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90-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals a Small Dinosaur Living Along Japan???s Coast
54+ min ago (277+ words) A small iguanodontian fossil from Japan adds evidence that Late Cretaceous coastal ecosystems supported dinosaurs of widely different body sizes. Iguanodontians were widespread plant-eating dinosaurs that lived from the Late Jurassic through the Late Cretaceous. Their movement between Asia, North…...
Photos: Rare Ice Age tooth discovered in California preserve after thousands of years
4+ hour, 48+ min ago (420+ words) Erosion caused by heavy rains uncovered an SAN MATEO COUNTY, Calif. — A massive fossilized tooth discovered in a California preserve is giving scientists a rare glimpse into the Ice Age and the prehistoric creatures that once roamed the San Francisco…...
Behold the Scorpion King
5+ hour, 24+ min ago (34+ words) yahoo.com Discover the fascinating world of the dictator scorpion, one of the largest scorpions globally, with formidable claws and a nocturnal lifestyle, facing threats from habitat loss in West Africa....
Archaeologists uncover feathers that shine light on 66 million-year-old dinosaur mystery
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (659+ words) The specimen was retrieved from a carnivorous animal, likely either a Tyrannosaurus rex or Nanotyrannus Scientists have uncovered exceptionally preserved bird feathers within a piece of fossilised dinosaur excrement dating back 66 million years, offering fresh insights into one of palaeontology's…...
Discovery of First Adult T. rex Trackway Provides Insight into Dinosaur Movement
5+ hour, 26+ min ago (222+ words) Home » Science » Discovery of First Adult T. rex Trackway Provides Insight into Dinosaur Movement Scientists have confirmed the discovery of the first adult Tyrannosaurus rex trackway, shedding new light on the movement patterns of this iconic predator. While numerous isolated…...
Archaeologists Discover New Denisovan Fossils in Yunnan Province Cave - SSBCrack News
6+ hour, 31+ min ago (243+ words) Home » Science » Archaeologists Discover New Denisovan Fossils in Yunnan Province Cave Archaeologists conducting excavations in a cave located in southwestern China have made a significant discovery of fossilized remains linked to a mysterious group of extinct hominins known as the…...
First museum devoted to prehistoric flying reptiles opens in NW China
9+ hour, 58+ min ago (220+ words) An illustration of pterosaurs. /VCG A science museum focused on pterosaurs, a winged reptile closely related to dinosaurs, opened on Sunday in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China. The world's first of its kind, this museum is located in…...
It wiped out 90% of life on Earth, turned the oceans into graveyards??? and it very nearly ended life on our planet entirely
7+ hour, 48+ min ago (259+ words) It wiped out 90% of life on Earth, turned the oceans into graveyards – and it very nearly ended life on our planet entirely BBC Wildlife Magazine It wiped out 90% of life on Earth, turned the oceans into graveyards – and it very…...
'Ptree' is an interactive tree of life that allows you to trace the lineage of animals, plants, bacteria, and viruses.
10+ hour, 19+ min ago (397+ words) Ptree is a website where you can navigate through the classification of organisms by clicking on them, and learn about various characteristics such as their diet and lifespan. I tried out this interactive Tree of Life, which allows you to…...
This ‘living dinosaur’ survives up to 427 years and rank among the world’s longest-lived vertebrates
9+ hour, 10+ min ago (913+ words) New research suggests lake sturgeon may live for centuries, reshaping conservation plans for one of the Great Lakes’ rarest fish. Some of the lake sturgeon swimming in the Great Lakes may have been there before the United States existed. That…...