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Triceratops skeleton 'Trey' to hit auction block as dinosaur prices soar
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (559+ words) Stand up for truly independent, trusted news. A triceratops skeleton that stood in a Wyoming museum for decades will be auctioned off, a rare instance of a museum-exhibited dinosaur going to the auction block just as the market for the…...
Triceratops skeleton 'Trey' to hit the auction block as dinosaur market soars
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (522+ words) A triceratops skeleton that stood in a Wyoming museum for decades will be auctioned off, a rare instance of a museum-exhibited dinosaur going to the auction block just as the market for the prehistoric giants has hit record highs. The…...
Scientists Just Discovered That T-Rex Actually Pranced on Its Tiptoes. But This Made Them Even Deadlier Than We Thought
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (956+ words) Home " Science " Paleontology New research reveals the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex ran on its tiptoes, reaching staggering speeds. Pop culture has conditioned us to imagine a terrifying encounter with Tyrannosaurus rex first starts with the rhythmic, earth-shattering boom of heavy, flat-footed…...
Artistic palaeo-reconstructions of ecosystem states in Central Europe over the last 23 million years
3+ hour, 51+ min ago (307+ words) Artistic palaeo-reconstructions of ecosystem states in Central Europe over the last 23 million years. The illustrations depict typical landscapes and key large herbivores from six time periods: the Neogene (evolutionary origins of many present taxa), the Pleistocene (pre-Homo sapiens baseline), and…...
Study finds triceratops’ huge nose helped control body temperature
4+ hour, 8+ min ago (662+ words) Illustration of researchers hypothesized layout for the inside of Triceratops nasal cavity. (K. Sakane CC-BY-ND via SWNS) Triceratops had a huge nose to help control its body temperature, suggests a new study. Scientists wanted to know why the iconic triple-horned dinosaur…...
The ancient human ancestor ‘Little Foot’ gets a new face
5+ hour, 56+ min ago (408+ words) High-resolution scans of a crushed skull reveal unexpected links to East African fossils The original skull (left), digital scan (middle) and reconstructed face of Little Foot offer a closer look at this enigmatic ancient human relative. Scientists have finally come…...
90 Million Year-old ‘Missing Link’ Fossil of Tiny Bird-like Dinosaur Discovered
7+ hour, 12+ min ago (480+ words) As it often tends to, the fossilized remains of a tiny bird-like dinosaur are rewriting history. A team of North and South American scientists described Alnashetri cerropoliciensis as the "missing link'not from dinosaurs to birds, as the phrase has often…...
The Fox That Hops Like a Kangaroo
7+ hour, 37+ min ago (212+ words) Deep in the arid regions of North Africa and the Middle East lives a remarkable creature that seems to defy conventional fox behavior. The fennec fox, with its oversized ears and diminutive stature, is already a marvel of desert adaptation....
The enigma that baffles scientists: Amazonian anacondas reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago, and while other prehistoric giants became extinct, they decided not to change one bit.
7+ hour, 53+ min ago (545+ words) Home - Science - The enigma that baffles scientists: Amazonian anacondas reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago, and while other prehistoric giants became extinct, they decided not to change one bit. Today, most anacondas in the wild grow around four to…...
Scientists Finally Cracked the Code Behind the World’s Strangest Multi-Horned Sheep
8+ hour, 11+ min ago (613+ words) Spotting a Manx Loaghtan on the mist-shrouded cliffs of the Isle of Man feels like observing a story from ancient mythology unfolding. Unlike the uniform white sheep we see today, these prehistoric, fantasy-like creatures sport a deep, earthy wool and…...