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The method for estimating a dinosaurs' age at death may be off, research suggests
8+ min ago (92+ words) A growing body of research on dinosaurs' closest living relatives suggests the method that's been used to estimate how old a dinosaur was when it died may be leading paleontologists astray. - On Air Now Playing 88.9 Bowling Green | 89.5 Owensboro | 89.7 Somerset | 90.9 Elizabethtown…...
Weird bird mouths go all the way back to the first avian dinosaur
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (258+ words) Published Feb 2, 2026 4:15 PM EST "For a long time, there have been very few things that we could say really characterize the transition from terrestrial dinosaurs to flying bird dinosaurs," explained Jingmai O'Connor, the associate curator of fossil reptiles at Chicago's…...
Natural History Museum of Wyoming Grand Re-Opening
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (295+ words) It was all about dinosaurs this past Saturday at Sheridan's Natural History Museum. At the fund-raising gala held in December, two dinosaurs were unveiled and the rights to name them were auctioned off. The names, along with the winning bidder,…...
Photos: DinoLand U.S.A. Closed Off to Guests, Removed from Physical Animal Kingdom Map
4+ hour, 3+ min ago (78+ words) Photos: DinoLand U.S.A. Closed Off to Guests, Removed from Physical Animal Kingdom Map'Laughing Place As regular Walt Disney World visitors are already aware, the DinoLand U.S.A. area of the Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park has now permanently closed to make way for…...
Unusually Small Dinosaur Fossil Helps Fill a 70-Million-Year Gap in Ornithopod Evolution
5+ hour, 32+ min ago (570+ words) Learn how tiny fossils from Spain led to the discovery of Foskeia and a new chapter in dinosaur evolution. Dinosaur evolution is often told through giants, towering herbivores and predators that define museum halls. But a new discovery suggests that…...
Mummies are rising at the California Science Center
5+ hour, 40+ min ago (173+ words) The mummies are rising and they're ready for the spotlight at the California Science Center. On Saturday, Feb. 7 the Los Angeles venue is welcoming back the traveling exhibition titled "Mummies of the World: The Exhibition." The exhibit will explore more…...
Baby Sauropods Were the Potato Chips of the Jurassic Era
6+ hour, 47+ min ago (241+ words) Life was cheap in this ecosystem" The closest thing we have to a real-life Jurassic Park is the Morrison Formation, a sprawling deposit of fossil-rich sedimentary rock dating back to the Jurassic Period spanning several Southwestern states. While the dinosaurs…...
12 Biggest Dinosaur Fossils Ever Found
7+ hour, 10+ min ago (566+ words) Home " News " 12 Biggest Dinosaur Fossils Ever Found Discovered in Patagonia, Argentina, Patagotitan is another titanic member of the sauropod group. This behemoth lived approximately 100 million years ago and measured over 120 feet long. The discovery of Patagotitan's remarkably complete fossils in…...
The earliest known bird had complex tongue bones and fleshy “teeth” on the roof of its mouth—which might have helped it snag the food it needed for flight
7+ hour, 25+ min ago (797+ words) Painstaking preparation means that the Chicago Archaeopteryx still has traces of soft tissues and microscopic mouth bones image:" A life reconstruction of Archaeopteryx, including the oral papillae on the roof of its mouth, a bill-tip organ at the end of…...
Joe Rohde Shares More Behind-the-Scenes Stories of DinoLand
7+ hour, 44+ min ago (379+ words) After reminiscing about DinoLand U.S.A. on the day of its closure, former Imagineer Joe Rohde shared more memories and facts about the land. Rohde, a Disney Legend, was previously vice president of Walt Disney Imagineering and led the creation of Disney's…...