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You can own a real T Rex named Gus for £23,000,000
10+ hour, 52+ min ago (803+ words) If you’ve ever thought that a Tyrannosaurus Rex would really complete your living room, do we have some good news for you. The New York auction house Sotheby’s has put a near-complete fossil of the dinosaur up for action. ‘Gus…...
Trashy 'T-Rex' caught leaving a Jurassic dump on CCTV
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (429+ words) Barney the Dinosaur has seemingly traded wholesome singing and hugs in a treehouse for fly-tipping in Southend-on-Sea as CCTV caught him purple-handed. The big purple dinosaur stopped to look both ways before crossing, so it’s either got road sense or…...
Earliest signs of life wriggling on Earth found in 3,300,000,000 year-old rock
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (685+ words) Humans, as goofy and dumb as we can be at times, are actually seriously complicated creatures. We’re made from organs, bones and a strange, wrinkly body part called the brain that may or may not be the reason we’re conscious…...
Nearly 13 million-year-old fossil named after Shakira 'because they're huge fans
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (415+ words) Researchers in Colombia have discovered a turtle fossil dating back 13 million years. Local farmers found a skull and shell from a species named Shakiremys Columbiana, after Grammy Award-winning singer Shakira. The ancient fossil was unearthed in La Victoria in the…...
166-million-year-old dinosaur footprints discovered in a UK quarry
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (486+ words) A joint venture between two UK universities has unveiled hundreds of dinosaur footprints in Oxfordshire, providing insight into the animals [166 million year old dinosaur footprints discovered in a UK quarry] Dinosaurs went extinct around 66 million years ago but their legacy…...
Meet the ratfish that use teeth-covered rods on their foreheads to have sex
10+ mon, 5+ day ago (577+ words) There’s no shame at all in having problems in the bedroom, but ‘sorry, my forehead teeth won’t get up,’ might be a new one. Male ratfish, also called ghost sharks, live in the depths of the north-eastern Pacific Ocean and have…...
The woolly mammoth and a 30ft sea cow could all soon be back from the dead
11+ mon, 4+ day ago (951+ words) If all goes to plan, Ben Lamm’s next Christmas card to his friends will be of him posing with a woolly mammoth and a dodo. Lamm, 43, is the billionaire entrepreneur who founded Colossal Biosciences, a genetic engineering company, in 2021. What…...
Rare fossil discovery reveals what dinosaurs sounded like
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (403+ words) Growling dinosaurs in Jurassic Park have instilled fear in generations of children. But would these giant reptiles be so scary if they didn’t growl at all, but chirped instead? Researchers in China have discovered a complete skeleton of an unknown…...