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Dinosaurs died out within hours, new study suggests
2+ hour, 51+ min ago (369+ words) Published Jul 28, 2026 9:00 AM EDT According to new evidence published today in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, the answer may be the flash-cooked scenario. “We’re in the realm where we might be essentially killing off everything within that first hour…...
Could Sheepstealer and other 'House of the Dragon' dragons actually fly?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (743+ words) Published Jul 15, 2026 9:01 AM EDT “You don’t have to be an air mechanics specialist like I am to know that if you put the wings on the very front of a Boeing 747, it isn’t going to fly,” Habib tells Popular Science....
Mislabeled saber-toothed cat fossil spent over 50 years hidden in a drawer
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (479+ words) 🛍️ Amazon Prime Day: The best deals chosen by our editors 🛍️ Published Jun 27, 2026 10:20 AM EDT A mislabelled fossil, forgotten and sitting in a museum drawer for decades is actually more special than previously thought. The skull fossil belongs to an ancient…...
Velociraptor's cousin flew like a flying squirrel
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (262+ words) Published Jun 4, 2026 1:39 PM EDT Experts now have a plausible suspect. According to a study published today in the Annals of Carnegie Museum, a cousin of the fearsome Velociraptor stalked the Changma Basin around 120 million years ago. But with its long…...
This T. rex could be yours for $30 million
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (443+ words) Published Jun 1, 2026 4:04 PM EDT Dinosaur enthusiasts with deep pockets will have their chance to buy one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever discovered. Meet Gus, a 12.5-foot tall skeleton that took paleontologists three years to excavate....
Golf ball-sized octopus discovered near the Galápagos Islands
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (384+ words) Published May 24, 2026 9:01 PM EDT A tiny, bright blue octopus Microeledone galapagensis is small enough to fit inside the palm of your hand, but good luck trying to meet one. According to marine biologists, you’ll likely have to settle with admiring…...
Why were T. rex’s arms so tiny?
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (243+ words) Published May 19, 2026 7:05 PM EDT “It’s a case of ‘use it or lose it,’” University College London paleontologist Charlie Scherer said in a statement. Scherer and his colleagues recently examined the data for 82 theropod species, including those in T. rex’s tyrannosaurid family....
1,000-year-old dingo bones show that it was injured, cared for, and ritually buried
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (220+ words) Published May 18, 2026 10:00 AM EDT The remains of an ancient dingo is shining new light on deep relationships between Australia’s First Nations and the wild dogs. Barkindji ancestors deliberately cared for and buried the dingo along the Baaka (Darling River) about…...
A new dinosaur dubbed the ‘Last Titan of Thailand’ weighed more than 9 elephants
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (257+ words) Published May 14, 2026 5:00 AM EDT Paleontologists found Nagatitan’s spine, rib, pelvis, and leg bones about 10 years ago. Its front leg bone alone was about as long as a human and the team believes that Nagatitan weighed 27 tonnes (or about 5,950 pounds) and…...
There’s a reason we don’t have birds the size of elephants
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1865+ words) By Stephen Brusatte / The Conversation Published May 12, 2026 9:54 AM EDT Exactly how did birds evolve from dinosaurs? It’s a mystery that has been with us for more than 150 years, and palaeontologists are still hunting for pieces of the puzzle today. Among…...