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These tiny dinosaur fossils fooled scientists for 20 years
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (790+ words) A long-standing puzzle involving dozens of unusually small dinosaur fossils has finally been resolved. Specimens once believed to represent a miniature species of armored dinosaur have now been identified as young ankylosaurs. This discovery is giving researchers a clearer picture…...
$3 million in rare books stolen from Whitney estate in 1980's returned to heirs
16+ hour, 28+ min ago (339+ words) Apr 20, 2026, 10: 26 PM A literary mystery that began inside a Long Island estate over 40 years ago has begun to unravel. Seventeen stolen rare books, worth an estimated $3 million, were returned Monday to the heirs of John Hay Whitney and Betsey Whitney,…...
University of Calgary Sets Record with Dinosaur Costume Party |
6+ hour, 27+ min ago (228+ words) Believe it or not: Dinos break record, have a roaring party'The Times of India The University of Calgary in Canada celebrated its 60th birthday with a dress-up party that could give Jurassic Park a run for its money! Altogether 682 people donned…...
New research on fish around the Rio Grande shed light on how quickly species can evolve
2+ hour, 35+ min ago (429+ words) The discovery has broad environmental implications for wildlife and humans alike. By Justin Doud April 21, 20268: 00 am Agriculture & Animals, Texas Standard Original Ratio Tile, CC BY-SA 4. 0, via Wikimedia Commons Minckley's chichlid is found only in a Chihuahuan desert oasis known as…...
A New Species Was Hiding in Plain Sight in Shanghai's Waterways, Scientists Say - AOL
19+ hour, 26+ min ago (474+ words) Sometimes the most remarkable discoveries happen in the most ordinary places. Not in a remote jungle or the deep ocean floor, but in a drainage canal on the outskirts of one of the world's biggest cities. In August 2024, researchers from…...
Millions of years old and still here. .. What exactly is a living fossil?
4+ hour, 34+ min ago (189+ words) Ben Garrod takes a look at what is meant by a living fossil The phrase "living fossil" is both widely used and widely argued over. It refers to an "archaic" species that has survived for a long time, whose anatomy…...
150-Year-Old Specimen Unveils Ancient Fish Evolution
5+ hour, 12+ min ago (524+ words) A new species of coelacanth has been identified from a 150-year-old fossil housed at London's Natural History Museum. Former University of Portsmouth palaeontology student Jack L. Norton located the coelacanth, which provides a crucial missing piece in the evolutionary history of…...
For 80 years, paleontologists dismissed the fossil as a teenage T. rex " until an analysis of the throat bone proved it was a distinct predator, ten times lighter and with larger claws than the largest carnivore in history.
6+ hour, 15+ min ago (1011+ words) Since 1942, when a mysterious skull was unearthed in the Hell Creek Formation, in Montana, United States, paleontologists debated whether that fossil belonged to a young Tyrannosaurus rex or a completely different species. The debate lasted eight decades. Now, studies published…...
Burlington Fletcher Free Library unveils rare medieval manuscript
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (256+ words) The public will have a rare chance to see a 532-year-old manuscript on display at the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. The manuscript, "Tractatus Exponibilium" by Pierre D'Ailly, is available for viewing in the Main Reading Room of the library,…...
Extremely rare books valued at nearly $3 million returned to New York family after 1980s theft
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (64+ words) Yahoo News UK Seventeen rare books that belonged to venture capitalist, ambassador, sportsman, WWII veteran and publisher John Hay Whitney were recently returned to his family after they were stolen from his Long Island, New York home between 1982 and 1989. The…...