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Summer readers set record of Jurassic proportions
10+ hour, 24+ min ago (271+ words) goldmountaincanews.com Placer County readers spent the summer digging into books, completing activities and exploring the world of reading as part of the 2026 Jurassic Summer Reading Program: "Unearth a Story!" The annual program, which ran June 7 through Aug 8, attracted 3,102 readers…...
Fossil Bird from Fujian Links Long-Tailed Dinosaurs to Short-Tailed Modern Birds
4+ hour, 24+ min ago (284+ words) Chinese Academy of Sciences analyzes Zhengheornis buhui tail bones to trace early bird evolution 150 million years ago Most terrestrial dinosaurs are known to have had tails so long that they accounted for more than half of their body length. Theropod…...
The Strange and Wonderful Animals of the Permian Period
9+ hour, 33+ min ago (642+ words) Before the Great Dying, there was a lot of pretty great living going on, too. Here are some of the weirdest, most wonderful, and often-unappreciated animals from the Permian Period that we would like you to meet. To learn more…...
In a Norwegian cave in 2025, scientists found 75,000-year-old bones of polar bears, walruses, and bowhead whales — and the remains of a species of lemming now extinct in Europe that had never been found in Scandinavia before
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (918+ words) A 2025 PNAS study identified 46 vertebrate taxa in a northern Norwegian cave deposit, revealing a coastal Arctic community from roughly 85,000 to 71,000 years ago. By Natural History · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published August 15, 2026 · How we edit A limestone cave near Kjøpsvik in…...
Meet the 11-year-old fossil hunter who opened his own museum at age 9
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (210+ words) At the ripe old age of 9, Anderson Taylor opened his own museum to house the fossil collection he's been building since the age of three. Now, 11, Taylor was recently became the Guinness World Record holder for being the youngest male…...
Dinosaurs invade local library’s Back2School event
7+ hour, 29+ min ago (336+ words) Children gather in the Henry County Public Library to learn the physical characteristics of dinosaurs from Missy Feller during the Aug. 8 Back2School event. The Henry County Public Library hosted the its annual Back2School event on Aug. 8. Free school supplies, dinosaurs and free…...
Ask a Paleontologist | PBS
9+ hour, 33+ min ago (432+ words) To see a visual representation of Earth's time periods throughout geological history, check out the International Chronostratigraphic Chart from the International Commission on Stratigraphy. Unfortunately, yes – and I mean that in two different ways, depending on the meaning of “a…...
Ornithologists Discover New Bird Species in Brazil | Sci.News
4+ hour, 1+ min ago (126+ words) A previously unrecognized species of the antthrush genus Chamaeza has been discovered in the isolated highland rainforests of northeastern Brazil....
“T-Rex Blood” and Dino Nuggets: Check out the new dino-dishes at Universum in CU
10+ hour, 15+ min ago (288+ words) Universum’s dinosaur menu features a T-Rex burger, Dino Nuggets, a Jurassic brownie, and a special drink at CU Would you eat a burger drenched in “T-Rex blood”? Universum’s dinosaur menu features new dishes that bring the Jurassic experience right to your…...
Submerged Leg Bones Suggest Denisovans May Have Stood Much Taller Than Other Hominins in Asia
5+ hour, 8+ min ago (369+ words) Learn about two leg bones from the Taiwan Strait that have shed light on the large body size of Denisovans living in ancient Asia. The proportions of the Denisovan body have been difficult to reconstruct, but the fossilized femur and…...