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62-foot "kraken-like" octopus identified as "top-tier predator" 100 M years ago " with powerful, bone-crushing bite: scientists
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (352+ words) It was more than it was Kraken-ed up to be. An octopus the size of the Hollywood Sign might seem like a monster from Greek mythology. This massive mollusk "had among the largest body sizes of all organisms in the…...
Tourist finds rare chunk of oldest sea crocodile
21+ hour, 43+ min ago (667+ words) An amateur fossil hunter who found a rare fragment from the world's oldest marine crocodile said she thought it was a piece of wood with nails driven through it. The upper jawbone fossil, found during a guided walk along the…...
Discovery is a glimpse into life 3, 500 years ago
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (330+ words) What first appeared to be bits of wood in the ground has now been revealed to be a rare glimpse into life during the middle Bronze Age. Archaeologists discovered the remarkably well-preserved timber structure, built more than 3, 500 years ago for…...
Utah Paleontologist celebrates landmark dinosaur discovery with rare Explorers Club flag
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (159+ words) AOL. com A Utah paleontologist is sharing her experience after completing excavation work tied to the first dinosaur discovery in the American West and returning a rare Explorers Club expedition flag in New York. Harry Styles and Zo" Kravitz spark…...
Stolen rare books valued at $3 M seized in Manhattan, returned to rightful heirs
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (117+ words) AOL. com Kemberly Richardson has the details. Christina Applegate misses first podcast episode since reported hospitalization Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data Kevin Warsh testifies he never made a deal with Trump to lower…...
A New Species Was Hiding in Plain Sight in Shanghai's Waterways, Scientists Say - AOL
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (474+ words) Sometimes the most remarkable discoveries happen in the most ordinary places. Not in a remote jungle or the deep ocean floor, but in a drainage canal on the outskirts of one of the world's biggest cities. In August 2024, researchers from…...
Rare books worth millions swiped from NYC royalty miraculously found after 40 years
6+ day, 23+ min ago (619+ words) A stack of rare books worth millions of dollars was finally returned to the heirs of New York City royalty Monday " decades after they were snatched by a mysterious bookworm, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said. The 17 historic works " valued…...
$2 M worth of rare books recovered, returned to the Whitney family
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (243+ words) MANHATTAN, N. Y. (PIX11) " Seventeen rare books that were stolen from John Hay Whitney's home on Long Island in the 1980s, valued at over $2 million, have been recovered and returned, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Monday. The books included works by John Keats,…...
289-Million-Year-Old Mummified Reptile Found in Oklahoma: Everything We Know About the Discovery
2+ week, 2+ day ago (344+ words) Your lungs are working overtime right now " probably without you even thinking about it. But the system powering every single breath you take? It's nearly 290 million years old. A jaw-dropping fossil discovery in an unlikely place just revealed exactly how…...
Newly Identified "Lucy's Hunter' Was a 15-Foot Crocodile Lurking in Ancient Ethiopia
3+ week, 3+ day ago (216+ words) Lucy's Hunter" was a massive crocodile that lived alongside early human ancestors in ancient Ethiopia. The predator likely ambushed animals, including early hominins, at rivers and lakes. Fossils revealed unique features that identified it as a new species. The discovery…...