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Scientists Found a One-Meter Rock in South Africa, Inside Was a Near-Complete Human Ancestor Skeleton
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (600+ words) This ancient skeleton remained sealed in rock for years and may be one of the best-preserved, most complete finds ever uncovered. A rock sitting quietly in a university lab turned out to contain something far more remarkable than anyone realized:…...
Scientists may finally know why T. rex had such tiny arms
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (20+ words) Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of why T. rex had such tiny arms compared to its body size....
Scientists find new deep-sea octopus
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (181+ words) On the ocean floor near the Galapagos Islands, a submersible controlled by scientists came across a mysterious octopus as blue as the ocean and no bigger than...
New blue deep-sea octopus discovered off the Galapagos Islands
6+ hour, 15+ min ago (180+ words) bgnes. com New blue deep-sea octopus discovered off the Galapagos Islands The animal is the smallest in its family and lives at a depth of 1, 800 meters. Scientists from the Charles Darwin Foundation have discovered a new species of octopus nearly…...
" Giant clawed bug from 100 million years ago discovered in amber
13+ hour, 54+ min ago (27+ words) Techno-Science. net " Giant clawed bug from 100 million years ago discovered in amber...
New study says T. rex had tiny arms because of its skull
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (213+ words) kyma. com (CNN, KYMA) - We all know the Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex) can't do push-ups or clap, but many people have wondered why the king of the dinosaurs had such puny arms. It's a topic researchers have debated for decades with…...
Why did big, fierce T. Rex have such tiny arms?
5+ hour, 50+ min ago (595+ words) Aside from being one of the most fearsome dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex is known for its stubby arms. In fact, T. Rex arms were so short that they couldn't reach the dino's mouth! But T. Rex wasn't the only dinosaur with short arms....
Tiny golf-ball-sized octopus discovered in the Pacific Ocean near the Galapagos stuns researchers
11+ hour, 26+ min ago (66+ words) The Times of India - Tiny golf-ball-sized octopus discovered in the Pacific Ocean near the Galapagos stuns researchers Deep Pacific Ocean reveals tiny golf-ball-sized octopus species Scientists use DNA and anatomy to identify tiny Pacific Ocean octopus species Galapagos deep Pacific…...
Tail belonging to strange ostrich-like dinosaur discovered off coast of Canada
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (308+ words) Researchers unsure how fossil came to rest on small Canadian island An 80-million-year-old tail found on a small island off the coast of British Columbia was the clearest evidence yet that ostrich-like dinosaurs once roamed North America's Pacific coastline, researchers…...
New species of bizarre, bipedal, toothless crocodile relative from the Triassic discovered
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (214+ words) Unearthed in Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, Labrujasuchus expectatus'the "Witch Croc'highlights the weirdness of life at the dawn of the dinosaurs and the legacy and ongoing discoveries at an iconic site 20 years into excavation video: Video of 3 D model of reconstruction…...