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New Online Tool Charts Evolution of Every Known Bird Species
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (434+ words) Ornithologists with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have stitched together the most complete avian evolutionary tree ever, unveiling surprising relationships and offering bird lovers the illustrated Birds of the World Phylogeny Explorer to trace lineages and evolutionary milestones. European bee-eaters…...
Jurassic amphibian with a projectile tongue named as a new species
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (573+ words) Jurassic amphibian with a projectile tongue named as a new species Weekdays: +44 (0)20 7942 5654 Evenings and weekends: +44 (0)7799 690 151 Email: [email protected] These contact details are for press and media only. For all other enquires, please phone 0207 942 5000 or email [email protected]. Tiny and often overlooked bones…...
Great white sharks grow a whole new kind of tooth for slicing bone as they age
8+ hour, 9+ min ago (898+ words) So you thought great white sharks aren't awesome enough? A great white shark is a masterwork of evolutionary engineering. These beautiful predators glide effortlessly through the water, each slow, deliberate sweep of the powerful tail driving a body specialised for…...
Akron Zoo announces return of DinoTrek for 2026: When you can experience the animatronic dinosaurs
9+ hour, 17+ min ago (162+ words) AKRON, Ohio " The dinosaurs are coming back from extinction in Akron. The Akron Zoo has just announced the return of the DinoTrek experience from May 2 through Sept. 8, 2026, featuring 30 life-sized animatronic dinosaurs -- which is an increase from the 20 dinosaurs in 2025. DinoTrek…...
New Dates Obtained for Mammoth-Bone Structure in Ukraine
9+ hour, 31+ min ago (85+ words) Interesting how man made climate change started 20,000 years ago. Camp fires can cause earth warming? And that English channel property prices went down. And all we got was the ability to farm in Europe. Or pick berries. Really interesting when…...
Rhinoceros bones among faunal remains unearthed from neolithic site near Coimbatore
11+ hour, 58+ min ago (198+ words) Published - January 29, 2026 07:32 pm IST - COIMBATORE Faunal remains unearthed by archaeologists from the neolithic site at Molapalayam near Coimbatore included bones of Indian rhinoceros, suggesting the presence of the pachyderm in the southern part of the country around 3,500 years ago. The…...
The hidden chemical process that saved 570-million-year-old soft animals in sandstone |
12+ hour, 15+ min ago (274+ words) Science News: For more than a century, the Ediacara Biota has quietly confused scientists. These fossils, dating back around 570 million years, capture soft, squish. For more than a century, the Ediacara Biota has quietly confused scientists These fossils, dating back…...
CTL welcomes guest educator from Maine Mineral & Gem Museum
12+ hour, 23+ min ago (118+ words) Students in pre-kindergarten through grade 8 at the Center for Teaching and Learning learned all about fossils from guest educator Deb Johnson of the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum on Jan. 16. Johnson traveled to Edgecomb from Bethel to spend a full…...
AI Uncovers Dinosaur Tracks That Look Eerily Like Birds From a Time When Birds Shouldn't Have Existed
14+ hour, 15+ min ago (640+ words) A powerful AI just uncovered prehistoric footprints that could rewrite everything scientists thought they knew about the origins of birds. The clues were hiding in plain sight for over 200 million years. A new artificial intelligence system is drawing renewed attention…...
Enormous mastodon tusk over 100,000 years old found in nature reserve
16+ hour, 55+ min ago (286+ words) A massive mastodon tusk over 100,000 years old has been found buried in a nature reserve. The remarkable fossil, measuring more than 1.5m long, was excavated by palaeontologists. The slightly curved tusk belonged to notiomastodon platensis, an extinct species closely related to…...