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Welcome home Big Al: Allosaurus returns to Greybull
32+ min ago (1034+ words) Nolan O'Neal, left, and Erik Kvale carefully attach Big Al's skull to its neck Friday evening at the Historic Red Shell School. Lisa Kunkel Thirty-five years ago, a team of paleontologists from Switzerland made a groundbreaking discovery at the western…...
Dinosaur traveling museum to visit Bowie
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (202+ words) Commissioners return unspent state grant funds Saint Jo Council calls November election Sports, cookoff, barrels kick off Jim Bowie Days Amateur radio group readies field day June 27-28 Pair takes plea in injury to a child case Bowie High School receives…...
Ancient hatchling fossils show first animals on land likely skipped frog-like metamorphosis
54+ min ago (544+ words) "It was very striking." Fossils from newly hatched animals are prompting scientists to revisit a long-accepted idea about the first vertebrates on land. Rather than developing the way frogs do, with a tadpole-like youth before adulthood, these pioneers may have…...
The 11 Largest Animals to Ever Walk the Earth'Some Still Exist Today
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (566+ words) Home " News " The 11 Largest Animals to Ever Walk the Earth'Some Still Exist Today The titanosaur tops the list as the largest dinosaur ever discovered. With fossils unearthed in Argentina, this giant sauropod reached lengths of over 100 feet and weighed as…...
166-million-year-old Jurassic dinosaur highway discovered beneath a British quarry
7+ hour, 38+ min ago (336+ words) The footprints came to light at Dewars Farm Quarry after quarry worker Gary Johnson noticed a pattern of unusual ridges while clearing clay. According to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, specialists from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham…...
New fossil reveals secrets of "bizarre" armoured dinosaur covered in spikes - AOL
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (735+ words) A dinosaur unlike any other, adorned with an extraordinary array of armour and spikes " some reaching a metre in length " roamed a coastal floodplain in what is now Morocco approximately 165 million years ago. Named Spicomellus, this unique creature has been…...
Scientists uncover terrifying 19-meter sea monster that once ruled ancient oceans
3+ hour, 40+ min ago (511+ words) The Futura Team represents the pulse of Futura's editorial department, bringing together a collective expertise dedicated to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Rather than the work of a single author, every article published under this signature is the result of…...
First-ever protein analysis of Homo naledi fossils finds zero male markers
12+ hour, 45+ min ago (170+ words) Changing lives for the better through academic excellence and bold, creative thinking. A member of the Russell Group, we're a research-intensive university founded on excellence, equality and opportunity for all. Learn about the University We collaborate worldwide and build partnerships…...
What a Remote West African Crocodile Is Teaching Scientists About the Limits of Animal Behaviour
17+ hour, 42+ min ago (49+ words) Travelbinger " Would you like to save this? We'll email this post to you, so you can come back to it later. A passionate travel writer sharing stories and insights from around the world....
The Ancient Crocodile Species Hiding in West Africa's Forests That Defies Everything We Know
17+ hour, 42+ min ago (147+ words) The twist is that these aren't newly evolved oddities. They carry one of the oldest lineages in the crocodilian family tree " yet they remained so poorly studied for so long that basic facts about their behavior are still being pieced…...