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Backyard birds have a deep dino history
5+ hour, 22+ min ago (298+ words) In "The Story of Birds," the familiar creatures in our skies and backyards are reintroduced as the last surviving dinosaurs. The following is an excerpt from "The Story of Birds: A New History from Their Dinosaur Origins to the Present…...
Prehistoric Planet" Defrosts Strange Animals Of The Ice Age
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (239+ words) Koalas with the bodies of lions. Elephants the size of your dog. Gigantic, 8-foot-tall sloths. These aren't creatures found in science fiction: They walked our planet a million years ago, during the Ice Age. Joining Host Ira Flatow to thaw…...
Were Dinos On Their Way Out Before The Asteroid Hit? Maybe Not
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (217+ words) This segment is part of the Paleontology spotlight Host Ira Flatow is joined by authors on those separate studies, paleontologists Steve Brusatte and Lindsay Zanno. Keep up with the week's essential science news headlines, plus stories that offer extra joy…...
Remembering Primatologist Jane Goodall
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (141+ words) Host Ira Flatow shares his memories of Dr. Goodall, including an interview from 2002 in which she discussed her life and work. Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, was a primatologist as well as the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and a…...
A Reptile's Baffling Backfin And The Math Of Dashing Dinos
9+ mon, 2+ day ago (280+ words) Host Flora Lichtman talks to evolutionary biologist Richard Prum about this dramatic dorsal mystery and what it tells us about the evolution of dinosaurs, birds, and feathers." Plus, how fast did dinosaurs run? It turns out that the equation scientists…...
A Dino's Last Dinner And Eavesdropping Birds
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (206+ words) Invest in quality science journalism by making a donation to Science Friday. Dr. Stephen Poropat is a paleontologist and deputy director of the Western Australian Organic and Isotope Geochemistry Centre at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. Andrew Dreelin is a…...