stretch and amble off to work, the day has already started for a hard-working Wilson's plover. She is…...