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Museum of the Rockies tech experts remodel dinosaur's face
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (20+ words) NBC Montana Museum of the Rockies tech experts remodel dinosaur's face...
The Heuchera Fyre Wing Series from Terra Nova Takes Flight
8+ hour, 33+ min ago (362+ words) Terra Nova Nurseries has announced the release of the Heuchera Fyre Wing™ Series, which is the first lace-leaf heuchera collection in the world and a new morphology for the genus. All images courtesy of Terra Nova Nurseries, Eberly & Collard Public…...
A paleontologist noticed the dirt inside a fossil rodent's empty tooth sockets was smoother than sediment should ever be — CT scans revealed up to six generations of bee nests, built and rebuilt in the same cavity over thousands of years.
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (216+ words) Paleontologist Lázaro W. Viñola-López, of Chicago's Field Museum, was cleaning fossil jawbones from an extinct Caribbean rodent called a hutia when he noticed something that did not sit right. By Science Blog Editorial Team · Editorial process Published July 20, 2026 The paper…...
Tuna didn't evolve because dinosaurs went extinct, study finds
6+ hour, 1+ min ago (895+ words) For a long time, the story of the tuna began with a catastrophe. An asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago, wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs, and cleared the oceans of their largest predatory fish. The tidy version says tunas and…...
Fossils of a Giant Salamander Over a Meter Long Discovered in Japan
9+ hour, 4+ min ago (193+ words) The fossils were collected between 1995 and 1997 in the Ajimu region of Oita Prefecture. These three isolated bones come from the Tsubusugawa Formation. Initially described in 2001, they were provisionally assigned to the genus Andrias. However, the Kyoto University team re-examined the…...
Jurassic Park Generation: the last farewell to the movie paleontologist who inspired us
9+ hour, 28+ min ago (398+ words) Jurassic Park Generation: the last goodbye to the paleontologist who inspired a whole generation Diari ARA One of the most iconic scenes in cinema is from Steven Spielberg's production In Jurassic Park (1993), paleobotanist Ellie Sattler âLaura Dernâ and paleontologist…...
Remains of a Giant Salamander Over One Meter Long Discovered in Japan
9+ hour, 44+ min ago (435+ words) inkorr.com Remains of a Giant Salamander Over One Meter Long Discovered in Japan New Genus of Extinct Giant Salamanders Identified On July 20, 19:02, researchers from Kyoto University in Japan announced the identification of a new genus and species of extinct…...
Reconstruction and key fossil features of the Osaka mosasaur specimen
8+ hour, 50+ min ago (101+ words) Life reconstruction of the mosasaur specimen discovered in Osaka Prefecture, Japan (top), and fossil images of the basisphenoid bone (bottom). The basisphenoid exhibits a unique combination of anatomical features, including short laterally projecting processes and the absence of a ventral…...
Oxford Museum of Natural History finishes largest redisplay in its history
15+ hour, 25+ min ago (308+ words) Alistair Hardaker | Images: Fisher Studios and Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford University of Oxford museum completes its eight-year ‘Life, as we know it’ project, with new dinosaur displays opening on 20 July. The Museum of Natural History at the…...
Fossils of giant salamander over 1 meter long found in Japan
9+ hour, 4+ min ago (193+ words) The fossils were collected between 1995 and 1997 in the Ajimu region of Oita Prefecture. These three isolated bones come from the Tsubusugawa Formation. Initially described in 2001, they were provisionally assigned to the genus Andrias. However, the Kyoto University team re-examined the…...