1+ week, 5+ day ago  (936+ words) A dinosaur head sculpture thought lost to the halls of history reappeared at The Durango Herald offices last month, resurrecting a scandal that once shook Durango like thunderous footsteps of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex. A benefactor delivered the sculpture along…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (322+ words) At first, researchers had only a tyrannosaur skull to go by, making it hard to tell if it belonged to a child or adult. Another skull and skeleton nicknamed Jane added to the debate, but didn't settle the controversy. Now…...

6+ mon, 5+ day ago  (384+ words) Almost all known amber deposits from the past 130 million years have been in the Northern Hemisphere, and it's long been "an enigma" that scientists have found few in southern regions that once comprised the supercontinent Gondwana, said David Grimaldi, an…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (411+ words) An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinc... An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of…...