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2026-03 - Strange 275 million-year-old plant-eater with twisted jaws found in Brazil
22+ hour, 46+ min ago (254+ words) Skip navigation and go to page content 9 March 2026 - Wits University Even for its time, Tanyka was a "living fossil" from a lineage that scientists thought had already gone extinct. In a new paper published in the journal Proceedings of the…...
Discover the World’s Largest Dinosaurs at Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Opening March 20, 2026
16+ hour, 13+ min ago (316+ words) For the young and the curious, the exhibition offers interactive stations where visitors can explore how sauropods fed, breathed, and circulated blood. Visitors will be able to virtually assemble giant sauropod skeletons using magnetic puzzles, making this exhibit not just…...
Flying ‘dinosaur bird’ soars past photographer in rare encounter
22+ hour, 34+ min ago (17+ words) Flying "dinosaur bird" soars past photographer in rare encounter'Yahoo Life UK Your privacy is important to us...
Exhibition in Saanich to connect visitors to prehistoric times
14+ hour, 45+ min ago (422+ words) Published 4:10 pm Monday, March 9, 2026 Vancouver Island spent a remarkable part of its geological history as a shallow ocean, submerged underwater, or as part of an island arc system that was frequently inundated. As a result, many of the fossils found…...
Fun found at Oak Grove's Fossil Day
15+ hour, 55+ min ago (266+ words) Amanda Nisly of Vermillion, SD, shows some of the interesting rocks she's found to'Fossil, Artifact, Rock and Bone Day volunteer Evan De Groot of Sioux Center at Oak Grove Park Saturday. River banks and driveways were some of the places…...
Human populations evolved in similar ways after we began farming
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (514+ words) An analysis of ancient and modern DNA suggests the extent of convergent evolution in different peoples around the world is even greater than we thought The advent of farming led to new evolutionary pressures on humans A study combining the…...
This 2-pound dinosaur is rewriting what scientists know about evolution
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (573+ words) Researchers have identified a 90 million year old fossil that helps solve a long standing mystery about a strange group of prehistoric animals. The discovery was led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities scientist Peter Makovicky along with Argentine paleontologist Sebastian…...
Emma Johnston (1973–2025) - Nature Ecology & Evolution
2+ hour, 50+ min ago (84+ words) Nature Ecology & Evolution (2026)Cite this article School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, USA School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,…...
“Unlike Anything We’ve Ever Seen” – Bizarre New Insect Discovered in South America Stuns Scientists
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (369+ words) A newly identified termite species with a whale-like head reveals unexpected diversity within the Cryptotermes genus. In the canopies of a South American rainforest, a tiny soldier termite has stunned a team of international scientists with its whale-like features. Cryptotermes…...
Hunting for dinosaurs: the trend that keeps coming back
20+ hour, 55+ min ago (570+ words) VICTORIA'S southern coastline is millions of years old and with the right knowledge and a bit of patience, citizen scientists can " and are " making big discoveries. Ross Dullard has made a name for himself as one of Geelong's top fossil…...