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Dinosaurs stomp into Fernbank for a prehistoric summer line-up
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (133+ words) Griffin Daily News T. rex: The Ultimate Predator Exhibit is shown. - To view our latest e-Edition click the image on the left. - Rainy weather doesn't stop groundbreaking for new Griffin-Spalding County Regional Airport - City of Griffin working on zoning amendments to…...
Cantiere delle Marche Launches 115-Foot Explorer Octopus
6+ hour, 53+ min ago (200+ words) Cantiere delle Marche has launched Octopus, the first Deep Blue 115, a 115-foot (35-meter) explorer yacht that builds on the Italian builder's successful Deep Blue concept first introduced with the 141-foot Acala. Designed in collaboration with naval architect and exterior designer…...
Larson Paleontology Unlimited coming to Museum, May 20
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (19+ words) Timber Lake Topic Larson Paleontology Unlimited coming to Museum, May 20...
Library kicks off summer reading with dinosaur-themed celebration
7+ hour, 25+ min ago (88+ words) Vestavia Voice. com Image courtesy of Vestavia Hills Library The Vestavia Hills Library in the Forest will host its Summer Reading Kickoff on May 16 from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. at Wald Park. The dinosaur-themed event will include activities such as Dino Dances, Dino…...
How new fossils and modern technology are tracing the origins of snakes
3+ hour, 53+ min ago (772+ words) Back when dinosaurs stomped the Earth, mammals scurried about in their shadows. Those furballs, hiding in underground burrows, provided a fresh niche for a novel reptile: the snake. Skinny snakes could squeeze into mammals" holes and gobble them up. At…...
2. 6 million-year-old jaw fossil found in the Afar desert reveals that Paranthropus lived 1, 000 km further north than previously known and changes scientists' view of the robust cousins of humans.
4+ hour, 44+ min ago (956+ words) The partial jaw, named MLP-3000, was dated to approximately 2. 6 million years ago. This places it among the oldest Paranthropus specimens ever discovered anywhere in Africa, in a region famous for revealing key fossils of human evolution. The discovery changes the…...
Turtle shells reveal the mystery of nature
9+ hour, 59+ min ago (217+ words) Eagle-Tribune These lovely Eastern box turtles basking in warm and curative sunlight are powerful symbols of nature. But first, the moon: This object of our wonder, romantic affection and scientific inquiry manifests into two full moons within a month approximately…...
Fernbank Museum's "Dinosaur Summer' features T. rex exhibit, films and prehistoric fun
7+ hour, 33+ min ago (152+ words) Gwinnett Daily Post Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. "T. rex: The Ultimate Predator Exhibit" is coming to Fernbank Museum. There was a problem reporting this. Keep it…...
Paleontologists Find Lost Ice Age World in Flooded Texas Cave
5+ hour, 53+ min ago (493+ words) Fossils of a giant tortoise, a ground sloth, a lion-sized armadillo relative called pampathere, scimitar-toothed cats, horses, camels and mastodons found in Bender's Cave on the Edwards Plateau of Texas may reveal a previously unknown warm period in the region…...
A fossil reanalysis just blew up everything we thought we knew about the origins of animal life
13+ hour, 36+ min ago (602+ words) The study, published in Gondwana Research, analyzed fossils dating back roughly 540 million years to the Ediacaran period, a mysterious chapter in Earth's history that came shortly before the Cambrian explosion dramatically extended complex life in the oceans. Researchers currently argue…...