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Volunteers join effort to restore massive skeleton
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (476+ words) Volunteers armed with chisels, brushes and protective goggles chip away at rock encasing the bones of a massive amphibian in a glass-walled laboratory on the ground floor of Warsaw’s Copernicus Science Centre. On the other side of the wall, visitors…...
You can wake up beside dinosaurs at this prehistoric Calgary sleepover
58+ min ago (499+ words) The Telus Spark is bringing a prehistoric adventure to Calgary with Roar and Snore: A Prehistoric Sleepover. The overnight experience lets guests explore the science centre after dark and spend the night surrounded by dinosaurs. The event includes after-hours access…...
Dog DNA reveals they travelled with ancient humans across Eurasia for thousands of years
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (775+ words) The Times of India...
24-million-year-old Kevda fossil leaves discovered in Assam reveal ancient tropical forests of India
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (585+ words) The Times of India...
First-known foot bone of a baby T. rex discovered among museum collections
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (517+ words) Erosion caused by heavy rains uncovered an The discovery of a tiny baby Tyrannosaurus rex foot bone gave researchers insight into what T. rex reproduction looked like, from how big a clutch of eggs was to how large the T. rex hatchlings…...
Step back in time with The Mammoth Hunter
2+ hour, 27+ min ago (164+ words) Led by educator and … ELLSWORTH – The Ellsworth Public Library invites families to travel back thousands of years with The Mammoth Hunter at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 30 in Summit Park, Ellsworth. Sean Flint Knapping, based in Central Wisconsin, is an educator,…...
County libraries keep pages turning through summer reading season
5+ hour, 5+ min ago (403+ words) Pocahontas Times County libraries keep pages turning through summer reading season Summer is one of the busiest stretches of the year for Pocahontas County Libraries and Visitor Information Centers, and this year has been no exception. Across the system’s five…...
Rare footage shows a platypus male shadowing a female through an Australian creek
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (315+ words) They are shy, semiaquatic mammals that often surface only briefly. Courtship among platypuses — one of Australia's hardest animals to spot in the wild — has been shown in new footage from a wildlife creator in Queensland. The short creekside clip shows…...
On the trail of a new dinosaur species in Spain’s premier wine region
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (475+ words) EL PAÍS English...
A pipecleaner dinosaur | Washington County Enterprise-Leader
11+ hour, 2+ min ago (75+ words) A pipecleaner dinosaur Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Lynn Kutter/Enterprise-Leader This is one of the dinosaurs made by a child using pipe cleaners during a program sponsored by Terra Studios at the Farmington Public Library on Tuesday, July 14. The stomach of…...