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17 rare books stolen from ex-Mo MA president's home recovered
4+ hour, 48+ min ago (40+ words) CBS News - The 5: 33 | Legacy of the LIRR Massacre - On The Dot with David Schechter: Wildfires & Climate Change 17 rare books stolen from ex-Mo MA president's home recovered...
Rare books stolen from ex-Mo MA president's Long Island home recovered decades later
12+ hour, 14+ min ago (357+ words) April 20, 2026 / 11: 25 AM EDT / CBS New York Seventeen rare books worth millions of dollars that were stolen from venture capitalist John Hay Whitney's Long Island home have been recovered, decades later. Whitney was an avid art collector who had thousands of…...
Fossils found in cave shed light on where our species emerged, traced to when Earth's magnetic field flipped
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (658+ words) Updated on: January 8, 2026 / 6: 53 AM EST / CBS/AFP Where did our species first emerge? Fossils discovered in Morocco dating back more than 773, 000 years bolster the theory that Homo sapiens originally appeared in Africa, scientists said in a study Wednesday. The oldest…...
Ice Age fossils discovered in underwater Texas cave raise new questions about region's past
2+ week, 3+ day ago (57+ words) Researchers from UT Austin say a newly discovered underwater cave in Central Texas contains fossils of Ice Age animals, including a giant armadillo relative and tortoises, marking the first such find in the region and offering new clues about its…...
10-year-old finds 18-million-year-old Megalodon tooth in Maryland
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (25+ words) CBS News 10-year-old finds 18-million-year-old Megalodon tooth in Maryland...
66-million-year-old triceratops fossil heading to auction
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (19+ words) CBS News 66-million-year-old triceratops fossil heading to auction...
University of Chicago-led team discovers new species of dinosaur in Sahara
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (420+ words) February 22, 2026 / 12: 50 PM CST / CBS Chicago A team led by the University of Chicago said it has discovered a new species of dinosaur " a fish-eating giant, and the first new species of its kind discovered in a century. In 2019, a team…...
A preview of Mummies of the World: The Exhibition in Los Angeles
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (25+ words) CBS News A preview of Mummies of the World: The Exhibition in Los Angeles...
New animal species that survived mass extinction event half a billion years ago found in a quarry in China
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (677+ words) January 28, 2026 / 3: 21 PM EST / CBS/AFP Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered in a small quarry in China, scientists revealed Wednesday. The treasure trove of fossils offers…...
New fossils uncovered at Dinosaur National Monument, leading to first excavation there in a century
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (328+ words) Updated on: January 16, 2026 / 10: 20 AM EST / CBS News New dinosaur fossils were discovered at the Dinosaur National Monument, leading to the first excavation there in more than 100 years, officials revealed Friday. The National Park Service said that parking lot construction was…...