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State Fair fun: Monty’s Traveling Reptile Show
7+ hour, 57+ min ago (41+ words) FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul FOX 9 hosts are joined at the Great Minnesota Get-Together by the crew of Monty’s Traveling Reptile Show who stopped by to show off some alligators, lizards, snakes and more....
Parkasaurus: Dinoluxe Edition Review
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (591+ words) It might sound like fun, but it’s pretty well documented how risky it is building and running a dinosaur themed visitor attraction. Still, that hasn’t stopped the folks at Washbear Studio, who offer exactly that opportunity in Parkasaurus: Dinoluxe Edition....
Six-Legged Robot Learns Walking From Insects
1+ day, 10+ min ago (85+ words) An AI system trained on just a few steps of stick insect movement helped a six-legged robot learn to walk in an hour and adapt to uneven terrain...
Young explorers study macroinvertebrates at Minneopa State Park
10+ hour, 36+ min ago (198+ words) Andrew Blahnik, right, a naturalist at Minneopa State Park, shows the Long family how to catch and collect macroinvertebrates on the banks of Minneopa Creek. Blahnik and Minneopa area naturalist Augusta Grumdahl held a small event called What’s in the…...
Insects' move to land unveiled in 324-million-year-old fossil
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (346+ words) inkorr.com Insects' move to land unveiled in 324-million-year-old fossil Out of the water and onto land: how a six-legged fossil rewrote insect evolution A newly described fossil species, Chosha praecursor, comes from the Tesnus Formation in West Texas, where…...
Bone-crushing dogs reveal new secrets at Ashfall Fossil Beds
22+ hour, 49+ min ago (336+ words) “We even find coprolites — fossil poop — that have chips of bone in it,” Matson said. “So, we know those are coming from a dog. But so far, no skeletons of the scavengers, so we don’t know if they survived the…...
The Ciutadella, essentially scientific
13+ hour, 32+ min ago (401+ words) Diari ARA Bad luck pursued the greenhouse of the Parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona in its early days The City Council announced a competition to urbanize the grounds of the military citadel, built in the 18th century by order of…...
324-Million-Year-Old Insect Fossil Reclassified Due to 24 Legs and Aquatic-Terrestrial Traits
9+ hour, 52+ min ago (909+ words) An insect fossil found in West Texas and mistaken for a juvenile crustacean for nearly 40 years has been identified as a 324-million-year-old animal, equipped with 24 legs and possible adaptations for both water and land. The specimen was collected in 1985 near…...
It has been discovered that insects that have not had sex for 1.5 million years still retain the mechanisms for sexual reproduction.
12+ hour, 33+ min ago (129+ words) GIGAZINE A study of stick insects that have evolved to reproduce asexually revealed that these insects retain mechanisms used for sexual reproduction. This raises questions about why these mechanisms, which haven't been used for up to 1.5 million years, remain. Dosage…...
PBS KIDS Character Buddy the Dinosaur Visits Museum for Special Meet-and-Greet
13+ hour, 49+ min ago (208+ words) SANTA BARBARA, CA—The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History invites families and dinosaur fans of all ages to meet Buddy the Dinosaur, the beloved PBS KIDS character from Dinosaur Train, during a special appearance on Sunday, September 13, 2026, from 10:30 AM…...