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Alcovasaurus: The Wyoming Dinosaur That Almost Went Extinct Again After Discovery
1+ hour, 5+ min ago (1713+ words) Only one specimen of Alcovasaurus has ever been found, named for the tiny Wyoming town of Alcova, where it was discovered more than 100 years ago. It almost went extinct again when a burst pipe destroyed most of the fossils at…...
Rare Fossils in Amber Raise Questions About Secret Lives of Cretaceous Insects
2+ hour ago (617+ words) Insects play a critical role in ecosystems but, because they are so rarely preserved as fossils, it's hard to study their roles from habitats millions of years old. But fossilized tree resin can occasionally preserve an insect within its amber,…...
Library book returned more than 60 years late
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (125+ words) A library has said it will happily "waive the fine" on a library book that was returned more than 60 years late. Darlington Library said the copy of Dogs and Their Management by Frederick Cousens was due back on 8 September 1962. The…...
Darlington library book returned more than 60 years late
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (188+ words) A library has said it will happily "waive the fine" on a library book that was returned more than 60 years late. Darlington Library said the copy of Dogs and Their Management by Frederick Cousens was due back on 8 September 1962. The…...
Wasp Nest
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (1863+ words) Home " Wildlife " Insects " Wasp Nest Have you ever stumbled upon a strange, elaborate structure hanging from a tree or a building and wondered what it is? If you have, it's a high chance it was a wasp nest." These fascinating…...
The Oldest Known Land Animal Vomit Reveals a Savage Prehistoric Food Web
5+ hour, 14+ min ago (702+ words) Home " Science " Paleontology Ancient fossilized vomit reveals one of the earliest snapshots of life on land. Nearly 290 million years ago, a predator roaming a river valley on the supercontinent Pangaea ate more than it could chew. It devoured several animals'and…...
How the Largest Dinosaurs Compared to Today’s Giants
6+ hour, 5+ min ago (209+ words) When we contemplate the mightiest creatures to ever roam our planet, dinosaurs immediately come to mind as the undisputed champions of size and scale. These prehistoric behemoths, particularly the sauropods, achieved dimensions that seem almost mythical by today's standards. Yet…...
Evolutionary mystery solved: Earth’s first animals had no skeletons
6+ hour, 33+ min ago (883+ words) Life in the ocean looked very different more than 600 million years ago. No fish swam in the water and no large animals moved across the seafloor. Some of the earliest animals were sponges, and new research shows that those first…...
Moths survived 300 million years - why are they vanishing now?
8+ hour, 20+ min ago (1140+ words) Moths and butterflies " collectively known as Lepidoptera " account for nearly 10% of all animal species on Earth. In some ecosystems, their caterpillars consume more living leaves than every other animal there combined. They live fast, too. In roughly 10% of Lepidoptera species,…...
Prehistoric road trip: Dinosaur adventures through the American West
8+ hour, 34+ min ago (1765+ words) A triceratops on display at the Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience near Ca'on City, Colorado. Credit: Yutao Chen/The Washington Post RED FLEET STATE PARK, Utah - A three-toed footprint appeared in the rock, slightly longer than my hiking boot. The outlines…...