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Rare ancient shark that can live up to 500 years old washes up on beach
19+ hour, 20+ min ago (308+ words) A rare ancient shark that can live for up to 500 years has washed up on a beach " leaving stunned locals in disbelief. The eerie six-foot Greenland shark is one of the longest-living vertebrates on Earth, with some specimens surviving for…...
Scientists just solved a 160-million-year fossil mystery "I've never seen anything like it
28+ min ago (768+ words) At first glance, sea sponges seem almost too simple to be mysterious. They have no brain and no gut, and scientists have long believed they originated around 700 million years ago. Yet clear fossil evidence only dates back to about 540 million…...
5, 000-Year-Old Dna: 5, 000-year-old DNA shock: Scientists uncover secret male dynasties in Scottish Stone Age tombs | World News
3+ hour, 3+ min ago (547+ words) 5, 000-year-old DNA shock: Scientists uncover secret male dynasties in Scottish Stone Age tombs'The Times of India...
Allosaurus and stegosaurus | Paleontology
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (56+ words) Phillip Hamilton " about 6 hours ago Phillip Hamilton " about 10 hours ago Zach Sweat " 5 days ago K. J. Genualdo " 4 days ago Philipp Kachalin " 3 years ago Uploaded by Kimmy Dude Apr 12, 2026 at 01: 48 PM EDT Resolution: (576px x 680px) File size: 72. 8 KB 39 views (6 from today) Treasurer & Media Bus…...
This 2026 Pok'mon Fossil Exhibit Is Taking Over The Field Museum'Here's How To Get Tickets Before They Sell Out
13+ hour, 42+ min ago (166+ words) For the first time ever, you can compare a 40-foot T. Rex and Pikachu at this massive new Chicago exhibition in May. Pok'mon fans can soon celebrate 30 years of the franchise at the Chicago Field Museum's pop-up exhibition. The Pok'mon Fossil…...
Sioux City's Dinosaur Park faces possible closure
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (51+ words) KTIV Sioux City's Dinosaur Park faces possible closure Sergeant Bluff hits reset on e-scooter and e-bike ordinance after public input One in custody after standoff with law enforcement in Sioux City Standoff in Sioux City's Riverside, footage provided by Joseph…...
USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum Collaborates With BLM to Expand Fossil Research
7+ hour, 57+ min ago (444+ words) The Utah State University Eastern Prehistoric Museum is continuing to grow its role in fossil research through a new collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management, with a focus on work at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry at Jurassic National Monument....
New research suggests cavemen hunted turtles, but not to eat
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (459+ words) This illustration shows what it might have looked like around 125, 000 years ago: a European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) next to the foot of a European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus). (Nicole Viehofer / MONREPOS via SWNS) Cavemen hunted turtles " but not for…...
South China Find Shows The First Three Foot Giant
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (726+ words) The Silurian period was defined by warmer waters that allowed marine life to thrive. Although some scientists argue that bony fishes diverged into ray-finned and lobe-finned fish during the late Silurian period, the general consensus is that the divergence occurred…...
Ancient fish fossil revealed as 390-million-year-old sea scorpion
1+ day, 51+ min ago (366+ words) Feels like: 5. 1 C5. 1 F | Partly Cloudy More than two decades after scientists identified a fossil as the'world's oldest octopus" officials now say it wasn't one at all. A recent study published in the journal'Proceedings of the Royal Society B'found that the…...