14+ hour, 55+ min ago  (346+ words) AMSTERDAM, April 2 : Scientists and designers unveiled on Thursday a handbag made with collagen derived from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils from the U.S. in a unique creation intended to demonstrate the value of laboratory-grown leather. The teal-coloured bag was displayed on a rock…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (589+ words) WASHINGTON :The fossil of a small reptile that inhabited Scotland during the age of dinosaurs 167 million years ago has scientists puzzled. It mixed snake-like traits and lizard-like traits. So was it an early ancestor of snakes or perhaps just an…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (126+ words) For decades, Gobi Desert in Mongolia has been a hotbed for dinosaur fossil smuggling. Now, people are pushing back, determined to reclaim their stolen heritage and exposing the trade's darker players. For decades, Gobi Desert in Mongolia has been a…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (703+ words) Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species in the human evolutionary lineage, one that lived in the same time and place as the earliest-known member of the genus Homo…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (695+ words) WASHINGTON :Tyrannosaurus subdued prey with raw power, using bone-crushing bite force. But other meat-eating dinosaurs that rivaled T. rex in size used different approaches. Giganotosaurus'relied more on slashing and ripping flesh. And the long and narrow snout of Spinosaurus was well-adapted…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (647+ words) Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of the oldest-known ant - a winged insect with fearsome scythe-like jaws that lived about 113 million years ago during the age of dinosaurs and was preserved in limestone unearthed in northeastern Brazil.The species, called…...

11+ mon, 3+ day ago  (683+ words) WASHINGTON: After the demise of the dinosaurs following an asteroid strike 66 million years ago, mammals became Earth's dominant land animals. But that does not mean they went unchallenged. In South America, for instance, nightmarish land-living crocs - cousins of today's crocodiles…...

11+ mon, 4+ day ago  (403+ words) SYDNEY:Australia's burrowing echidna evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor in an "extremely rare" biological event, scientists said on Tuesday (Apr 29) in a new study of the peculiar egg-laying mammals. With powerful digging claws, protective spikes and highly sensitive beaks, echidnas…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (880+ words) Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the US, according to the company that aims to'bring back lost species. The wolf pups, which range in age…...