1+ hour, 7+ min ago  (805+ words) Not a dinosaur but a mosasaur " a gigantic ocean apex predator that lived about 80 million years ago Paleontologists have long hailed Tyrannosaurus rex as king of the dinosaurs. Now, the name "T. rex" also belongs to a newly described extinct carnivore…...

11+ mon, 6+ day ago  (727+ words) A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head. The insect, along with a second specimen of a young ant infected with…...