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55+ min ago   (596+ words) Sometimes they come from revisiting specimens that have been sitting in collections for years. A long-overlooked fossil in a well-known Los Angeles collection has revealed something unexpected. Scientists at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum say the specimen belongs…...

1+ hour, 13+ min ago   (183+ words) Dinosaurs evolved into some of the largest animals ever to walk the Earth, but a new mathematical model suggests that early mammals may have crowded them out of the ecological niches reserved for the smallest creatures....

1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (996+ words) Life on Earth may have started twice. Bacteria and archaea, the two oldest branches of living things, each finished the chemistry that keeps a cell alive independently. The enzymes they ended up with do not match. Their shared ancestor was…...

1+ hour, 56+ min ago   (22+ words) Amarillo Globe-News Dinos, fun, and fandoms seen at 2026 AMA-CON in Amarillo...

2+ hour, 27+ min ago   (536+ words) Called "brilliant," "fantastic," and "spot on" by scientists and researchers, our acclaimed StudyFinds Analysis articles are created using an exclusive AI-based model with complete human oversight by the StudyFinds Editorial Team. For these articles, we use an unparalleled LLM process…...

3+ hour, 23+ min ago   (1840+ words) Before heading back across the USA in an electric car, science-comedian Sophie takes a tour of her home turf: finding animals at the Museum of Science, Boston; meeting future engineers at Northeastern University; and getting as stinky as possible at…...

3+ hour, 9+ min ago   (323+ words) Many have seen prehistoric-looking shoebills in person or, more likely, in recent images and videos. The striking swamp birds of East and Central Africa gained notoriety last November, thanks in large part to the accompanying image. The viral image was…...

6+ hour, 10+ min ago   (1067+ words) Long before dinosaurs ruled the continents and modern crocodiles first appeared, their ancestors were already going through a decisive phase in their evolutionary history. It was in this ancient world, shortly after the greatest mass extinction in Earth’s history that…...

4+ hour, 33+ min ago   (595+ words) Ancient animal waste may have helped fuel the development and diversification of early marine ecosystems. Tiny pellets of fossilized waste may preserve evidence of a major transformation in early animal life. An international study led by Flinders University proposes that…...

10+ hour, 28+ min ago   (271+ words) In the misty evergreen forests of Mae Wong National Park, western Thailand, scientists have uncovered a creature that sounds like it leaped straight out of fantasy: a new species of mountain horned dragon, Acanthosaura syrax. Named after Syrax, the dragon…...