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World Book Day: Five times library books were over 100 years overdue
2+ hour, 53+ min ago (572+ words) April 23 (UPI) -- In celebration of Thursday's World Book Day, we're looking back at some of the most astonishing tales of overdue library books that were returned more than 100 years late. Thursday marks World Book Day, a celebration of literacy and…...
World's largest dinosaur footprint site identified in Bolivia - UPI. com
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (554+ words) Dec. 16 (UPI) -- More than 16, 600 footprints left by carnivorous dinosaurs of different sizes that walked, ran and even swam about 66 million years ago have been identified at the Carreras Pampa site inside Torotoro National Park in central Bolivia, making the country…...
Paleontologist, 'Jurassic Park' consultant out from university over Epstein ties
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (217+ words) March 4 (UPI) -- A paleontologist who was a consultant on the Jurassic Park movies is no longer with Chapman University Wednesday after emails he wrote to Jeffrey Epstein were released. Jack Horner, formerly a lecturer at Chapman University in Orange, Calif....
British library's overdue books turn up at thrift store 50 years later
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (209+ words) March 4 (UPI) -- Workers at a library in England got a "huge surprise" when a pair of books that were 50 years overdue turned up at a thrift store about 60 miles away. The Leeds City Council said in a news release that…...
Look: British library's overdue books turn up at thrift store 50 years later
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (209+ words) March 4 (UPI) -- Workers at a library in England got a "huge surprise" when a pair of books that were 50 years overdue turned up at a thrift store about 60 miles away. The Leeds City Council said in a news release that…...
Paleontologists discover dinosaur-era crocodile in Patagonia - UPI. com
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (338+ words) Aug. 29 (UPI) -- An interdisciplinary team of specialists from Argentina's National Scientific and Technical Research Council, or CONICET, discovered most of the skeleton -- including the skull and jaws -- of a large hypercarnivorous crocodile that lived in southern Argentina about 70 million years…...
New species of Prehistoric whale discovered off Australia - UPI. com
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (270+ words) Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Prehistoric fossils have led to the discovery of an ancient whale species off the coast of Australia. Scientists said the species, Janjucetus dullardi, is one of the earliest cousins of modern whales but was not an ocean giant,…...
Newly identified prehistoric creature found in Canada seen as a 'fascinating beast' - UPI. com
11+ mon, 16+ hour ago (487+ words) A group of Canadian fossils is identified as a new genus of the elasmosaurus "sea monster" that existed tens of millions of years ago, a newly published study announced. May 22 (UPI) -- A group of Canadian fossils is identified as a…...