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In Washington, anyone can volunteer to dig up ancient treasures like mammoth bones: NPR
1+ hour, 50+ min 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
2+ day, 21+ hour 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
3+ week, 1+ day 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
6+ mon, 2+ 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
2+ mon, 3+ 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
2+ mon, 3+ day 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,…...
What crocodile bones teach us about dinosaurs: Short Wave
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (458+ words) Paleontologists have often determined how old a dinosaur was by counting the growth rings in its bones. Just like with trees, it was thought that each ring corresponded to a single year of age. But researchers who studied crocodiles at…...
Searching for dinosaur secrets in crocodile bones
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1377+ words) By looking at thin slices of crocodile bones, University of Cape Town paleobiologist Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan has concluded that researchers may have been overestimating some dinosaur ages. "It changes how we think about dinosaur growth," she says. Tommy Trenchard for NPR…...
How a Black fossil digger became a superstar in the very white world of paleontology
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1838+ words) Lazarus Kgasi entered the orbit of paleontology on a whim. After high school, he needed to support his family. He worked a couple of odd jobs before he was hired as a fossil digger. It would forever change his life....
The method for estimating a dinosaurs' age at death may be off, research suggests
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (59+ words) NPR The method for estimating a dinosaurs' age at death may be off, research suggests A growing body of research on dinosaurs' closest living relatives suggests the method that's been used to estimate how old a dinosaur was when it…...