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Fossils X3 Family Discovery Day is this week
29+ min ago (186+ words) Fossils X3 is the theme of Family Discovery Day, from 4 to 7 p.m. this Thursday at Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm. Visitors of all ages are invited to take a step back millions of years in time for this free, family-friendly event. CHISHOLM…...
This 23-foot crocodylian may have ruled South America’s food chain | ScienceDaily
31+ min ago (554+ words) More than 10 million years ago, South America was home to an ecosystem filled with enormous animals and formidable predators. During the Miocene, a geological period that lasted for millions of years, a vast lake covered a large portion of the…...
A???Lively??? discussion on tap for next paleontology event
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (97+ words) A “Lively” discussion on tap for next paleontology event The Times-Independent A “Lively” discussion on tap for next paleontology event Dr. Joshua Lively, curator of Paleontology at the Utah State University-Eastern Prehistoric Museum in Price, will present an update on…...
Biologists on the hunt for museum collection additions | CBC.ca
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (88+ words) Biologists on the hunt for museum collection additions CBC Biologists on the hunt for museum collection additions Biologists from a variety of disciplines come together for BiotaNB, an intense two-week survey and collection of biological specimens in a provincial protected…...
Research: Snake Bodies Have Distinct Vertebral Regions
11+ hour, 31+ min ago (533+ words) Snakes have some of the most intricate spines in the reptile class. Snakes have always been perceived as a long body with a head attached. Now new research from Monash University has revealed that they are more complex creatures, having…...
125-million-year-old fossil in China may reveal dinosaur spikes never seen before
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (492+ words) Scientists have made a surprising discovery in a 125-million-year-old dinosaur fossil unearthed in China, potentially revealing a previously unknown anatomical feature in these ancient animals. The fossil, a young plant-eater now named Haolong dongi, seems to have hollow spikes rising…...
Video New dinosaur species discovered
11+ hour, 29+ min ago (382+ words) abcnews.com New dinosaur species discovered Paleontologists, in what's being called the expedition of the century, uncovered fossils of a new species of Spinosaurus roughly the size of a Tyrannosaurus rex....
Lessons from Cooked Amoebas: The Dallinger Experiment
10+ hour, 55+ min ago (422+ words) Christoph Adami discusses work by Reverend William Dallinger, a contemporary of Charles Darwin. Source We have been looking at Christoph Adami’s book, The Evolution of Biological Information.Today, we are continuing to consider Chapter 4, entitled “Experiments in Evolution.” Adami discusses…...
Scientists discover how narwhals grow nature’s only straight tusk
13+ hour, 59+ min ago (300+ words) ctvnews.ca PARIS, France -- Narwhals have natureâs only straight tusk, a single tooth up to three metres long so strange they were sold as magical unicorn horns during the Middle Ages The tusks have fascinated scientists ever since, but…...
Ancient DNA reveals how waves of migration shaped the Pacific
11+ hour, 48+ min ago (761+ words) New research using 72 ancient genomes gives a clearer picture of how people moved through Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga over the past 3000 years. For thousands of years, people have been crossing huge stretches of the Pacific creating connections between islands that…...