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A dinosaur-themed self-guided art exhibit set to open this weekend - AOL
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (209+ words) Get ready to step into the prehistoric world of dinosaurs this summer with the Artzeum: Stomp, Chomp and Create, located at the Kemp Center for the Arts. The Arts Council Wichita Falls is hosting the free, interactive, self-guided children's exhibit…...
Researchers study microfossils at Toadstool Geologic Park
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (477+ words) The thrill of discovering an ancient beaver fossil or'locating'freshwater fish fossils exactly where scientists expected to find them'based on modeling'developed'studying in Paraguay was on display at Toadstool Geologic Park and Trailside Museum this month." Researchers from four institutions set up…...
Unearth a Story Summer Reading Program
9+ hour, 13+ min ago (175+ words) | Jackson Star and Herald - Ripley and Ravenswood WV News The Jackson County Public Library in Ravenswood has had some mighty visitors for their Summer Reading Program. Dinosaurs have taken over the Jackson County Public Library in Ravenswood. There were several…...
Scientists discover a giant crocodile that lived millions of years ago, measuring over 8 meters, which reigned in the rivers of ancient Kenya and could hunt early humans near the water.
11+ hour, 57+ min ago (714+ words) A giant crocodile over 8 meters long lived in the rivers and lakes of ancient Kenya and was likely among the largest predators in its environment. Fossils found in the Turkana Basin indicate that Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni may have coexisted with hominids…...
Prehistoric dog-sized predator: largest known scorpion on Earth found in ancient rocks of Britain
8+ hour, 7+ min ago (1176+ words) Scientists have described the largest known fossil scorpion, which lived about 415 million years ago in what is now the United Kingdom during the Early Devonian period. The species, named Praearcturus gigas, reached an estimated length of about 1 meter. Its claws…...
Tiny fossils solve a decades-old mystery about early animal life
15+ hour, 12+ min ago (921+ words) For years, a single fossil barely a tenth of an inch across sat at the center of a running argument. Dug from limestone in southern China, it was either an early animal colony, a kind of seaweed, or possibly something…...
Record-breaking dinosaur on display at Sam Noble Museum helps highlight new traveling exhibit
11+ hour, 51+ min ago (100+ words) A skull on display in the "Bizarre Headgear" exhibit at the Sam Noble Museum. Kyle Davies, a vertebrate paleontologist preparator at the Sam Noble Museum, talks about the record-breaking Pentaceratops featured in the museum. Museum staff and volunteers work to…...
Dinoroarus returns to Saint Louis Zoo
11+ hour, 39+ min ago (207+ words) The Saint Louis Zoo will transport guests millions of years back in time starting Friday, June 19, at Dinoroarus, a returning, temporary attraction for all-ages. The walkthrough experience will feature 20 animatronic dinosaurs and sculptures that will move, roar, spit and chomp…...
Scientists Found Fossil Of 120-Million-Year-Old Birdlike Dinosaur In China
17+ hour, 35+ min ago (13+ words) NDTV...
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