8+ hour, 6+ min ago  (563+ words) A new study claims to have solved the long-standing mystery of why Tyrannosaurus rex had such disproportionately small arms. A Royal Society research paper published May 20 suggests that T. rex, which averaged more than 40 feet long with arms stretching just 3 feet,…...

4+ hour, 43+ min ago  (717+ words) This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil discovered on a ranch in western South Dakota will be auctioned off in New York…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (14+ words) Denver museum discovers nearly 70-million-year-old fossil under parking lot AOL.com...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (533+ words) Carcinization is the repeated evolution of a crab-like body plan in different crustacean lineages. New genomic work is adding molecular and time-calibrated context to a story long told through anatomy. A 2026 locomotion study suggests true crabs’ sideways walk may have…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1069+ words) Snakes come in all sizes today, from tiny thread snakes no longer than a pencil to green anacondas that rival small cars in length. You already know the anaconda as one of nature's heavyweights. Adults often stretch four to five…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (117+ words) The Abilene Public Library's Main Branch will host "Cretaceous Clash: A Dino Trivia Game" on Tuesday, July 21st, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The event is a fast paced, dinosaur themed trivia game designed for adults, whether they're casual dino fans or budding paleontologists....

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (345+ words) A front leg bone nearly as tall as a person lay buried beside a pond in northeastern Thailand. It was part of a skeleton so large it belonged to an animal about 27 meters long and weighing roughly 27 tonnes. That animal…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (405+ words) (NewsNation) — A fossilized bone that sat in a collection drawer for four decades is now considered to be the first dinosaur artifact found in Antarctica. Researchers discovered the vertebra during a 1985 expedition to James Ross Island and assumed it belonged…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (433+ words) The rediscovery of a giant megalodon fossil, long-lost since the 1980s, has led to new information about the giant shark's lifestyle, including that they reached up to 80ft in length. Researchers assessed a once-lost vertebral specimen of Otodus megalodon, the fossil shark…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (350+ words) Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: Dinosaur hunters scouring a fossil field in the middle of the Sahara Desert uncovered a second species of Spinosaurus. The scimitar-crested Spinosaurus mirabilis, replete with fish-trapping jaws, is huge, measuring the…...