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Summer reading is off to an amazing start with dinosaurs galore at our library branches! \
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Dinosaur Outpost Kicks Off Summer With New Interactive Vet Clinic Exhibit
9+ hour, 47+ min ago (207+ words) LAS VEGAS" Dinosaur Outpost, a premier family-friendly attraction known for its immersive prehistoric adventures, is excited to announce the opening of the new interactive vet clinic experience. Now open to the public, the new exhibit allows guests to become dinosaur…...
Railly News - Britain's First Rulers Were Spiders
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (213+ words) P. gigas likely occupied the top of its food chain, preying on smaller marine and terrestrial creatures. Its anatomy suggests a hunting strategy based on brute strength rather than venom. While some ancient arachnids relied heavily on poisonous stingers, this giant…...
Half-Ton Cattle Relatives Roamed Europe 4 Million Years Ago | Sci. News
56+ min ago (162+ words) Near-complete bovine skeletons unearthed the Early Pliocene site of Camp dels Ninots in northeastern Spain reveal that the ancestors of today's buffalo and cattle were already growing to impressive sizes long before humans arrived on the continent....
While Splitting Rocks in Wyoming, a High School Student Discovered a Giant Complete Prehistoric Fish Skull Buried for 52 Million Years
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (648+ words) When a student spotted unusual features hidden inside ancient rock, no one realized they were looking at the beginning of an extraordinary skull discovery. A California high school student participating in a summer paleontology program has discovered the remarkably preserved…...
How a fossil discovered in New Zealand in 1988 became a new whale species decades later
6+ hour, 16+ min ago (183+ words) The Times of India - How a fossil discovered in New Zealand in 1988 became a new whale species decades later How a decades-old fossil rewrote the story of baleen whale origins How the New Zealand fossil helped researchers study early whale…...
Grown-ups! "Unearth a Story" during the Summer Read
5+ hour, 2+ min ago (273+ words) Join us for our second annual Summer Read! This exciting community-wide summer book club encourages the Boothbay region to read the same book during the summer, then gather to discuss it with other community members. This year, we are digging…...
Dino-Palooza Coming to Anniston Public Library June 11
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (213+ words) ANNISTON, AL " Dinosaurs will take center stage at the Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County on June 11 as the library hosts Dino-Palooza, a family-friendly event designed to combine education and entertainment for children of all ages. Scheduled for Thursday, June 11, at…...
For this Alabama Paleontologist, his work looks to the future
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (682+ words) I'm in a car with Jun Ebersol, a paleontologist based at the Mc Wane Science Center in Birmingham, and on a recent morning we made our way to South Alabama to look for fossils. "It's a really remarkable area down…...
Briefing chat: Spinosaurs with salt glands could have lived in marine environments
15+ hour, 7+ min ago (23+ words) Nature staff discuss some of the week’s top science news. Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 05 June 2026...