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Dwarf sea cow found that grazed seafloors 21 million years ago
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (811+ words) Fossil bones have revealed a dwarf sea cow species that grazed seagrass on the seafloor of what is now the Arabian Gulf 21 million years ago. Its discovery shows that today's dugongs inherit a far older role, reshaping coastal ecosystems in…...
505-million-year-old fossils reveal a missing chapter of early animal evolution
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (321+ words) The Cambrian explosion, beginning roughly 540 million years ago, is famous for the sudden appearance of major animal groups. Fossil sites such as Canada's Burgess Shale capture that dramatic surge. What came next has been harder to document, fossils from the…...
Ancient Bird Fossil Reveals Shocking Secrets Scientists Never Expected
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (653+ words) Home " News " Ancient Bird Fossil Reveals Shocking Secrets Scientists Never Expected The fossil record has a way of humbling us. Just when we think we've got prehistoric life figured out, something unexpected turns up. Archaeopteryx, long celebrated as one of…...
Specimen collections preserve biodiversity across centuries
4+ hour, 24+ min ago (1121+ words) For centuries, the" Illinois Natural History Survey has worked to catalog and preserve the organisms that make up Illinois. The INHS maintains its mission to research the history and diversity of plants and animals all over Illinois, and also to…...
Japan’s lost lions: DNA analysis reveals cave cats ruled before extinction 10,000 years ago
8+ hour, 25+ min ago (388+ words) TOKYO, Feb 15 " Lions lived in a wide area of the Japanese archipelago tens of thousands of years ago, as analysis of fossil specimens that were believed be of tigers were revealed to belong to an extinct lion species, a team…...
Lyme Regis Museum receives award for Jurassic collection
9+ hour, 14+ min ago (551+ words) Arts Council England has awarded Lyme Regis Museum designated status A museum has received a prestigious award from Arts Council England for one its oldest collections. Lyme Regis Museum, which opened in 1923, has been given designated status for its Jurassic…...
11-Year-Old Goes Rock Hunting — Then He Finds a 48-Million-Year-Old Turtle
11+ hour, 22+ min ago (453+ words) Kids" summer adventures often end in finding cool rocks. But 11-year-old Touren Pope found a prehistoric turtle. Back in July, the young boy was on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public land in southwest Wyoming with his grandparents, Patti and…...
Fossil evidence shows presence of lions in ancient Japan
17+ hour, 47+ min ago (13+ words) Fossil evidence shows presence of lions in ancient Japan'Japan Wire by KYODO NEWS...
Animal Kingdom's DINOSAUR Is Closed: The Asteroid Finally Hit
21+ hour, 25+ min ago (288+ words) Aleyni is a Staff Writer for HerCampus UCF. She is a sophomore from Miami pursuing a major in Creative Writing and Journalism, a minor in Pre-Law in the Humanities, and a certificate in Editing and Publishing. She is a lover…...
Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur. It was unusually tiny — the size of a chicken. » News of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek and Osh — latest events today
22+ hour, 11+ min ago (19+ words) Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur. It was unusually tiny " the size of a chicken.open.kg...