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Prehistoric Japan was home to cave lions—not tigers
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (471+ words) Prehistoric Japan was home to cave lions'not tigers'Popular Science Present-day Japan may see its fair share of bears, but the islands" big cat populations are long gone. Between 129,000 and 11,700 years ago, temporary land bridges allowed the ancient predators to migrate…...
Scientists Have Uncovered Embryos Older Than Most Dinosaur Fossils, Did They Give Birth to Live Young?
4+ hour, 42+ min ago (407+ words) Ancient embryos have just been uncovered, older than dinosaurs! What secrets could these fossils hold? The study, published in Historical Biology, provides vital new insights into the evolution of early reptilian reproductive strategies. Until now, viviparity was believed to have…...
Bone of dugong, 30 million years old, found in Mississippi. What's a dugong?
6+ hour, 25+ min ago (676+ words) A Mississippi woman was a part of a team hunting for fossils along the Chickasawhay River in Southeast Mississippi, and she would have been happy to find anything. What she discovered was a rare, fossilized jawbone from a dugong, an…...
Reappraisal of the extinct barbelthroat shark †Bavariscyllium and the nebulous origin of carcharhiniform galeomorphs - Communications Biology
8+ hour, 2+ min ago (1627+ words) A, F JME SOS 4124 (holotype) from the lower Tithonian of Eichst'tt; B, G SMF P 272 from the lower Tithonian of Eichst'tt; C, H SNSB-BSPG 1878 IV 6 from the lower Tithonian of Solnhofen; D, I LF 1436 from the lower Tithonian of Eichst'tt;…...
Anacondas: The Giants of the Amazon Rainforest
10+ hour, 45+ min ago (249+ words) Home " News " Anacondas: The Giants of the Amazon Rainforest In the world of giant anacondas, one name stands out " "Medusa." This colossal green anaconda achieved legendary status when she was recognized as the biggest anaconda ever recorded. Medusa came to…...
10 Prehistoric Reptiles That Could Outswim a Shark
10+ hour, 59+ min ago (970+ words) While modern sharks are some of the ocean's most formidable predators, the prehistoric seas harbored reptilian swimmers that would make today's great whites seem sluggish by comparison. During the Mesozoic Era (252-66 million years ago), marine reptiles evolved remarkable adaptations for…...
A dinosaur road trip through the American West
11+ hour, 13+ min ago (10+ words) A dinosaur road trip through the American West'The Washington Post...
18,000 Dinosaur Footprints Set a Record: And Some Are Swim Tracks
12+ hour, 11+ min ago (256+ words) Canada's Yuvraj Samra scripts T20 World Cup history, slams 58-ball ton against New Zealand Word of the Day: Subliminal New bathrooms and classroom units: School portables set to arrive, classes to resume as Tumbler Ridge B.C. returns to normal a week after…...
Ancient humans were hunting and eating sharks 7,000 years ago, burial site discovery shows
15+ hour, 17+ min ago (16+ words) Ancient humans were hunting and eating sharks 7,000 years ago, burial site discovery shows'AOL.com...
125-Million-Year-Old 'Spiny Dragon' Dinosaur Fossil Found in China
22+ hour, 10+ min ago (244+ words) A spiny dragon dinosaur fossil has been identified in northeastern China, where scientists uncovered a 125-million-year-old specimen preserved well enough to reveal rare details of its skin. The discovery offers one of the clearest looks to date at what this…...