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tpr.org > news > 2026-03-20 > meet-doolysaurus-the-small-and-maybe-fuzzy-new-dinosaur-discovered-by-ut-austin-researchers

Meet Doolysaurus, the small (and maybe fuzzy) new dinosaur discovered by UT Austin researchers

2+ hour, 49+ min ago  (1028+ words) Around a hundred million years ago, a small, possibly fuzzy baby dinosaur about two years old died amid the harsh Cretaceous landscape. Fast forward to now, and that little dinosaur is the center of an exciting new discovery in Korea…...

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tpr.org > 2026-02-05 > searching-for-dinosaur-secrets-in-crocodile-bones

Searching for dinosaur secrets in crocodile bones

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1084+ words) Until now, estimating how old a dinosaur was when it died has been a fairly simple process " just count up the growth rings in its fossilized bones. "We always thought that those rings were formed annually," says Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, a…...

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tpr.org > 2026-02-04 > how-a-black-fossil-digger-became-a-superstar-in-the-very-white-world-of-paleontology

How a Black fossil digger became a superstar in the very white world of paleontology

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1534+ words) Lazarus Kgasi walks with ease across a gently rolling landscape about an hour's drive outside of Pretoria, South Africa. A few trees are sprinkled here and there but it's mostly grass. Kgasi, a tall man with a big smile, knows…...

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tpr.org > 2025-12-31 > the-year-in-science-from-a-tiny-t-rex-to-interstellar-visitors

The year in science: From a tiny T. rex to interstellar visitors | TPR

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (124+ words) The year in science: From a tiny T. rex to interstellar visitors'Texas Public Radio | TPR 2025 was a year packed with scientific discovery, with stories as large as the galaxy and as small as the DNA from a 24-million-year-old rhinoceros tooth (albeit…...

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tpr.org > 2025-12-04 > this-high-arctic-rhino-may-change-what-we-know-about-ancient-animal-migrations

This High Arctic rhino may change what we know about ancient animal migrations

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (795+ words) Researchers from the Canadian Museum of Nature (CMN) have identified a new species of rhino that once roamed Canada's High Arctic 23 million years ago. The extinct rhinoceros, described in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, is the northernmost rhino known to…...

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tpr.org > 2025-08-20 > a-discovery-sheds-new-light-on-how-different-types-of-early-humans-coexisted-long-ago

A discovery sheds new light on how different types of early humans coexisted long ago

7+ mon, 3+ hour ago  (441+ words) Maybe you've seen the T-shirts or the mugs, the silhouette of an ape standing up straighter and straighter, finally morphing into a modern coffee-drinking man. Scientists have long known human evolution was not so straightforward. NPR's Nate Rott reports on…...

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tpr.org > 2025-07-13 > a-denver-science-museum-found-its-newest-fossil-by-accident-in-its-own-parking-lot

A Denver science museum found its newest fossil by accident... in its own parking lot

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (278+ words) Denver museum officials found a fossil 750 feet under a parking lot through a 5-inch opening. The Denver Museum of Nature and Science just got a reminder of an old lesson - location, location, location. The museum has a very popular dinosaur…...

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tpr.org > 2025-06-06 > a-surprise-find-in-michigan-shows-the-extent-of-ancient-native-american-agriculture

A surprise find in Michigan shows the extent of ancient Native American agriculture

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1118+ words) Archeologists studying a forested area in northern Michigan say they've uncovered what is likely the largest intact remains of an ancient Native American agricultural site in the eastern half of the United States. The researchers used a drone equipped with…...

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tpr.org > science > 2025-03-18 > hunter-discovers-rare-mammoth-tusk-on-west-texas-ranch

Hunter discovers rare mammoth tusk on West Texas ranch

1+ year, 2+ day ago  (1174+ words) The terrain of Texas never ceases to reveal hidden treasures of the past. In fact, just this last December, a West Texas hunter's day out turned prehistoric when he noticed something peculiar in a dry creek bed. Bryon Schroeder, archeologist…...