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'Mammoth' Bones Kept in a Museum For 70 Years Turn Out to Be An Entirely Different Animal
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (738+ words) The fossilized backbones of what appeared to be woolly mammoths have turned out to come from an entirely different and unexpected animal. Archaeologist Otto Geist came across the bones " two epiphyseal plates from a mammalian spine " on an expedition in…...
10 Animals You Did not Know Could Glide Through the Air
3+ hour, 59+ min ago (495+ words) The animal kingdom is full of surprising feats of nature, from the fastest swimmers to the tallest land mammals. Yet, among these wonders, some creatures have mastered one of the most thrilling techniques of locomotion'gliding through the air. This defense…...
A 100-million-year-old fossil pearl found in outback Queensland is rewriting a small piece of Australia’s ancient sea story
4+ hour, 45+ min ago (522+ words) Home - Science - A 100-million-year-old fossil pearl found in outback Queensland is rewriting a small piece of Australia's ancient sea story How does a pearl end up in the outback? Around 100 million years ago, Richmond sat about 40 meters underwater beneath the…...
Scientists Just Discovered Evidence That Homo Erectus Wasn’t the Only One Packing Its Bags From Africa
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (483+ words) Is everything we know about human evolution wrong? New fossils say Homo Erectus wasn't the first out of Africa. For years, scientists believed that Homo erectus was the first human species to venture out of Africa around 1.8 million years ago....
13 Ancient Reptiles That Once Ruled the Earth
6+ hour, 14+ min ago (1028+ words) Imagine a world where colossal creatures thundered across the land, soared through uncharted skies, and ruled the deepest oceans. Long before humans took their first steps, ancient reptiles dominated Earth with their sheer size, terrifying teeth, and bizarre forms. From…...
Large Fossil Shell Collection Donated To Calvert Marine Museum
6+ hour, 40+ min ago (282+ words) Large Fossil Shell Collection Donated To Calvert Marine Museum'The BayNet Enjoy Ad-Free Reading with The BayNet Memberships SOLOMONS, Md. " Longtime fossil shell collector Barry Norbeck donated thousands of shells and other invertebrate fossils to the Calvert Marine Museum (CMM). This is the…...
Dinosaurs come to life for one weekend at the MassMutual Center
7+ hour, 10+ min ago (175+ words) SPRINGFIELD " Life-like dinosaurs are roaming the grounds of the MassMutual Center downtown this weekend. Jurassic Quest is taking visitors through more than 165 million years of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, all within the MassMutual Center. Until Sunday, Jan. 11, the…...
The Catastrophe That Made Your Backbone Possible
7+ hour, 25+ min ago (464+ words) A pair of Sacabambaspis fish, around 35 cm in length, which had distinct, forward-facing eyes and an armored head. No fossils of animals like Sacabambaspis from after the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction event have been discovered. A new study in Science…...
This Remarkable Animal Has Lived Unchanged Since the Age of Dinosaurs
8+ hour, 18+ min ago (444+ words) Home " Wildlife " This Remarkable Animal Has Lived Unchanged Since the Age of Dinosaurs Think about the time when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. Now imagine a creature from that era still walking, or rather scuttling, across ocean floors today. Sounds like…...
This Rare Butterfly Species Carries the DNA of an Ancient Rainforest
9+ hour, 26+ min ago (1200+ words) Home " Animals " This Rare Butterfly Species Carries the DNA of an Ancient Rainforest Museum collections house millions of butterfly specimens, some dating back to the 1600s. These aren't dusty relics. The Museum's collections are an irreplaceable archive of the life of…...