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Earth's orbital wobble led to climate chaos in dinosaur age: Study
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (94+ words) | One full wobble takes roughly 26, 000 years | Inshorts Inshorts Earth's orbital wobble led to climate chaos in dinosaur age: Study Scientists at China University of Geosciences suggest Earth's orbital wobble may have triggered extreme climate swings during the Late Cretaceous period....
Massive marine predator crowned T. rex of the ocean and "a true terror of its time
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (788+ words) (CNN) " Paleontologists have long hailed Tyrannosaurus rex as king of the dinosaurs. Now, the name "T. rex" also belongs to a newly described extinct carnivore " a massive marine reptile with the scientific name Tylosaurus rex that a trio of researchers uncovered…...
Scientists just found a 'fake dinosaur' that walked on two legs like a dinosaur 212 million years ago
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (179+ words) Psychology says people who feel jealous of their spouse's success aren't always toxic, sometimes it reveals a hidden identity crisis US Treasury rolls out Trump Accounts app nationwide India, Canada to avoid sensitive sectors in trade pact talks: Piyush Goyal…...
Scientists just found a "fake dinosaur" that walked on two legs like a dinosaur 212 million years ago
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (185+ words) Scientists just found a 'fake dinosaur' that walked on two legs like a dinosaur 212 million years ago The Economic Times The Economic Times daily newspaper is available online now. Scientists just found a "fake dinosaur" that walked on two legs…...
DNA solves 250-year-old mystery of the Seychelles" lost crocodiles
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (475+ words) For more than 250 years, stories from early explorers described crocodiles as a common sight along the shores of the Seychelles. But after permanent settlers arrived in 1770, the island population disappeared rapidly. Within about 50 years, the crocodiles had been completely exterminated....
Forgotten fossil helps rewrite part of animal evolution
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (543+ words) An international study led by Flinders University has looked in places others haven't before " and opened a new chapter to life on Earth. New research, to be published in BMC Biology at NOON GMT on 28 May, helps to fill in…...
Meet Labrujasuchus: The toothless, beaked crocodile cousin that walked on two legs
4+ hour, 2+ min ago (132+ words) The Times of India - Meet Labrujasuchus: The toothless, beaked crocodile cousin that walked on two legs What the Labrujasuchus fossil tells us about convergent evolution The TOI Lifestyle Desk is a dynamic team of dedicated journalists who, with unwavering passion…...
May: Research sheds new light on what shaped extinction pattern of marine life | News and features
4+ hour, 44+ min ago (473+ words) Press release issued: 28 May 2026 The study, led by the University of Bristol and published in the journal Nature, sought to solve a longstanding evolutionary enigma: what factors determined whether marine species would survive a mass extinction event known as the…...
Fearsome dinosaur-era marine reptile was the T. rex of the sea
3+ hour, 3+ min ago (649+ words) A reconstruction of the Cretaceous Period marine reptile Tylosaurus rex in the Cretaceous-era Western Interior Seaway of North America. The image was released on May 21, 2026. Alderon Games/Path of Titans/Handout via REUTERS Published'May 28, 2026, 08: 49 PM May 28 - Tyrannosaurus rex was a…...
New Mayborn exhibit explores ancient sea reptiles
4+ hour, 57+ min ago (169+ words) The giant, carnivorous reptiles that swam in the ancient seas covering what is now Texas weren't alone, with related species also actively snapping up sea life in waters off the west African coast. Fossils found in western Africa, seen in…...