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How hurricanes triggered lizards' rapid evolution: Short Wave
2+ hour, 50+ min ago (112+ words) The brown anole, Anolis sagrei, which scientists used in laboratory experiments to determine whether the silver key anoles on Turks and Caicos had adapted differently. Day's Edge Productions hide caption This study is out now in the journal Current Biology....
The art of bringing dinosaurs back to life (NPR+): TED Radio Hour
1+ week, 5+ day ago (588+ words) When Manoush visited the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum for our 2024 episode, “The day the dinosaurs died” (https://n.pr/4xldbPo), she saw a museum breaking conventions. The exhibits didn’t have bones. Instead, true-to-life models of dinosaurs jumped across the aisles or swam through…...
Mystery bidder buys T. rex nicknamed 'Gus' for a record $50 million
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (536+ words) NEW YORK — A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil billed as one of the world's largest and most complete specimens was sold for a record $50.1 million Tuesday to a mystery bidder. Sotheby's said the 67-million-year-old fossil, nicknamed "Gus," is now the most expensive…...
Want to own a real T. rex? It could cost you $30 million
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (508+ words) "Gus," a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, is pictured during a press preview at Sotheby's in New York City on July 1. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption If you ever wanted to own an actual T. rex and not just a…...
In Washington, anyone can volunteer to dig up ancient treasures like mammoth bones: NPR
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (19+ words) In Washington state, volunteers have helped researchers by digging up mammoth bones and other ancient natural artifacts for years....
Researchers unearth Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (505+ words) An artistic illustration of the Nagatitan, the largest dinosaur discovered in Southeast Asia. Patchanop Boonsai hide caption Researchers have identified a new species of dinosaur in Thailand, the largest found in Southeast Asia. It would have been about 90 feet long…...
Researchers find evidence for possibly the largest invertebrates — colossal octopuses
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (45+ words) NPR Researchers find evidence for possibly the largest invertebrates — colossal octopuses Fossil research shows that an enormous "kraken-like" octopus stalked the seas during the Cretaceous period, competing with large apex predators. Become an NPR sponsor...
Scientists thought this fossil was a teen T. rex. Turns out it's a new tyrannosaur
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (1379+ words) In this illustration, a pack of Nanotyrannus attacks a juvenile T. rex. Scientists say a well-known fossil shows that there was more than one tyrannosaur species roaming what is now western North America. Anthony Hutchings/Friends of the NC Museum of…...
Newly discovered dinosaur species was a fish-eater with a huge horn
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (480+ words) Paleontologists Paul Sereno and Dan Vidal take notes on a massive hind limb of a new long-necked dinosaur, its femur measuring nearly 2m in length, at the Jenguebi dig site in Niger in November 2022. Matthew Irving/Fossil Lab/University of Chicago…...
Opinion: An ancient, sophisticated palate
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (329+ words) NPR We might look at cave paintings and conclude that our prehistoric ancestors speared a bison or saber-toothed tiger and just hefted their carcasses into a fire. But new research suggests that our forebears had more varied and cosmopolitan tastes,…...