5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (477+ words) Researchers say they've unearthed evidence for what may be the largest invertebrate ever described, an ancient, enormous octopus. Here's science reporter Ari Daniel. ARI DANIEL, BYLINE: Fossils usually form from bones and other hard materials. Soft parts - not so much....

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (76+ words) KNAU - On Air Now Playing NPR News and Talk - On Air Now Playing Classical Music and NPR News The method for estimating a dinosaurs' age at death may be off, research suggests A growing body of research on dinosaurs' closest…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (443+ words) A dinosaur that roamed modern-day Morocco more than 165 million years ago had a neck covered in three-foot long spikes, a weapon on its tail and bony body armor, according to researchers who unearthed the curious beast's remains. The discovery of…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (441+ words) Maybe you've seen the T-shirts or the mugs, the silhouette of an ape standing up straighter and straighter, finally morphing into a modern coffee-drinking man. Scientists have long known human evolution was not so straightforward. NPR's Nate Rott reports on…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (210+ words) Scientists have discovered an entirely new species in northern Arizona, but it has been extinct for more than 220 million years. Akidostropheus Oligos was an aquatic dinosaur with a neck longer than both its body and tail combined. It swam and…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (212+ words) If you find a bird feather " how can you tell which species it belongs to? An ornithologist in the Forensic Laboratory at the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service pondered this question, after receiving numerous calls from special agents looking for a…...