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No such thing as a shark? Genomes shake up ocean predator’s family tree
17+ min ago (575+ words) This great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is still a shark. Credit: Dave Fleetham/Design Pics Editorial/UIG via Getty In a 1981 magazine essay, the evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould let readers in one of his field's counter-intuitive truths. Aquatic animals,…...
Blood-thirsty MEGA-CROC that hunted early human ancestors 3m years ago uncovered
12+ hour, 10+ min ago (15+ words) Blood-thirsty MEGA-CROC that hunted early human ancestors 3m years ago uncovered'The Irish Sun...
Study finds crocodile-like predator preyed on man’s ancestors
10+ hour, 8+ min ago (121+ words) Study finds crocodile-like predator preyed on man's ancestors'High Point Enterprise Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa more than 3 million years ago. (Tyler Stone, University of…...
Worms, Fossils, and More: Annex Display Cases Spark Students' Curiosity — The Midwood Argus
4+ hour, 7+ min ago (595+ words) As you walk through the annex halls, you see display boxes with worms, fossils, and even growing plants. Have you ever wondered: What are these? Why are they there? Science is alive in this building! The second floor holds the…...
Built-In Helmet: How the Woodpecker’s Tongue Protects Its Brain
12+ hour, 26+ min ago (336+ words) Imagine sprinting full-speed into a solid oak tree at 15 miles per hour " and then doing it again and again, 20 times per second. For almost any vertebrate, this would be fatal " but for a woodpecker, it's just breakfast. While its reinforced…...
Free paleontology symposium coming to Mount Royal University
20+ hour, 24+ min ago (32+ words) Free paleontology symposium coming to Mount Royal University'CTV News Free paleontology symposium coming to Mount Royal University The Alberta Paleontological Society will be searching for microfossils at the 29th annual Paleo symposium....
Quarry Dig Experience at Edelman Fossil Park & Museum
13+ hour, 25+ min ago (133+ words) On March 20, the Quarry Dig Experience reopens at Edelman Fossil Park & Museum. Step into the Cretaceous period and unearth 66-million-year-old fossils at the active research quarry. You'll become a real explorer, using real tools and expert guidance, to dig for…...
‘Unusually large’ tyrannosaur leg bone points to 10,000-pound behemoth
10+ hour, 28+ min ago (341+ words) Published Mar 12, 2026 12:00 PM EDT The sheer size of the tyrannosaur's leg bone caught the team by surprise, but so did its placement among the rocks. "That it is a very large tyrannosaur for its time, and much older geologically than…...
Brutal New, 15-Foot Horned Crocodile Once Stalked and Hunted Our Ancient Human Ancestors in Ethiopia
8+ hour, 1+ min ago (834+ words) Home " Science " Paleontology Meet Lucy's hunter, a massive, horned crocodile that likely terrorized early human ancestors in ancient Ethiopia. Over three million years ago, the wetlands of ancient Ethiopia were dominated by an ambush predator that dwarfed early human ancestors…...
Ecological Deviation Application
15+ hour, 2+ min ago (1338+ words) By Tom Murphy, originally published by Do the Math Recent discussions on the roles of oral language, fire, stone tools, horticulture, agriculture, metal use, and written language in shaping the road to a'sixth mass extinction'motivated an attempt to capture key…...