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The world's oldest octopus fossil isn't an octopus after all, scientists say
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (605+ words) LONDON " A 300-million-year-old tentacled sea creature has lost its crown as the world's oldest octopus, after scientists found evidence that it's not an octopus at all. Newly published research concludes that fossilized remains listed by Guinness World Records as the…...
A photographer finds thousands of dinosaur footprints near Italian Winter Olympic venue
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (320+ words) The discovery in the Stelvio National Park was striking for the sheer number of footprints, estimated at as many as 20, 000 over some five kilometers (three miles), and the location near the Swiss border, once a prehistoric coastal area, that has…...
Dinosaurs were thriving in North America before the mass-extinction asteroid strike, study suggests
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (450+ words) This illustration provided by researchers in October 2025 depicts an Alamosaurus sanjuanensis in southern North America as an asteroid hits the Earth 66 million years ago, causing mass extinction. (Natalia Jagielska/New Mexico State University via AP) Scientists have long debated whether…...