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Underwater cave bones offer a new way to study extinct animals
44+ min ago (1038+ words) A new study has found that animal bones lying on the floors of underwater caves carry a hidden record of how they got there. The record reveals whether each bone settled while submerged or while sitting on dry ground. Much…...
Dinosaur-era fossil provides insight into snake evolution
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (726+ words) The fossil is of a snake called Tametara mirim that lived between 75 and 85 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period and measured about 17 inches (42 cm) long. It inhabited a lush ecosystem alongside animals including enormous long-necked, plant-eating dinosaurs, crocodiles and birds....
Dinosaur-era fossil provides insight into snake evolution | WKZO | Everything Kalamazoo | 590 AM · 106.9 FM
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (720+ words) July 23 (Reuters) – Snakes first appeared during the age of dinosaurs, but fossils of many early species are so fragmentary that scientists have had difficulty deciphering their evolution as a group. Now, a well-preserved fossil from southeastern Brazil is offering fresh…...
Empty seashells changed life in Earth's ancient oceans
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (757+ words) Long before coral reefs or modern seafloor ecosystems existed, the ocean floor was littered with something surprisingly unused: empty mollusk shells. New research reveals that around 470 million years ago, marine animals began colonizing the hollow interiors of these shells for…...
Families invited to crack the case at Nell Bank's Summer Discovery Days
5+ hour, 12+ min ago (327+ words) FAMILIES are invited to become nature detectives as the Nell Bank Charitable Trust launches its Nell Bank's Most Wanted Birds themed Discovery Days. Four action-packed outdoor family events taking place during the school holidays. Running on Thursday, July 30th and Friday,…...
Dinosaurs, fossils and bugs take over Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (274+ words) Dinosaurs and bugs may have millions of years separating them, but they're sharing the spotlight this summer at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Throughout July and August, the museum's Dino-Mite Summer will transform the Academy into a…...
Hood County Library's "Jurassic Journey"
11+ hour, 25+ min ago (151+ words) Aspiring young paleontologist Noah Hill, "The Fossil Kid," made a return appearance for Jurassic Journey with his Fossil Kid Museum. On Saturday, July 10, staff and volunteers from the Hood County … City raises water, wastewater rates for anticipated growth Meet the…...
Irish Folds: Studying snake vertebrae to decode the mysteries of animal evolution
3+ hour, 31+ min ago (847+ words) The rising Brown University senior and biology concentrator is conducting hands-on research with snake specimens at natural history museums and in the lab at Brown to better understand biological diversity. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — From California to Connecticut, Brown University student…...
A fresh dinosaur species the length of a cricket pitch has been discovered in Thailand
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Not a crocodile or alligator: Massive 10-feet-long lizards, world's second largest, roam in India's Sundarbans
7+ hour, 1+ min ago (503+ words) Not a crocodile or alligator: Massive 10-feet-long lizards, world's second largest, roam in India's Sundar The Economic Times...