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Virginia Tech student identifies new meat-eating dinosaur three times older than T. rex
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (389+ words) A Virginia Tech student just made a discovery that's giving scientists something to roar about. On the surface, it might look like just a lumpy, pockmarked fossil, but for senior geosciences major Simba Srivastava, it's a window into a meat-eating…...
Dinosaurs were thriving in North America before the mass-extinction asteroid strike, study suggests
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (450+ words) This illustration provided by researchers in October 2025 depicts an Alamosaurus sanjuanensis in southern North America as an asteroid hits the Earth 66 million years ago, causing mass extinction. (Natalia Jagielska/New Mexico State University via AP) Scientists have long debated whether…...
Scientists say the world's oldest octopus fossil isn't an octopus after all
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (530+ words) LONDON " A 300-million-year-old tentacled sea creature has lost its crown as the world's oldest octopus, after scientists found evidence that it's not an octopus at all. Newly published research concludes that fossilized remains listed by Guinness World Records as the…...
Ethiopian fossil Lucy leaves for her first exhibition in Europe
8+ mon, 20+ hour ago (509+ words) ADDIS ABABA " The human ancestor fossil known as Lucy left Ethiopia for display in a European museum, Ethiopian national media reported Friday, citing Tourism Minister Selamawit Kassa. Lucy's skeleton, which is 40% complete, left Ethiopia on Friday and will be displayed…...