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THE DINOSAUR OF LAKE MICHIGAN to Bring Kerfuffle and Rabbit Foot Puppetry to Chicago Parks
7+ hour, 4+ min ago (350+ words) The outdoor puppet play uses recycled materials and live music to explore Great Lakes legends and environmental care. Get all the top news & discounts for Chicago & beyond. No password required. This summer, Kerfuffle, the award-winning midwestern theatre and dance company…...
Scientists think they know how the first birds on Earth learned to fly
7+ hour, 52+ min ago (986+ words) A computer model suggests Archaeopteryx may have used two or three powerful leaps to build enough speed for flight. Bird flight did not appear in its modern form all at once. Early feathered animals still carried dinosaur features, so the…...
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: An insight into the potential applications of µCT scans in palaeontological research
13+ hour, 3+ min ago (88+ words) Research in the museum The museum’s development into the 21st century Anyone interested in palaeontology is warmly invited to attend these museum meetings. All guests are welcome to attend the talks. They start at 6.00 pm in Lecture Theatre 8 of the Museum…...
Saltwater crocodiles vanished from Philippine coasts decades ago, and a 10-foot female’s rescue this August revealed more about captive wildlife than a comeback
7+ hour, 49+ min ago (715+ words) On Aug. 1, 2026, a 10 ft. female saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) was safely rescued in Barangay San Agustin, Magalang, By Sonia Ramírez · Editorial process A ten-foot crocodile turned up in a Philippine province where the species was believed extinct, but the place…...
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‘Very weird’: 236-million-year-old fossil proves mammals stopped laying eggs earlier than we thought
8+ hour, 3+ min ago (516+ words) Our understanding of mammalian reproduction is being reborn. Analysis of a 236-million-year old fossil could completely rewrite our understanding of how mammals gave birth, per a study in the journal Frontiers in Mammal Science. The groundbreaking remains belong to Chiniquodon…...
Crocodiles survived an era that wiped out the dinosaurs: What makes them such unusual survivors?
9+ hour, 4+ min ago (327+ words) About 66 million years ago, Earth went through one of the most violent turning points in its history. A huge asteroid struck near what is now Mexico, triggering rapid environmental changes and the extinction of roughly 75% of species in the fossil…...
'Big Pig Dig': In 1994, two hikers discovered a 34-million-year old site in South Dakota's Badlands with fossils of prehistoric rhinos, small horses and huge carnivorous pigs
9+ hour, 41+ min ago (198+ words) New Brunswick Crime News: 2 men found dead in Knowlesville home, cops launch probe Canada Class Action Lawsuit: $8.7 million settlement offers eligible Canadians up to $5,000 - Check who qualifies and how to claim compensation Quote of the Day by Charles Dickens: ‘There…...
Could we have farmed dinosaurs? Meet the tastiest dinosaurs that could have ended up on our plates??? had we lived alongside them???
9+ hour, 29+ min ago (246+ words) if we had started farming dinosaurs what would they have tasted like? We take a look at what the evidence tells us It’s nice to think that if we did co-exist with dinosaurs we’d do so in harmony, keeping them…...
Preserved in Stone for 150 Million Years, This Rare Footprint Trail Reveals Something Strange About the Way a Dinosaur Walked
10+ hour, 19+ min ago (351+ words) More than 130 footprints frozen in stone for 150 million years are giving scientists a front-row seat to a dinosaur’s ancient journey. Once reconstructed, the trail revealed how a 30-ton giant turned, walked, and moved in ways scientists never expected. Instead of…...