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Pompeii find reveals plants flourished before dinosaur extinction
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (950+ words) The discovery of a "botanical Pompeii" has rewritten a long-held theory that flowering plants only flourished after the dinosaurs. The "unique" fossil find shows they were in fact blooming 10 million years before dinosaurs were wiped out, say American scientists. They…...
Ice Age woolly mammoth found likely butchered by hunters
3+ week, 13+ hour ago (686+ words) The mammoth's tusk at the excavation site in Taimering, Germany. (BLf D via SWNS) A recently discovered woolly mammoth was likely butchered by Ice Age hunters around 25, 000 years ago, according to new research. They even used one of the rib…...
Newly identified long-necked dino weighed same as 9 elephants
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (878+ words) Artistic illustration of the Nagatitan. (Patchanop Boonsai via SWNS) A newly identified giant long-necked dinosaur weighed the same as nine adult elephants and was as long as three city buses, according to new research. Bones found at the edge of…...
World's oldest crocodile fossil discovered during walk on beach
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (302+ words) Amateur fossil hunter Heather Salt holding the world's oldest crocodile fossil. (Lyme Regis Museum via SWNS) The world's oldest crocodile fossil has been found during a walk on the Jurassic Coast. Amateur fossil hunter Heather Salt initially mistook the find…...
Kraken-like" giant octopuses ruled oceans 100 million years ago
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (510+ words) A sketch of the giant "kraken-like" octopus. (Yohei Utsuki: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University via SWNS) Giant "kraken-like" octopuses were terrifying apex predators of the oceans 100 million years ago, according to new research. The "enormous" creatures were…...
Fairbank library receives memorial books
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (81+ words) Community Newspaper Group Recent memorial books have been given to the Fairbank Public Library in memory of special friends and loved ones. In memory of Patty Bentley " "We All Live Here" from Randy, Jodi and Carson Woods. E-edition and App…...
Croc ancestor started life on 4 legs before it began walking on 2
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (535+ words) Artist's reconstruction of Sonselasuchus cedrus in its environment in what is now Petrified Forest National Park, 215 million years ago. (Artwork by Gabriel Ugueto via SWNS) A "peculiar" ancient relative of the crocodile started life on four legs before it began…...
Teeny tiny fossil reveals clues about evolution of primates
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (459+ words) Tiny fossill of purgatorius upper molar from Corral Bluffs in Denver. (Dr. Stephen Chester via SWNS) A fossil that would fit on a baby's fingertip has revealed fresh clues about the evolution of the earliest-known relative of all primates, including…...
Study finds triceratops" huge nose helped control body temperature
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (662+ words) Illustration of researchers hypothesized layout for the inside of Triceratops nasal cavity. (K. Sakane CC-BY-ND via SWNS) Triceratops had a huge nose to help control its body temperature, suggests a new study. Scientists wanted to know why the iconic triple-horned dinosaur…...