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Giant dinosaur-like bird issues 'death stare' to Uganda photographer - AOL
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (245+ words) Last November we featured a bizarre video showing a dinosaur-like shoebill that had landed on a tour boat in Uganda." The striking imagery was captured in a manner that made the towering bird appear even larger, dwarfing the tourists. Since…...
A global dataset of fossil foraminifera to examine how marine ecosystems changed
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (170+ words) UCL | University College London A global dataset of fossil foraminifera to examine how marine ecosystems changed Global fossil foraminifera data reveal the Eocene'Oligocene transition reshaped marine ecosystems through complex, multi-stage changes driven by cooling, ice-sheet growth, and ocean circulation. We…...
Dinosaur dig completed after 166 years
4+ hour, 44+ min ago (504+ words) SALT LAKE CITY " High above the Utah desert, paleontologists finished work on a fossil first found in 1859, closing one of the longest recoveries in American dinosaur history. The fossil was located high on the side of a cliff, making it…...
Dinosaur-themed events set to take over Utica Zoo - AOL
5+ hour, 47+ min ago (366+ words) The Utica Zoo is inviting the public to enjoy Jurassic-themed activities planned over the May 15 weekend. The following is a list of events happening at Utica Zoo: Cinematic Safaris: Outdoor dino movies Dino hands-on crafts inside their visitor center all…...
A supervolcano nearly wiped out humanity 74, 000 years ago, but humans did something incredible
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (1005+ words) Seventy four thousand years ago, Earth experienced one of the most powerful volcanic disasters in the past 2. 5 million years. The Toba supereruption, centered in what is now Indonesia, unleashed devastation on a staggering scale. The eruption was so enormous that…...
Today in History: May 9 - In 1999, the "Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek, based on the Fouke Monster, featured on Mystery Science Theatre 3000 - K8 News | Jonesboro, Arkansas
4+ hour, 36+ min ago (131+ words) (KAIT) - On this day in 1999: The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek'the third movie in the Boggy Creek series based on Arkansas" Fouke Monster'was featured on Mystery Science Theatre 3000, where the film was edited down and joked about. In the movie,…...
New Species of Giant Long-Necked Dinosaur Identified in Argentina
5+ hour, 22+ min ago (545+ words) Fossils unearthed on a remote Argentine ranch belong to a new genus and species of macronarian sauropod dinosaur, according to an international team of paleontologists led by the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit't M'nchen. The newly-described sauropod species lived on the southern supercontinent Gondwana…...
Microfossils interpreted as animal traces were actually algae and bact'ria
8+ hour ago (803+ words) New evidence and a reanalysis of 540-million-year-old material using advanced imaging techniques rule out the idea they were from worms or small oceanic animals image: Visible to the naked eye, fossilized bacteria or algae were found in an ancient seabed…...
Scientists use lasers to reveal the hidden age of sharks
9+ hour, 43+ min ago (909+ words) Sharks have always carried an air of mystery. They move through water that humans rarely see clearly, and much of their lives remain hidden. Scientists have spent decades trying to understand them, especially how long they live. That number shapes…...
New Fossil Sharks Discovered in the Burren
7+ hour, 42+ min ago (353+ words) We'd like to set analytics and marketing cookies to understand how you use our website to improve it. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Read more about our cookies Three-hundred-and-thirty-million-year-old teeth and a fin spine from…...