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Scientists discover why tiny dinosaurs never roamed the Earth
23+ min ago (853+ words) Sr Principal Preparator Jason Brougham installing Microraptor. The smallest non-avian dinosaurs never reached mouse size, and competition with early mammals may explain why. (CREDIT: Alvaro Keding / AMNH) A dinosaur could tower over a house, yet even the smallest known non-bird…...
Scientists identify first extinct ice age amphibian found in Los Angeles tar pits
7+ hour, 59+ min ago (734+ words) In the heart of urban Los Angeles lie the La Brea Tar Pits, a group of natural asphalt seeps made famous by the millions of ice age fossils preserved within the bubbling, dark pools of goo. Excavations of the pits…...
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11+ hour, 43+ min ago (125+ words) Winston-Salem Journal Javascript is required to use this website. A model of the small dinosaur microraptor â one of the smallest-known dinosaurs, weighing about one pound â is transported to be put on display at the American Museum of Natural…...
First Dinosaur Bone in Antarctica Discovered
4+ hour ago (119+ words) globalpost.com Upgrade and listen to live audio transcription A fossil stored in a scientific collection for nearly 40 years has been identified as the first dinosaur bone ever discovered in Antarctica, according to a new study. The fossil, a vertebra,…...
New clues into how animals evolved an internal compass to navigate Earth
2+ hour, 56+ min ago (758+ words) Magnetoreception is like an internal compass that animals use in their journeys, using the Earth’s magnetic field. It helps migratory birds navigate across the central Asian flyway, for example, or turtles, fish and other animals travel across vast distances. Recent…...
Thailand uncovers 130-million-year-old carnivorous dinosaur fossil
11+ hour, 21+ min ago (100+ words) VnExpress International Thailand uncovers 130-million-year-old carnivorous dinosaur fossil The fossil was unearthed at Khao Sam Phan Ta Mountain in Ban Mai Nong Daeng Village in Chi Bon subdistrict, Ban Khwao District. Scientists estimate it is around 20 million years older than…...
Robert Irwin Reveals Snake Error in ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’: 'I Never Noticed This Until Now"
7+ hour, 10+ min ago (408+ words) “This is a fun fact,” the famed zookeeper shares while dissecting the first “Indiana Jones” film The snake pit scene in Steven Spielberg’s adventure classic “Raiders of the Lost Ark” was made immensely less scary thanks to a revelation from…...
Computer tomography of the dodo skull revealed its sensory world
16+ hour, 39+ min ago (373+ words) inkorr.com Computer tomography of the dodo skull revealed its sensory world Secrets of the extinct dodo Computer tomography of the skull revealed the sensory world of the bird. Scientists from the University of Lethbridge in Canada and the Natural…...
In 2017, hundreds of fossil eggs in China revealed that Pterosaurs or ancient flying reptiles may have raised their young
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (125+ words) An extraordinary collection of fossils found in northwestern China is helping researchers better understand one of the most mysterious groups of prehistoric animals. According to a study published in the journal Science, researchers uncovered more than 200 fossilized eggs belonging to…...
A 150-Year-Old Prediction by Charles Darwin Has Finally Been Proven True
9+ hour, 36+ min ago (208+ words) Infomance A recent study published in Nature Communications has confirmed a 150-year-old hypothesis proposed by British naturalist Charles Darwin regarding carnivorous traits in the Saxifraga plant genus. Research led by scientists from the Kunming Institute of Botany and the Florida…...