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UT San Antonio-led research team finds organic material in 500-million-year-old trilobite fossils
40+ min ago (178+ words) UT San Antonio-led research team finds organic material in 500-million-year-old trilobite fossils'kens5.com UT San Antonio-led research team finds organic material in 500-million-year-old trilobite fossils SAN ANTONIO " An international research team at UT San Antonio has made a discovery straight…...
Joe Rohde Tried to Get Tropical Americas in Animal Kingdom for 15 Years, Including Gutting DinoLand USA
2+ hour, 25+ min ago (214+ words) Joe Rohde Tried to Get Tropical Americas in Animal Kingdom for 15 Years, Including Gutting DinoLand USA'BlogMickey.com Joe Rohde Tried to Get Tropical Americas in Animal Kingdom for 15 Years, Including Gutting DinoLand USA In a new post on social media,…...
Frog exhibit opens at Museum of the Rockies this weekend
4+ hour, 36+ min ago (142+ words) Museum of the Rockies will host a celebration for the opening of its newest exhibit, "FROGS: A Chorus of Colors" this Saturday, Feb. 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m." Attendees of the event will have the chance to encounter live frogs from all over…...
“Temporal Portal”: Capturing species past, present, and future
4+ hour, 48+ min ago (1561+ words) At the Yale Peabody Museum, a student-made mural offers a glimpse into our planet's past "and brought together New Haven residents to imagine itsfuture. "Temporal Portal," a new mural in the Yale Peabody Museum. If you stand on the far…...
'Danger on T-Rex Mountain' set to roar into Wrexham theatre
5+ hour, 18+ min ago (316+ words) Families across North Wales are being invited to step back in time this spring as Danger on T-Rex Mountain roars into Wrexham for one unmissable performance. The hit family show will take over William Aston Hall on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, bringing…...
New AI method helps identify which dinosaurs left which footprints
5+ hour, 46+ min ago (340+ words) WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) " Footprints are "among the most common dinosaur fossils. Sometimes "scientists find a single, solitary footprint. Other times, they come across "a chaotic jumble of footsteps that resemble a dance floor, a kind of dinosaur disco. But identifying…...
Evolution Of Human
6+ hour, 10+ min ago (1225+ words) Understanding human evolution not only answers the question of where we came from but also helps us understand who we are today'our bodies, behaviors, intelligence, and capacity for culture. The Foundations of Evolutionary Theory The concept of evolution is rooted…...
The Monstrous Appetite of Japanese Giant Salamanders
6+ hour, 14+ min ago (198+ words) Body size pushes these river monsters to become apex predators There are monsters lurking in the rivers of southern Japan'giant salamanders that can grow up to five feet long. Second only to their Chinese cousins, these wet-skinned leviathans are some…...
New AI Method Identifies Which Dinosaurs Left Which Footprints
6+ hour, 16+ min ago (345+ words) WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) " Footprints are among the most common dinosaur fossils. Sometimes scientists come across a single solitary footprint. Other times, they encounter a chaotic tangle of footprints that resemble a dance floor, a kind of dinosaur nightclub. But identifying…...
Tiny dinosaur discovery challenges ideas about miniaturization
7+ hour, 3+ min ago (826+ words) A plant-eating dinosaur once thought to be a juvenile has now been confirmed as a fully grown adult, revealing a new tiny-bodied species called Foskeia pelendonum. The discovery reshapes how small dinosaurs fit into evolution, clarifying relationships across a crowded…...