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A long-standing puzzle regarding early animal existence is resolved by tiny fossils.
5+ hour, 54+ min ago (1107+ words) A single fossil that was only a tenth of an inch across was at the heart of an ongoing dispute for years. No one was able to determine if it was an early animal colony, a type of seaweed, or…...
End-Cretaceous Plankton Survival Traits
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (510+ words) SFL Educational News Service The Core Concept: Following the asteroid impact 66 million years ago, select marine organisms survived the mass extinction due to specific biological advantages. A recent trait-based numerical model reveals that small body size and high tolerance to…...
Dino-Era Dandy
5+ hour, 32+ min ago (116+ words) Upgrade and listen to live audio transcription Some birds were peacocking before peacocks existed. In a new study, researchers describe a dinosaur-era fossil of a small bird trailing spectacular foot-long tail feathers. They named the 121-million-year-old species Plumadraco, meaning "feathered…...
Fossil hunters thought they had a Mosasaur jaw until a buried bone sparked a dinosaur mystery
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (391+ words) "This is huge. I cannot believe it." A paleontologist and Tik Tok creator is drawing attention online after sharing a fossil mystery that emerged during a mosasaur excavation in New Mexico. What started as the recovery of a giant marine…...
Blind cave fish beneath 3 Southern states may have upended Darwin's view of evolution underground
2+ hour ago (331+ words) As the creator put it, a "hidden highway" appeared " a network of subsurface waterways that may have allowed the fish to spread underground for millions of years before becoming isolated, eventually evolving into separate species. A Tik Tok video about…...
KCPL kicks off Summer Library Club with "Unearth a Story" theme
3+ hour, 50+ min ago (569+ words) The official "Summer Reading Club Guidebook" is available at all KCPL system libraries. Za'myjiah Moore, 4, greets the Dirty Birds mascot at Charleston Main Library May 30, 2026. The Dirty Birds are a partner with KCPL and the Summer Reading Program. Hercules took…...
Paleontology fieldwork near Estevan uncovers 60-million-year-old fossils
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (416+ words) A team of researchers from across Saskatchewan is back in the Estevan area this week, carrying out paleontology fieldwork that hasn't been done locally in decades. The project, running June 1 to 5, brings together students and scientists from the University of…...
New fossil evidence from the Late Cretaceous of Europe (southern France) deepens the origin of Salamandridae (Urodela) and refines the biogeography of the family - Scientific Reports
8+ hour, 50+ min ago (1667+ words) The specimen numbers refer to the host collection: UP for Universit" de Poitiers, France, with the year of sampling and the abbreviations LMI (Les Pennes'Mirabeau), LNE (La Neuve), and VRN (V"rane); UM for Universit" de Montpellier, France, with the…...
Whale bones with "deer bone harpoon" excavated in Ulsan are expected to be designated as national fo. . - MK
11+ hour, 24+ min ago (256+ words) Whale bones with "deer bone harpoon" excavated in Ulsan are expected to be designated as national folk cultural heritage sites. Ulsan City announced on the 8th that the National Heritage Administration conditionally passed a meeting with the Folk Cultural Heritage Committee…...
Fossil reveals feathered gliding dinosaur that may have hunted birds 120 million years ago
5+ hour, 5+ min ago (32+ words) The Times of India - Fossil reveals feathered gliding dinosaur that may have hunted birds 120 million years ago...