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Children hunt for Kentucky Lake fossils, create cave art
55+ min ago (336+ words) Two children screen gravel from the Kentucky Lake area, looking for fossils and geodes at the McCracken County Public Library on Aug. 4. PADUCAH — Local children had the opportunity to become geologists Tuesday, sifting through Kentucky rocks and fossils at the…...
Dinosaur Summer at Fernbank celebrated with exhibit, film, special programs - The Champion Newspaper | 404-373-7779 | Georgia
10+ hour, 1+ min ago (269+ words) While Fernbank Museum of Natural History continually explores nature from many angles, its central and recurring theme is dinosaurs, celebrated in the statues outside the museum and the gigantic skeleton replica in the museum’s atrium. At the core of the…...
Darwin Was Right: Sticky Alpine Flower Confirmed as Carnivorous 150 Years After His Prediction
52+ min ago (499+ words) More than 150 years after Charles Darwin suggested that some Saxifraga plants might be carnivorous, scientists have confirmed he was right. In 1875, Darwin proposed that the sticky glandular hairs on certain Saxifraga species could trap insects, but he lacked proof that…...
Tiny New Primate Species Emerges from 50-Million-Year-Old Wyoming Sandstone
48+ min ago (613+ words) Paleontologists working in southern Wyoming have identified a previously unknown species of omomyid primate, adding a new chapter to the story of one of the best-studied fossil lineages in North America. Tetonius homunculus (colorized) by R. Bruce Horsfall from W.B. Scott’s History…...
Trail to over 150-million-year-old fossil reopens in Fernie
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (195+ words) Ancient fossil trail reopens in Fernie. (Image Credit: Fernie Trails Alliance / Facebook) Trailkeepers have restored the path to a 1.4-metre-long ancient fossil embedded within Fernie’s mountainous slopes. The Fernie Trails Alliance has completed trail-building and new wayfinding signs to the…...
Unlocking Kashi's ancient past: BHU launches genetic, bio-archaeological study on Rajghat skeleton
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (330+ words) ANI 06 Aug 2026, 00:33 GMT+ Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 5 (ANI): In a landmark scientific initiative launched today at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), researchers have commenced an in-depth genetic and bio-archaeological study on a complete human skeleton recovered from Rajghat, a prominent…...
One of the world's only two complete dodo skulls reveals new clues about the extinct bird
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (511+ words) image: A model of the extinct dodo next to a cast of the skull exhibited at Natural History Museum Denmark. view more Credit: Natural History Museum Denmark "The dodo is one of the world's most recognisable extinct animals, yet surprisingly…...
Family fun: Life-sized dinosaurs roar into North Fort Myers
2+ hour, 28+ min ago (386+ words) Everyone loves dinosaurs. That’s why Jurassic Quest is back this month for yet another visit to North Fort Myers. The touring dino show comes packed with more than 80 life-sized dinosaurs ― from a towering T. Rex to an 80-foot-long Anklyosaurus to…...
Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences Faculty Help Shape Understanding of Ancient Human Relatives
2+ hour, 53+ min ago (519+ words) WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (August 5, 2026) — Two Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences researchers are helping unravel one of the most intriguing mysteries in human evolution. New findings from the ongoing Homo naledi project suggest that all twenty fossil individuals…...
Why Dinosaurs Were Never as Small as a Mouse
6+ hour, 17+ min ago (221+ words) Dinosaurs are considered giants. But they never really got very small. A new study explains why. (Illustrative image) They were considered the rulers of the Earth—but the dinosaurs’ reign had a surprising limit: downward—they were never really small....