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Ancient crocodile-like predators rewrite current knowledge of how animals adapted to the land
31+ min ago (823+ words) New fossil evidence from crocodile-like early tetrapods known as embolomeres suggests they grew without undergoing amphibian-style metamorphosis. The finding challenges the long-held idea that the ancestors of amphibians, reptiles, and mammals all passed through a tadpole-like stage. (CREDIT: Berit Goding)…...
Dracula, The Largest Flying Dinosaur From 66 Million Years Ago
2+ hour, 28+ min ago (605+ words) Author: Author Arwen Kent, Bachelor of Science Home " News " Dracula, The Largest Flying Dinosaur From 66 Million Years Ago The discovery of an ancient flying reptile, nicknamed "Dracula," has reignited the fascination with prehistoric giants. This creature is now thought to…...
Rare Near-Perfect Wyoming Triceratops Skull Debuts In Netherlands Museum
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (1203+ words) Veronika," an extremely rare near-perfect Triceratops skull from eastern Wyoming, has been unveiled in a museum in the Netherlands. Norwegian paleontologists were so excited by the find that they are sending more teams out to areas near Lusk to search…...
The Pok'mon TCG's Pitch Black expansion is trying really hard to make fossils work
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (476+ words) The upcoming Pok'mon TCG Pitch Black set will feature a selection of support cards for fossil Pok'mon, but are they awesome or archaic? Far from being dusty and forgotten relics, Fossil Pok'mon tend to be quite popular, just ask the…...
The first primates may have evolved in the cold, not the tropics
7+ hour, 10+ min ago (250+ words) A surprising new study suggests the earliest primates didn' t originate in tropical forests but in cold, dry parts of North America. Some may have even survived seasonal Arctic conditions by slowing their metabolism or hibernating. Researchers found that…...
36 Amazing Animals From Alaska
9+ hour, 8+ min ago (1755+ words) Home " News " 36 Amazing Animals From Alaska Alaska is the coldest state in the U. S. , with an average annual temperature of a mere 30. 7 F. Despite these harsh conditions, numerous animals have adapted in incredible ways " not only living but thriving in the beautiful…...
Scientists Discover Tiny Fossils Near Chicago That Don't Match What They Expected From the First Land Animals
4+ hour, 39+ min ago (587+ words) What scientists found inside these ancient fossils doesn't fully match what they expected, and it raises new questions about a major step in evolution. Life on Earth began in water, yet a new fossil discovery suggests that the earliest vertebrates…...
Microbes destroyed an ancient pterosaur's wingbone, then preserved it for 100 million years
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Survival of the Slowest at Science Museum of Virginia
23+ hour, 22+ min ago (20+ words) WTVR. com Survival of the Slowest at Science Museum of Virginia...
Fossils Challenge What We Know About Tetrapod Evolution
18+ hour, 24+ min ago (160+ words) Life on land likely evolved when one of our ancient fish ancestors developed legs and came ashore. These early creatures, known as tetrapods " creatures with four limbs " would eventually evolve into the birds, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals of today. Previous…...