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???? Sounds of a Jurassic forest reconstructed - News
4+ hour, 7+ min ago (339+ words) Sep 9, 2026, 04:00 AM FR · ES · DE · PT Fossilized wings have made it possible to hear the sounds of insects that disappeared around 165 million years ago. Researchers studied 20 wings belonging to nine species discovered in Inner Mongolia, China. These Middle Jurassic insects…...
Theory Of A Deadman Tap Mammoth For The Northern Chaos Tour
9+ hour, 44+ min ago (325+ words) (Freeman) Fresh off the release of their new EP, 'Part 1: Funeral Songs,' out now via ONErpm, Canada's own Theory Of A Deadman are excited to announce an upcoming homecoming headline run, "The Northern Chaos Tour," with support from special guests…...
Our ancestors may not have needed ape-like feet to climb
15+ hour, 38+ min ago (996+ words) Sooty mangabeys bend the middle of their feet 46 degrees while climbing, matching the ankle bend of chimpanzees and informing debate over the last common ancestor. Climbing a bare tree trunk asks an ankle to bend further than walking ever does....
20-metre dinosaur fossil unearthed at construction site in Brazil
5+ hour, 42+ min ago (567+ words) A major infrastructure project in northeastern Brazil has uncovered something considerably older than the roads and railways it was built to serve: a giant dinosaur that roamed the region about 120 million years ago. Scientists have identified the animal as Dasosaurus…...
New Research Finds the Tasmanian Tiger Had a Skull Unlike Any Living Carnivore??? and Likely Never Threatened Livestock
8+ hour ago (282+ words) New research published in Nature Communications shows Tasmanian tigers had a skull and jaw structure unlike any living carnivorous mammal, suited to catching small, rabbit-size prey rather than livestock. Led by Dr. Vera Weisbecker of Flinders University, the study found…...
Woolly dog pelt on loan to B.C. museum from the Smithsonian
11+ hour, 20+ min ago (550+ words) Published 4:07 pm Tuesday, September 8, 2026 The only known surviving pelt of the woolly dog is returning to B.C. for a period. The University of BC says the pelt, which has spent more than a century in storage, is coming the closest it…...
Titanosaurs Laid Eggs in Cold Regions, New Study Reveals
6+ hour, 49+ min ago (516+ words) Buenos Aires. One of the largest dinosaurs that ever lived on Earth is the Titanosaur. A new scientific study has shown that it used to lay eggs and reproduce even in the cold regions towards the Earth's South Pole.Scientists…...
10 reasons Utah is the world's best dinosaur destination
6+ hour, 37+ min ago (1018+ words) Estimated read time: 7-8 minutes There's just something about dinosaurs that captivates people of all ages. It seems like every little kid goes through a dino phase, complete with plastic figurines, lunch boxes, backpacks and any other thunder lizard-themed merchandise available....
ETSU study rewrites history of ancient marine mammal
7+ hour, 24+ min ago (489+ words) This image shows a juvenile Desmostylus humerus from the Miocene Chikubetsu Formation of Obira Town, Hokkaido, Japan. The fossil includes the humeral head, a cast of the natural mold of the humeral shaft and the distal end of the humerus....
Lee Shenton honored with lifetime achievement award for Utah paleontology
9+ hour, 2+ min ago (246+ words) Lee Shenton, president of the Utah Friends of Paleontology's Moab-based Gastonia Chapter, has received the organization's Lagerstätte Award for Lifetime Achievement in Volunteer Support of Paleontology, the chapter said in a release this week. The award was presented in his…...