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Dinosaur Adventure roars into Portland
35+ min ago (146+ words) PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) -- A prehistoric party took over Portland this weekend. Many families spent the weekend at Dinosaur Adventure, a traveling exhibit featuring life-sized, moving, and roaring dinosaurs, at the Portland Expo. Attendees enjoyed life-sized dinosaurs, fossil digs, rides, and…...
Unraveling Mustelid Adaptation via Mink Pangenome
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (1015+ words) Bioengineer. org In a groundbreaking advancement for conservation genomics and evolutionary biology, researchers have constructed the first pangenome for Mustelidae, focusing on the American mink (Neogale vison), a semi-aquatic carnivore species with a notably broad ecological range across North America....
Hunting for new lineages and mechanisms of life - Nature Microbiology
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (288+ words) The US Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute recently held the New Lineages of Life Symposium at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The symposium brought together researchers focused on diverse and varied ecosystems but united by their goal to…...
Allosaurus | Paleontology
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (62+ words) Zach Sweat " about a month ago K. J. Genualdo " 2 days ago Zach Sweat " 3 days ago Zach Sweat " 6 days ago Adam Downer " 4 years ago Uploaded by Kimmy Dude Apr 16, 2026 at 04: 11 PM EDT dinosaur revolution walking with dinosaurs the dinosaurs Resolution: (887px x 1425px) File size:…...
Updated Mosasaurus reconstruction
13+ hour, 59+ min ago (59+ words) Zach Sweat " about a month ago K. J. Genualdo " 2 days ago Zach Sweat " 3 days ago Zach Sweat " 6 days ago Adam Downer " 4 years ago Uploaded by Kimmy Dude Apr 19, 2026 at 04: 41 PM EDT Resolution: (2048px x 1152px) File size: 655 KB 20 views (20 from today) mosasaurus, reptile, paleo…...
Spared no expense | Paleontology
11+ hour, 44+ min ago (55+ words) Zach Sweat " about a month ago K. J. Genualdo " 2 days ago Zach Sweat " 3 days ago Zach Sweat " 6 days ago Adam Downer " 4 years ago Uploaded by Kimmy Dude Apr 19, 2026 at 06: 56 PM EDT Resolution: (522px x 1301px) File size: 324 KB 40 views (40 from today) Treasurer & Media Bus…...
Research collaboration reveals pre-colonisation M'ori diet and burial practices
5+ hour, 26+ min ago (558+ words) Groundbreaking research has shed light on traditional M'ori diet and their burial practices in New Zealand years before the first P'keh' (non-Polynesian) settlers first arrived in Aotearoa. The study, which had been conducted with the approval and guidance of Indigenous…...
New discovery shows Moroccan dinosaur's fearsome tail spikes evolved much earlier than we thought
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (832+ words) Researchers report new ankylosaur fossils from Morocco's Middle Atlas Mountains, including spiked ribs and tail elements. The remains indicate Spicomellus afer lived about 165 million years ago and that tail weapons evolved earlier than previously thought. Kawtar Ech-charay, Universit" Sidi Mohammed…...
China fossil find rewrites timeline for complex life on Earth
6+ hour, 41+ min ago (274+ words) A fossil discovery in China is rewriting the timeline of complex animal life on Earth. An international research team was led by teams from Oxford University's Museum of Natural History and Department of Earth Sciences, along with Yunnan University in…...
Discovery in Chubut: a new species of herbivorous dinosaur reveals the evolution of ecosystems
12+ hour, 35+ min ago (513+ words) In a remote area of the northwest of the province of Chubut, an unexpected discovery once again highlighted the region's fossil wealth. A rural resident detected remains that, after being analyzed by specialists, turned out to belong to a dinosaur…...