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When the asteroid killed the dinosaurs: Blow-by-blow account
2+ hour ago (1601+ words) By Michael J. Benton, University of Bristol and Monica Grady, The Open University A great Tyrannosaurus rex strides through the conifer trees of her territory, sniffing the air. She picks up the scent from the carcass of a dead horned dinosaur,…...
Ancestors of mammals laid eggs, says new fossil evidence
4+ week, 1+ day ago (693+ words) Co-author Jennifer Botha of the University of the Witwatersrand said: The scientists published their study in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One on April 9, 2026. Lystrosaurus was a strange-looking beast. It had a sprawling piglike body, with a horny turtlelike beak on…...
Fossils show humans" invertebrate ancestors are older than we thought
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (983+ words) By Luke Parry, University of Oxford; Frankie Dunn, University of Oxford, and Gaorong Li, University of Oxford Animal life is extraordinarily diverse and complex, having colonized almost all environments on Earth, from hostile hydrothermal vents in the deep sea to…...
New dinosaur named for iconic Korean cartoon character Dooly
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (719+ words) Jongyun Jung, at the University of Texas at Austin, is the lead author of the new paper. Jung said: Dooly is one of the very famous, iconic dinosaur characters in Korea. Every generation in Korea knows this character. And our…...
Spectacular new Spinosaurus found in Niger, Africa
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (632+ words) Sereno and his colleagues published their findings in the peer-reviewed journal Nature on February 19, 2026. These dinosaurs had upward-projecting bones from their backs, creating stunning sail-like features. The animals likely used the sail for display, and it may have even regulated…...
New clues to woolly rhino extinction found in wolf's stomach
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (628+ words) Earth Sky's 2026 lunar calendar is available now. Get yours today! Makes a great gift. Camilo Chac'n-Duque of Stockholm University is a co-author of the new paper on these results. He said: Sequencing the entire genome of an Ice Age animal…...