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Spode Creatures Of Curiosity Fine China Serving Bowl - 23. 5cm White With 22ct Gold Detailing
9+ hour, 11+ min ago (163+ words) Serve up treats in style with Spode's Creatures of Curiosity serving bowl. Featuring a beautifully bold design of vibrant flowers and striking moths enclosed by a scalloped edge and topped with 22-carat gold detailing, this bowl makes for a stunning…...
This 86-million-year-old Mongolian dinosaur was the most feared predator of its time and we didn't even know it existed
17+ hour, 13+ min ago (410+ words) In the red dust of the Gobi Desert's rock formations, fossil remains unearthed about fifty years ago and carefully reexamined today have finally revealed their secret. Behind bones warped by time lies Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, a medium-sized dinosaur that lived around…...
Greenland shark stranding in Sligo gives researchers rare opportunity to study "living fossil
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (470+ words) 'Exceptionally rare' discovery sees long-living Greenland Shark wash up on Ireland's shores for the first time The discovery of a Greenland shark washed up on the west coast has presented researchers with a rare opportunity to learn more about one…...
Scientists thought this was a young T. rex. They were wrong
2+ hour, 42+ min ago (697+ words) A long-running scientific debate may finally be nearing its end. New research involving the University of Nebraska State Museum's Ashley Poust provides strong evidence that Nanotyrannus, often described as a smaller version of Tyrannosaurus rex, was in fact a real…...
Why Did Ancient Greek Statues Have the Left Leg in Front?
9+ hour, 42+ min ago (276+ words) You may have walked through the antiquity wing of a museum and noticed a surprisingly consistent pattern. Almost all archaic Greek statues share the same pose, standing straight up like a board with their gaze fixed directly ahead and their…...
Bus-sized crocodile once feasted on dinosaurs
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (258+ words) Stay up to date with news you need to know direct from the source. A 10-metre "terror croc" that once preyed on dinosaurs has been reconstructed by scientists in the United States. Columbus State University researchers have pieced together a…...
Over 1, 200 "Chocolate Hills" Rise From The Ground On Bohol Island, Home To One Of The World's Smallest Primates
15+ hour, 29+ min ago (290+ words) Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. View full profile Sadly they aren't made of actual chocolate. A gathering of mysterious cones dots the horizon of…...
D&D Beyond Goes Prehistoric With Dr Dhrolin's Dictionary of Dinosaurs
8+ hour, 37+ min ago (296+ words) If you've ever felt that D&D needs less dragons and more dinosaurs, then you're definitely in luck. The popular third-party supplement Dr Dhrolin's Dictionary of Dinosaurs is now available on D&D Beyond. Originally published by indie TTRPG publisher…...
Giant Aussie dinosaur was well equipped to nibble on tasty bush tucker
10+ hour, 47+ min ago (861+ words) Credit: artist Travis Tischler In a surprising new study, Australia's most famous plant-eating dinosaur has been described as a "picky eater with a nose for good food" when it roamed across the continent around 96 million years ago. After examining different…...
Big-Nosed Herbivorous Dinosaur May Have Been Picky Eater
4+ hour, 39+ min ago (522+ words) Muttaburrasaurus langdoni lived around 96 million years ago near the ancient inland Eromanga Sea, in what is now Australia. The holotype specimen was discovered in 1963 near the central western Queensland township of Muttaburra by local grazier Doug Langdon. It is among…...