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Utah Paleontologist celebrates landmark dinosaur discovery with rare Explorers Club flag
4+ hour, 44+ min ago (159+ words) AOL. com A Utah paleontologist is sharing her experience after completing excavation work tied to the first dinosaur discovery in the American West and returning a rare Explorers Club expedition flag in New York. Harry Styles and Zo" Kravitz spark…...
$3 million in rare books stolen from Whitney estate in 1980's returned to heirs
1+ day, 45+ min ago (339+ words) Apr 20, 2026, 10: 26 PM A literary mystery that began inside a Long Island estate over 40 years ago has begun to unravel. Seventeen stolen rare books, worth an estimated $3 million, were returned Monday to the heirs of John Hay Whitney and Betsey Whitney,…...
Gill Morphology in Aquatic Arthropods
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (121+ words) (a " f) Exopodites of Paleozoic trilobites with lamellae (lm). Surface area calculations support the interpretation of exopodites as gills (g, h) Micro-CT scan of gills of the modern Atlantic horseshoe crab. (I, j) Micro-CT scan of the modern Jonah Crab. Gills of modern arthropods…...
Breathing new life into an ancient mystery: How researchers unlocked the respiratory secrets of the trilobite
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (340+ words) image: (a " f) Exopodites of Paleozoic trilobites with lamellae (lm). Surface area calculations support the interpretation of exopodites as gills (g, h) Micro-CT scan of gills of the modern Atlantic horseshoe crab. (I, j) Micro-CT scan of the modern Jonah Crab. Gills of modern…...
The Animal With the Most Teeth
7+ hour, 5+ min ago (216+ words) When we think about teeth in the animal kingdom, we might imagine the intimidating fangs of a tiger or the razor-sharp teeth of a great white shark. However, the animal with the true dental superiority isn't what most people would…...
450-Million-Year-Old Fossils Reveal Strange, Tube-Dwelling Jellyfish Relative
5+ hour, 32+ min ago (400+ words) Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of soft-bodied, tubicolous polyp medusozoan from well-preserved specimens found about 50 km northeast of Quebec City in Canada. Depiction of Paleocanna tentaculum individuals living in single tubes, as well as clusters of two…...
North America's Oldest Fossil Cave Is A Midwest Gem Hidden In The Ozarks
6+ hour, 5+ min ago (564+ words) islands. com North America's Oldest Fossil Cave Is A Midwest Gem Hidden In The Ozarks Missouri is one of America's five states with the most caves, with around 7, 500. While it may not have as many caves and caverns as Tennessee,…...
150-year-old museum specimen revealed as missing link in evolution of ancient fish
19+ hour, 21+ min ago (566+ words) Search suggestions update instantly to match the search query. Former University of Portsmouth palaeontology student'Jack L. Norton'located'the coelacanth, which provides a crucial missing piece in the evolutionary history of one of the world's most iconic fish lineages.' The discovery is a…...
Buried Beneath the North Sea, Scientists Just Discovered a Hidden Forest That Was Supposed to Have Vanished 400, 000 Years Ago
11+ hour, 35+ min ago (467+ words) Beneath the North Sea, traces of a forgotten forest are beginning to surface. Scientists weren't expecting to find anything like this in such a place. A prehistoric forest now buried under the North Sea is changing what scientists thought they…...
Study suggests crabs" iconic sideways walk evolved from common ancestor
11+ hour, 8+ min ago (406+ words) New findings suggest sideways walking in crabs is a rare but innovative trait originating from a common ancestor, and provide a framework for understanding how animal locomotion diversifies and persists over time Credit: Tsubasa Inoue and Junya Taniguchi (CC BY…...