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Become a Paleontologist from July 1 through August 2 at Nicosia Mall
4+ hour, 3+ min ago (191+ words) Come to Nicosia Mall and see impressive figures and structures up close through August 2, along with an interactive workshop and store for kids and adults. At the main outdoor entrance, you'll be greeted by an impressive 6-meter-tall brachiosaurus, while on…...
Chinese Velociraptor cousin had a taste for birds
2+ week, 4+ day ago (683+ words) About 120 million years ago in what is now northwestern China, many kinds of birds flocked to a lakeside ecosystem. This dense avian population would "have offered a smorgasbord for a small and opportunistic carnivorous dinosaur. Researchers have now discovered fossils…...
Scientists dig up Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur in Thailand
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (608+ words) Along a meandering river in a warm and arid region that is now Thailand roughly 113 million years ago, a plant-eating behemoth almost 90 feet (27 meters) "long browsed on the treetops without much fear of predators due to its sheer size. This…...
Dinosaur collagen used to create one-of-a-kind handbag
2+ mon, 2+ week 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…...
Baby long-necked dinosaurs were a "perfect snack" for predators
4+ mon, 3+ week 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…...
Thousands of dinosaur footprints found on Alpine cliffs near Winter Olympics site
5+ mon, 4+ 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,…...