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Newly discovered dinosaur species was a fish-eater with a huge horn
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (400+ words) A newly discovered species of large dinosaur lived in marshy areas, hunted for fish and had an impressive horn protruding from its skull. It is the first time in over 100 years that scientists have discovered a new species of Spinosaurus…...
This High Arctic rhino may change what we know about ancient animal migrations
2+ 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…...
Jurassic Parking: St. Pete garage to feature dinosaur skeleton
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (736+ words) A public parking garage's rooftop garden will offer St. Petersburg office workers, hotel guests and residents a prehistoric amenity " rare dinosaur bones. Sidd Pagidipati, co-founder of Tampa-based Ellison Development, named the ancient skeleton Devaiah after his father. The Central's 11-story…...
That zing in your teeth from a cold treat? Blame this ancient armored fish
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (1384+ words) The sometimes uncomfortable sensations we feel in our teeth may be an evolutionary holdover from the scaly exteriors'of ancient armored fish. Yara Haridy, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago, likes to stun people by telling them that our…...
Our sensitive teeth likely evolved from the armor of ancient fish
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (648+ words) A new study reveals that the sensitivity of teeth, which makes them zing in a dentist's chair or ache after biting into something cold, can be traced back to the exoskeletons of ancient, armored fish. (SOUNDBITE OF DRILL WHIRRING) The…...