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The Largest Anaconda on Record Reached Astonishing Lengths
38+ min ago (62+ words) The Largest Anaconda on Record Reached Astonishing Lengths'Yahoo News Malaysia Anacondas are already among the largest snakes on the planet, capable of reaching staggering lengths and incredible weights. But one individual stands out in the record books. Discover how large…...
It's the size of a small car, has outlived the dinosaurs can dive a bonkers 1,000 metres down
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (1458+ words) Our guide to the endangered leatherback turtle most frequently seen in British waters. Of the seven sea turtle species in the world, five have been recorded in the waters around Britain, including, leatherback, loggerhead, kemp's ridley, green, and hawksbill. Leatherback…...
Paleontologist Stephen Chester and colleagues reveal new clues about early primate evolution
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (356+ words) Findings help clarify the biogeographic history of the earliest primate relatives and highlight the importance of continued fossil exploration in understudied regions. image:Brooklyn College Professor Stephen Chester (center) points out dental features on an enlarged model of an extinct…...
Jurassic toe: Idaho State paleontologists investigate possible new dinosaur
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (615+ words) Turns out the key to discovering a new type of dinosaur might be a weird toe in an Idaho museum. Or a skull in Switzerland. Idaho State University paleontologists are examining whether these and other fossils represent one or more…...
Brooklyn College paleontologist clarifies the biogeographic history of the earliest primate
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (133+ words) Brooklyn College paleontologist clarifies the biogeographic history of the earliest primate'Brooklyn Eagle Brooklyn College paleontologist clarifies the biogeographic history of the earliest primate MIDWOOD " A new scientific study led by paleontologist and Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center Associate Professor…...
Jurassic Park palaeontologist parts ways with university after Epstein emails
3+ hour, 21+ min ago (452+ words) A palaeontologist who worked as an adviser on several Jurassic Park films has left his role at Chapman University, weeks after emails linking him to Jeffrey Epstein were released. The 2012 emails show Jack Horner visited the convicted sex offender's New…...
UND receives a gift of an old book that dates back to the 1500s
3+ hour, 46+ min ago (154+ words) It's a new addition to the Chester Fritz Library at the University of North Dakota. But the book itself isn't exactly "new." "It's what we call the 'new oldest book' in the Chester Fritz Library," said Curt Hanson, the head…...
280 Million-Year-Old Fossils Show Large Predators Were Already Hunting Big Herbivores
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (218+ words) new study reveals that large predators were already hunting big plant-eating animals more than 280 million years ago, challenging previous assumptions about early ecosystems. The researchers focused on the skeletal remains of three young herbivores that lived during the early Permian…...
When Scientists Are Dinosaurs
6+ hour, 9+ min ago (330+ words) At the paleontology conference, her new theory was shouted down I wasn't fazed one bit as the tequila hit the table for the third time in an hour. You see, while I wore the name tag Matt Kaplan, Science Correspondent…...
Tiny teeth found in Colorado deepen the debate over primate origins
6+ hour, 10+ min ago (524+ words) Last year, National Geographic Explorer Tyler Lyson was in Corral Bluffs on the outskirts of Colorado Springs, searching for minuscule fossils. His tool of choice? A unique filtering machine called a "bubbler." "To find these three teeny tiny teeth we…...