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Mammoth DNA Unearthed from 700, 000-Year-Old Ground Squirrel Fossilized Droppings
10+ hour, 7+ min ago (227+ words) Canadian researchers have analyzed ground squirrel coprolites dating back up to 700, 000 years. Within 13 permafrost samples, they discovered DNA from plants, insects, microbes, hares, bison, horses, mammoths, gray wolves, and large cats. Published on June 12 in the journal Nature Communications, this…...
Platypus Return
8+ hour, 29+ min ago (248+ words) Platypuses are breeding once again in Australia's Hacking River after being reintroduced to Royal National Park near Sydney three years ago." By TPN, in Asia, World, Environment " 13 Jun 2026, 18: 31 " 0 Comments Researchers describe the project as a victory, with evidence suggesting the…...
City libraries kick'off summer reading program
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (595+ words) Families were taken on a prehistoric adventure during the Old Town Newhall Library's Summer Reading Kick-Off on Saturday, an event aimed to encourage'children'to keep reading during summer'break andbecome a part of the library fold and family." The summer reading program…...
Record year at Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre AGM
9+ hour, 58+ min ago (508+ words) Enjoy food trucks, kid's activities, Culture Fest, & music by the Cracked Eggshell! See full schedule Learn to plant a tree, help plant new trees in Ash Park, and receive a free tree certificate! Register The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre is…...
A new species of feathered dinosaur has been discovered in South Korea
17+ hour, 37+ min ago (117+ words) Turkmenportal. com Paleontologists have described a new species of dinosaur, the remains of which were found in South Korea. The animal has been named "Dulisaurus" after the cartoon character and paleontologist Min Huh. Dulisaurus was a bipedal omnivorous dinosaur covered…...
Mysterious Predator That Butchered Ancient Birds Is Finally Unmasked
8+ hour, 59+ min ago (190+ words) For years, a mysterious predator haunted the fossil beds of Changma Basin in northwest China....
Luis Alvarez: The Atomic Bomb, the Pyramids, and the Extinction of the Dinosaurs
20+ hour ago (1521+ words) American physicist Luis Alvarez, whose 115th birthday is celebrated on June 13, is renowned as the proposer of the theory that an asteroid was responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs at the boundary between the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. However, throughout…...
PHOTOS: Dinosaur fun at Mc Alester Public Library
10+ hour ago (142+ words) Mc Alester News-Capital A Southeastern Oklahoma Library Systems Children and Teen Services Librarian came from Coalgate to Mc Alester to share her Felt Dinos program as part of the Summer Reading Program. Children created felt dinosaurs as they learned, used…...
A Deep-Sea Robot Found a Megalodon Tooth 10, 000 Feet Below the Pacific in a Place No One Had Ever Explored
11+ hour, 45+ min ago (695+ words) Far below the Pacific Ocean, where few areas have ever been explored, researchers stumbled upon a mysterious tooth that had remained hidden for millions of years. A fossilized megalodon tooth has been discovered more than 10, 000 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean,…...
This Dinosaur Was Even Bigger Than a T-Rex'And Twice as Fast
12+ hour, 20+ min ago (406+ words) Home " News " This Dinosaur Was Even Bigger Than a T-Rex'And Twice as Fast Carcharodontosaurus carved out its niche as one of the Cretaceous period's top predators. Its habitat encompassed lush wetlands and relatively barren desert plains of modern-day North Africa,…...