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Oldest fossilized dinosaur vomit discovered in Germany
5+ hour, 45+ min ago (195+ words) Published Jan 30, 2026 1:27 PM EST But MNG 17001 doesn't look anything like a coprolite. The bone fragments aren't housed in a sedimentary matrix, and it had very low phosphorus levels. Taken altogether, the team knew they were looking at a regurgitalite, or…...
Jurassic Predators Feasted on Baby Long-Necked Dinosaurs 150 Million Years Ago
6+ hour, 37+ min ago (585+ words) Learn how fossils from Colorado's Morrison Formation helped researchers reconstruct a Late Jurassic food web and uncover the role of young sauropods. Sauropods, the long-neck dinosaurs that towered over the Jurassic landscape, grew up next to lots of hungry neighbors....
In Morrison Formation, Very Young Sauropod Dinosaurs Fueled Food Chain | Sci.News
6+ hour, 52+ min ago (587+ words) New research led by University College London paleontologists shows that newly-hatched long-necked giants were prey for multiple carnivores long before Tyrannosaurus rex emerged. Ecosystem reconstruction of the Late Jurassic Dry Mesa Dinosaur Quarry around 150 million years ago in Colorado, the…...
More than 43,000 years ago, Neanderthals spent centuries collecting animal skulls in a cave; but archaeologists aren't sure why
8+ hour, 11+ min ago (151+ words) Neanderthals purposefully collected and positioned horned and antlered animal skulls in a cave in what is now Spain, suggesting that these extinct human relatives had complex cultural practices over 43,000 years ago, a new study finds. "At first glance, the deposit…...
Skinny Bearded Dragon Who Survived On Scraps Looks So Different After Being Loved
8+ hour, 12+ min ago (360+ words) Jackson and Rafael, two animal lovers, knew they wanted to help. They reached out to the bearded dragon's owner, who agreed to give them the lizard. "We just had this gut feeling that [the bearded dragon] needed someone," Jackson told…...
4th annual Darwin Day to be held in February at A-State
10+ hour, 8+ min ago (387+ words) Jonesboro, AR " (Contributed) " This year, the Darwin Day activities at Arkansas State University kick off with an exhibit at A-State Museum, located at 320 University Loop, inside Dean B. Ellis Library." "The exhibit will feature fossils and specimens of different plants and…...
10 Ancient Australian Creatures That Defy Evolution
10+ hour, 9+ min ago (533+ words) Home " News " 10 Ancient Australian Creatures That Defy Evolution Australia's isolation from the rest of the world has resulted in a unique environment where time appears to stand still. Many species here are living fossils, having persisted for millions of years…...
Great white sharks grow a whole new kind of tooth for slicing bone as they age
10+ hour, 12+ min ago (882+ words) By Emily Hunt, David Raubenheimer, Ezequiel M. Marzinelli / The Conversation Published Jan 30, 2026 2:00 PM EST This article was originally featured on The Conversation. A great white shark is a masterwork of evolutionary engineering. These beautiful predators glide effortlessly through the water, each…...
Publisher Correction: A domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia
10+ hour, 43+ min ago (102+ words) The Original Article was published on 17 September 2025 Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA Paleontology, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC, USA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada…...
Over 500 Million Years Ago, Early Vertebrates Had Four Eyes That Could See 360 Degrees
11+ hour, 4+ min ago (576+ words) They used four high-tech eyes to survive the Cambrian. Every mammal, every fish, every vertebrate (creatures that have a spine) has two eyes. It's been that way for millions and millions of years. But maybe it wasn't like that forever....