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Newly identified long-necked dino weighed same as 9 elephants
49+ min ago (1434+ words) Artistic illustration of the Nagatitan. (Patchanop Boonsai via SWNS) A newly identified giant long-necked dinosaur weighed the same as nine adult elephants and was as long as three city buses, according to new research. Bones found at the edge of…...
New research suggests cavemen hunted turtles, but not to eat
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (940+ words) This illustration shows what it might have looked like around 125, 000 years ago: a European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) next to the foot of a European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus). (Nicole Viehofer / MONREPOS via SWNS) Cavemen hunted turtles " but not for…...
Ancient "octopus" fossil is actually a different species
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1234+ words) The fossil is actually a species related to a modern Nautilus, a multi-tentacled animal with an external shell. (Dr. Thomas Clements via SWNS) A 300-million-year-old fossil hailed as the world's oldest "octopus" has turned out to be something else altogether....
New ape discovery "reshaping" understanding of evolution
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1391+ words) The discovery of a new ape species that lived in Egypt 17 million years ago is "reshaping" the understanding of evolution. The fossil find suggests that the closest ancestors to modern apes may have emerged in northern Africa rather than in…...
Brain of flying reptile's ancestor rebuilt to find out how they took flight
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1358+ words) Paleontologist L'sie V. S. Damke holding an enlarged model of the brain of Venetoraptor gassenae. (Rodrigo Temp M'ller via SWNS) The brain of a 233-million-year-old ancestor of the first flying reptiles has been reconstructed in a bid to work out how they…...
Creature with twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth discovered
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (9+ words) KPVI...
'Immense' collection of dinosaur footprints found in Italy
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (1242+ words) Some of the prints clearly show toes and claws Hundreds of metres of dinosaur tracks with toes and claws have been found in the Italian Alps in a region that will host the 2026 Winter Olympics, authorities said Tuesday. "This set…...
ISU is Expanding the Idaho Museum of Natural History with a New Partnership
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (420+ words) The collaboration establishes a commitment to share and expand access to Idaho's natural history collections using existing state resources. The affiliate will be housed within U of I's department of earth and spatial sciences. Displays are planned throughout the Mines…...
The Idaho Museum of Natural History is Holding an Annual Event for Paleontology Lovers
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (448+ words) That starts October 17th with a special dinner and lecture by Dr. Josh Lively, the curator of paleontology at the Prehistoric Museum in Price, Utah. He will discuss Idaho's fossil record and describe his work on Gastonia, an armored dinosaur from…...
'Strangest' dinosaur covered in spiked armoury: scientists
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (980+ words) A digital reconstruction of 'Spicomellus afer', an ankylosaur dinosaur with bone spikes fused to each rib A dinosaur dubbed one of the "strangest" ever boasted an elaborate armoury of long bony spikes and a tail weapon, according to findings published…...