9+ hour, 57+ min ago   (253+ words) The following is a news release from the Museum of Idaho: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) " Starting January 31, the Museum of Idaho invites visitors to step far deeper into prehistory with the opening of Life Before Dinosaurs: Meet the Permian Monsters,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (999+ words) (CNN) " Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in 2009. The fossils, along with others unearthed more recently, have now been linked to a little-known species that was a…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (403+ words) The following is a news release from Idaho State University: POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) " A landmark partnership between the Idaho Museum of Natural History at Idaho State University and the University of Idaho is strengthening statewide collaboration between Idaho's public universities…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (123+ words) POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) -The Idaho Museum of Natural History is bringing people back in time for a chance to check out some fossils. The museum is holding its5th annual Fall Fossil Fest. They are spotlighting the world premiere of a massive…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (427+ words) (CNN) " A clutch of 28 dinosaur eggs found in the Qinglongshan fossil reserve in central China is about 86 million years old, according to scientists who used an "atomic clock" method to date the samples. Researchers said they now hope the eggs,…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (813+ words) By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) " Paleontologists have discovered remarkable fossils in the Grand Canyon that reveal fresh details about the emergence of complex life half a billion years ago. The newfound remains of fauna from the region suggest that it…...

6+ mon, 4+ day ago   (786+ words) By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) " The phrase "leave no stone unturned" has taken on new meaning for paleontologists at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science who discovered a special fossil hidden right under their noses " beneath the museum's parking…...

6+ mon, 6+ day ago   (1061+ words) (CNN) " Scientists have recovered ancient proteins from a fossilized rhinoceros tooth, breaking new ground in the study of ancient life on Earth. The 24 million-year-old tooth, which was unearthed in the Canadian Arctic, contains proteins that are 10 times older than the…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (514+ words) London (CNN) " Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur " one that was dog-sized and roamed what is now the United States around 150 million years ago alongside familiar dinosaurs like stegosaurus and diplodocus. The Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, as researchers named it,…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (930+ words) (CNN) " Scientists have identified a previously unknown 86 million-year-old dinosaur species that fills an early gap in the fossil record of tyrannosaurs, revealing how they evolved to become massive apex predators. Based on a reexamination of two partial skeletons uncovered in…...