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250-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Origins of Our Unique Hearing
47+ min ago (710+ words) Modern mammals have unique hearing abilities, able to sense a broad range of volumes and frequencies using middle-ear features, including our eardrums and a few small bones. A new study from paleontologists at the University of Chicago in the US…...
Fastest Reptile Runs on Water
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (284+ words) Home " News " Fastest Reptile Runs on Water These lizards are medium-sized, ranging from 24 to 30 inches (60-75 cm) in total length including their long tail, which makes up about 70% of their total length. Males are typically larger than females and sport distinctive crests…...
Complete History of Dinosaur / Countdown to Extinction
4+ hour, 18+ min ago (1192+ words) In the late 1980s, Disney and George Lucas roared into their partnership, starting with Captain EO starring Michael Jackson, and then Disneylands newest thrill ride, Star Tours. The worlds first motion simulator attraction, to say the wild romp through that galaxy…...
132-million-year-old dinosaur tracks could solve 'dark period' puzzle
5+ hour, 19+ min ago (560+ words) This discovery "solves" the puzzle by proving dinosaurs returned or persisted after the disaster. Two groundbreaking dinosaur track discoveries are changing the outdated image of the Jurassic period in South Africa; it turns out the world's ferocious prehistoric beasts continued…...
Farmer Says That Goats Are Afraid Of Dinosaurs. So He Buys A T-Rex Costume And Goes Out In The Field: ‘Who’s The Boss?’
5+ hour, 46+ min ago (683+ words) If you grew up on a farm, you're probably familiar with all of the folk wisdom that comes with rural living. For example, if all your cows are lying down, a farmer will tell you that chances are high that…...
Buried for 3.4 Million Years, New Fossil Evidence Is Removing Lucy From the Story of Human Evolution
7+ hour, 2+ min ago (712+ words) A 3.4-million-year-old fossil foot uncovered in Ethiopia is shaking the foundations of human origins. Hidden for over a decade, this ancient find reveals a shocking twist in how early ancestors moved. A fossilized foot found in the dusty sediments of…...
The Extinct Giant Orangutan, Gigantopithecus, That Roamed Asia
7+ hour, 40+ min ago (401+ words) Long before these forests faced human-induced threats, an even larger ape, the giant orangutan, Gigantopithecus blacki, roamed Asia. However, in the dense rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra, present-day orangutans grapple with the challenges of deforestation and ecological devastation. Gigantopithecus, standing…...
‘Long lost cave in New Zealand’ reveals million-year-old wildlife, extinct birds, and a Kākāpō ancestor | World News
8+ hour, 13+ min ago (348+ words) Rest of World News: For a long time, New Zealand's ancient past felt incomplete. Bits and pieces here and there. A few fossils. Large gaps. Now, a cave near Waitomo on th. For a long time, New Zealand's ancient past…...
Epiaceratherium itjilik: The rhino that lived in the Arctic
12+ hour, 30+ min ago (797+ words) Danielle Fraser received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC RGPIN-2018-05305). Natalia Rybczynski, who co-authored the study mentioned in this article, received funding from the W. Garfield Weston Foundation. Mary Dawson, a co-author on the study,…...
Weird and wild beasts come to Museum of Idaho
19+ hour, 2+ min ago (597+ words) A Estemmenosuchus during volunteer training at the museum. A Permian fossil during volunteer training. Images show Permian fossils during volunteer training. Large, lizard-like beasts with saber teeth, dragonflies the size of hawks, and scaly, beaked animals the size of a…...