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Two Rival Predators Died in the Same Instant 210 Million Years Ago??? They May Have Been Looking at Each Other
3+ hour, 32+ min ago (343+ words) Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the study identifies Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa as a distinct genus and species. The fossil also reveals that it lived alongside another early crocodile relative, Hesperosuchus agilis, even though the two animals showed different…...
How to treat a fossil if you find one
3+ hour, 38+ min ago (444+ words) ROSS Dullard says there are fossils out there for other amateur palaeontologists to find, but it is important that people follow the rules. The Jan Juc resident and Anglesea Primary School principal found the skull of an unusual type of…...
Please do not make new dinosaurs: The ‘Jurassic Park' mosquito is up for auction
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (262+ words) Something small that leads to something enormous is at the thrilling heart of so many memorable movie plots. That's how the ancient beasts are brought back to life in the 1993 blockbuster, making the amber-bound mosquito fossil a highly important prop…...
Evolution of sexual reproduction
8+ hour, 32+ min ago (222+ words) Nature Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet…...
This???One-in-a-Million??? Fossil Has 450-Million-Year-Old Soft Tissue
5+ hour, 14+ min ago (336+ words) Only the second fossil of its type to be discovered 11:30 AM CDT on August 25, 2026 Bones, shells, and teeth have a tough enough time surviving hundreds of millions of years. But soft tissue, like the skin and organs of an animal?...
A near extinct plant in Galápagos is now recovering
5+ hour, 3+ min ago (277+ words) Once on the brink of silent extinction, the Galápagos snapdragon is showing encouraging signs of recovery, thanks to a long-term partnership between the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galápagos National Park Directorate The project's origins can be traced back to…...
Dinosaurs Once Roamed North Texas — Meet The Scientists Still Finding Their Fossils
5+ hour, 2+ min ago (444+ words) Long before Dallas had highways, skyscrapers or even dry land, enormous marine reptiles swam above what is now North Texas. This Labor Day weekend, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science is digging into that prehistoric history with Dino Days,…...
In 1822, villagers found a white stork alive in Germany with an African spear lodged through its neck, and the wounded bird ended up providing some of the first physical proof that birds crossed continents during migration
4+ hour, 57+ min ago (722+ words) A stork returned to Germany with an African spear through its body, leaving remarkable evidence of migration across continents. By Sonia Ramírez · Editorial process The seasonal journeys birds make in search of food, safe nesting and living conditions is not…...
Mammal ancestors were long assumed to lay eggs, until a growth ring inside the thigh bone of a 236-million-year-old Argentine cynodont put its estimated weight at birth near 1.7 kilograms, 14 percent of the maximum weight it ever reached, and among the living groups it was compared against, only placental mammals are ever born at that share
7+ hour, 7+ min ago (217+ words) A growth mark preserved in the femur and ulna of one Chiniquodon theotonicus specimen, weighed against 1,869 mammals, 2,619 non-avian reptiles and 782 birds alive today, is the first evidence offered that a mammal ancestor gave birth to live young. By Science Blog…...
Adventure awaits: Fall Story Time returns to Rye Patch in September
8+ hour, 42+ min ago (355+ words) Witt LeFew offers a secure "reading" environment for son Finn during a previous Story Time. This fall's session begins Tuesday, Sept. 1. Richie Eichler, 3, gets his "bug hat" applied by his paternal grandma, Alice Eichler, during Story Time. The shade of…...