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Earliest octopuses were Kraken-like sea monsters, fossils show | CBC News
7+ hour, 10+ min ago (725+ words) Monstrous octopuses the size of modern whales prowled the seas during the Age of Dinosaurs, snatching prey with their huge tentacles and crunching them with powerful jaws, fossils from B. C. and Japan suggest." Like mythical, tentacled sea monsters such as the…...
3rd annual Fossil Day teaches P. E. I. kids how to find prehistoric treasures
1+ week, 2+ day ago (199+ words) Prince Edward Island is rich with fossils from the Permian period, roughly 290 million years ago. A lot of the known specimens in the province are discovered by children, making the third annual Fossil Day in Charlottetown that much more important…...
P. E. I. could soon rival top fossil sites, says geologist | CBC News
2+ week, 6+ day ago (659+ words) Prince Edward Island may soon be known for more than Anne of Green Gables, beaches and potatoes " a Nova Scotia-based geologist says the province is emerging as a promising new frontier for fossil discoveries. John Calder, a geoscientist under contract…...
Report finds beloved Alberta T. rex tourist draw has issues but far from extinct - CBC
4+ week, 2+ hour ago (191+ words) Report finds beloved Alberta T. rex tourist draw has issues but far from extinct'CBC Report finds beloved Alberta T. rex tourist draw has issues but far from extinct Cost to fix and maintain giant dino estimated in hundreds of thousands Image | Alta-Drumheller-Dinosaur…...
Report finds beloved Alberta T. rex tourist draw has issues but far from extinct | CBC News
4+ week, 4+ hour ago (401+ words) A structural checkup on Tyra the Dinosaur has determined she's retaining water, has breathing issues, a fever and wrinkles " but is otherwise far from extinct. The estimated medical bill for the 25-metre tourist attraction in Drumheller, Alta. , is nothing to…...
One of the world's earliest plant-eaters discovered in Nova Scotia
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (299+ words) A new 307 million-year-old fossil discovered in Nova Scotia may represent one of the world's first plant-eating "animals " and it's changing what we thought we knew about herbivore history. The fossilized football-shaped microsaur, an early vertebrate that would have looked like…...
Dinosaurs return to the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (115+ words) CBC Dinosaurs return to the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History It was a big hit back in 2024 and now the Museum of Natural History is bringing in the sequel: Dinosaur Exploration 2. Watch Amy Smith's interview with museum manager Jeff…...