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Dinosaurs of the Wild West (2027) - News
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Crocodiles Were Very Different Before the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs, New Research Says
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (295+ words) A fearsome killer croc seemingly moving at a snail’s pace, without a care in the world, isn’t lazy after all. Crocodiles are the prototypical cold-blooded creature. Both figuratively and literally. According to new research published in Paleobiology and detailed by…...
Fossil study suggests ancient crocodiles evolved to be cold-blooded only after a mass extinction
3+ hour, 43+ min ago (559+ words) Modern crocodiles are often seen as models of cold-blooded endurance, but new research points to a much more high-energy past for their ancestors. Researchers say the branch that led to today's crocodiles may have stayed warm-blooded until close to the…...
My summer with dinosaurs
4+ hour, 56+ min ago (693+ words) TWELVE-YEAR-OLD Ardenne High School student Kelile Asher is still basking in the joy of attending DinoCon 2026, the United Kingdom’s largest palaeontology-themed convention celebrating all things pre-historic. Kelile, who has long had a passion for palaeontology, was taken on the trip…...
Mogged By The Moschops | Paleontology
6+ hour, 54+ min ago (69+ words) Know Your Meme Jaden Newman Twitter Video Leak Owen Carry ⢠about a year ago Don Caldwell ⢠15 years ago Phillip Hamilton ⢠5 days ago X Will Appear As A Roaming Character During Universal Halloween Horror Nights Phillip Hamilton â…...
Sturgeon, 'living fossils,' may be way older than previously thought
5+ hour, 59+ min ago (893+ words) The Great Lakes may be home to some fish that were alive around the turn of the century. Findings by a team of researchers from Michigan State University, Michigan Technological University, and Michigan's and Wisconsin's respective departments of natural resources…...
Indian Valley Museum hosts picnic, fossil hunt day
12+ hour, 44+ min ago (230+ words) Woman dies following injuries sustained in Bug Fire Traffic controls set near Lake Almanor for undergrounding Indian Valley Museum hosts picnic, fossil hunt day RSVP required today for sunset ice cream social Plumas Arts presents 2026 Wild & Scenic Film Festival Community…...
Mystery of half-billion year old creature with no anus solved
20+ hour, 17+ min ago (233+ words) Scientists now understand how a tiny creature from long ago evolved to doing away with an anus. Professor Magnus Trout from the Isle of Wight Institute of Natural Sciences explains:- “During the course of the development of life on Earth,…...
Researchers have documented mugger crocodiles and American alligators positioning sticks and twigs on or around their snouts during birds’ nesting season — apparently using the sought-after nesting material as bait to lure birds within striking distance.
16+ hour, 56+ min ago (789+ words) Crocodiles may be smarter than we thought—or we may be reading too much into their stick-gathering habits near nesting birds. By Life Signs · Edited by Mal James Published August 22, 2026 · How we edit A crocodile lies still in shallow water…...
New comic Dino Town replaces long-running strip Shady Creek
16+ hour, 1+ min ago (98+ words) WUGA New comic Dino Town replaces long-running strip Shady Creek Joey Weiser has been publishing his monthly comic Shady Creek in Flagpole Magazine for the last two and a half years. Now, Shady Creek has come to an end, and…...