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Botanical Pompeii" shows plants thrived before dinosaur extinction
5+ min ago (921+ words) (Brian Engh via SWNS) The discovery of a "botanical Pompeii" has rewritten a long-held theory that flowering plants only flourished after the dinosaurs. The "unique" fossil find shows they were in fact blooming 10 million years before dinosaurs were wiped out,…...
Ancient flowering plants may have used dinosaurs to spread their seeds
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (252+ words) Fossils upend a long-held theory about angiosperm evolution Extinct rodentlike mammals and dinosaurs may have been some of the vertebrates lured by flowering plants' fleshy fruits over 74 million years ago. Fruit salad may have been on the menu for some…...
Jurassic Park trivia and more with the library
3+ hour, 6+ min ago (491+ words) Great Bend Tribune Greetings from the Great Bend Public Library! On Thursday, June 25, we have some more prehistoric fun in store at Dry Lake Brewing with Jurassic Park Trivia. We have some amazing prizes for this summer trivia, so if…...
Ice Age giants roar back at Sydney Zoo
6+ hour, 25+ min ago (258+ words) Posted by Brian Laul | Jun 25, 2026 | Around Us, issue 236 | 0 | Life-sized Woolly Mammoths, Sabre-Tooth Tigers and Dire Wolves are roaring back to Sydney Zoo as Creatures of the Ice Age returns for the winter school holidays. Running from 26 June to 16 August, the…...
Understanding The Largest Known Prehistoric Turtle From 80 Million Years Ago
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (646+ words) Author: Author Arwen Kent, Bachelor of Science Home " News " Understanding The Largest Known Prehistoric Turtle From 80 Million Years Ago Archelon was a giant prehistoric turtle that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, around 80 to 66 million years ago. This sea turtle…...
Unearth a Story" this Summer at the Apache Junction Library - Apache Junction / Gold Canyon Independent
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (74+ words) Unearth a Story" this Summer at the Apache Junction Library yourvalley. net The Apache Junction Public Library invites the community to "Unearth a Story" during this year"s summer reading program through July 18. Open to readers of all ages, the…...
Dinosaurs return to Eden for spectacular prehistoric experience
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (365+ words) The programme will see the Eden Project transform its home into a prehistoric playground THE Eden Project has announced the return of one of its best-loved family experiences. A decade on from Eden's famous Dinosaur Uprising, Dinosaurs Return launches for…...
Community invited to donate, sew fabric as part of project for Racine Art Museum
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (158+ words) This rendering shows what the Racine Art Museum, 441 Main St. , could look like after artist Amanda Browder weaves colorful fabric between the building's acrylic-paneled exterior l. .. Javascript is required to use this website. RACINE " Community members can help an artist transform…...
Welcome home Big Al: Allosaurus returns to Greybull
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (1034+ words) Nolan O'Neal, left, and Erik Kvale carefully attach Big Al's skull to its neck Friday evening at the Historic Red Shell School. Lisa Kunkel Thirty-five years ago, a team of paleontologists from Switzerland made a groundbreaking discovery at the western…...
Dinosaur traveling museum to visit Bowie
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (202+ words) Commissioners return unspent state grant funds Saint Jo Council calls November election Sports, cookoff, barrels kick off Jim Bowie Days Amateur radio group readies field day June 27-28 Pair takes plea in injury to a child case Bowie High School receives…...