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Baby Dinosaur Fossil Found in South Korea Is Part of a Newly Discovered Species
8+ hour, 59+ min ago (404+ words) Researchers discovered a new dinosaur species, which they named Doolysaurus, through a fossil found in South Korea The fossil of the juvenile dinosaur includes skull material, offering key evolutionary insight The species' name is inspired by the beloved Korean cartoon…...
Scientists Found a “Living Fossil” with a Twisted Jaw—and Teeth That Point Sideways
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (359+ words) The fossil of Tanyka amnicola was discovered at the edge of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. It has an unusual twisted jaw with denticles that it probably used to grind tough food. It is a "living fossil" because it lived…...
Scientists Discover ‘Living Fossil’ With One of the Strangest Jaws They’ve Ever Seen
1+ week, 6+ day ago (844+ words) A prehistoric creature found near the Amazon rainforest in Brazil had a jaw so bizarre that researchers initially thought they were looking at damaged fossils. After years of analysis, the animal turned out to be an entirely new species " one…...
New details on life as a caveman revealed by Oxford-led study
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (469+ words) An Oxford study has revealed a fascinating new detail about life as a caveman, enabling a better understanding of 'Neanderthal culture'. Cavemen may have used an extract form birch tree bark to treat injuries, the new research suggests, a substance…...
Sea turtle shells reveal hidden history of ocean stress
6+ hour, 24+ min ago (810+ words) A sea turtle carries more than just a shell on its back. That shell holds a story of its life, written layer by layer over many years. Scientists have now learned how to read this hidden story. A new study…...
Meet Doolysaurus, the small (and maybe fuzzy) new dinosaur discovered by UT Austin researchers
52+ min ago (1028+ words) Around a hundred million years ago, a small, possibly fuzzy baby dinosaur about two years old died amid the harsh Cretaceous landscape. Fast forward to now, and that little dinosaur is the center of an exciting new discovery in Korea…...
UT Austin Helps Uncover ‘Dooly-saurus,’ Korea’s first new dinosaur in 15 years
20+ hour, 6+ min ago (42+ words) The dinosaur is named after a beloved Korean cartoon character, and is the country's first new species in 15 years. The dinosaur is named after a beloved Korean cartoon character, and is the country's first new species in 15 years....
CT scans reveal a new species of baby dinosaur hidden in rock for 100 million years
5+ hour, 2+ min ago (709+ words) An artist's interpretation of a juvenile Doolysaurus huhmini. It is depicted alongside birds and other dinosaurs that lived during the Cretaceous in what is now South Korea. (CREDIT: Jun Seong Yi) The specimen is small, the size of a turkey,…...
What's that red-eyed, long-legged bird? An ancient Egyptian would know
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (285+ words) If it looks like a goose, honks like a goose and poops like a goose, it's probably a goose, right? Not if it's an Egyptian goose, a deceptively named African waterfowl that's neither goose nor duck, but has made itself…...
Why dinosaurs needed sunlight to hatch eggs, and that became their biggest weakness |
15+ hour, 38+ min ago (404+ words) Science News: For millions of years of existence, dinosaurs' extinction was not as a result of their size, strength, or ferocity, but because the way their eggs wer....