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Dinosaur collagen used to create one-of-a-kind handbag

2+ hour, 21+ min ago  (384+ words) Scientists and designers recently unveiled a handbag made with collagen derived from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils from the US "in a unique creation intended to demonstrate the value of laboratory-grown leather. The teal-coloured bag will be displayed on a rock in…...

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Baby long-necked dinosaurs were a "perfect snack" for predators

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (509+ words) It may have been suicidal for a predator to go after a healthy adult Brachiosaurus, a behemoth weighing perhaps 60 tons that was a member of the long-necked group of dinosaurs called sauropods that included the largest land animals ever on…...

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Thousands of dinosaur footprints found on Alpine cliffs near Winter Olympics site

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (312+ words) Italian paleontologists have uncovered thousands of dinosaur footprints on a near-vertical rock face more than 2, 000 metres above sea level in the Stelvio National Park, a discovery they say is among the world's richest sites for the Triassic period. The tracks,…...

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Oldest-known ant preserved in 113 million-year-old Brazilian fossil

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (653+ 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…...