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Step back in time: Where dinosaurs once ruled New Mexico
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (25+ words) Step back in time: Where dinosaurs once ruled New Mexico'Albuquerque Journal Step back in time Discover where dinosaurs once ruled New Mexico and the Southwest...
The Missing Link? Scientists discover ancestor of T. rex in New Mexico
3+ day, 11+ min ago (570+ words) Scientists studying fossils in Albuquerque have discovered an early ancestor of the Tyrannosaurus rex roamed New Mexico more than 74 million years ago, according to a Thursday news release. Paleontologists have long debated which continent gave rise to the famous T. rex…...
Research leads to discovery of Ice Age mammal
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (687+ words) The only permanent nuclear waste storage site in the country, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, has federal approval to add two new underground storage areas. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, stores radioactive waste, like tools or…...
NMSU geologist leads study suggesting dinosaurs were thriving in North America before asteroid strike
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (204+ words) LAS CRUCES " A geology professor who joined the New Mexico State University faculty this year is the lead author of a new paper addressing a long-standing question about the extinction of dinosaurs. A conceptual drawing by paleontologist Natalia Jagielska depicts…...
Researchers unearth over 250 million-year-old plant in Socorro County
6+ mon, 5+ hour ago (414+ words) A team of Smithsonian and New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science researchers discovered a new plant in Socorro County that was around 65 million years before dinosaurs roamed the Earth. A team from Smithsonian and New Mexico Museum of Natural…...