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T. Rex 'Gus' Could Make History at Auction
4+ hour, 26+ min ago (290+ words) One of the most complete T. rex fossils ever discovered is about to hit the auction block, with the potential to become the most expensive dinosaur ever sold. Dubbed "Gus,"... T. Rex 'Gus' Could Make History at Auction One of the most…...
Scientists Needed Just One Bone to Identify a Brand-New Giant Dinosaur Species Never Seen Before in Thailand
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (520+ words) Most dinosaur discoveries rely on dozens of bones. This one didn't. A fossil from Thailand has revealed something researchers had never formally identified before. A single fossil from northeastern Thailand has led scientists to identify a brand-new species of long-necked…...
You can own a real T Rex named Gus for £23,000,000
8+ hour, 5+ min ago (803+ words) If you’ve ever thought that a Tyrannosaurus Rex would really complete your living room, do we have some good news for you. The New York auction house Sotheby’s has put a near-complete fossil of the dinosaur up for action. ‘Gus…...
Meet the 300,000-year-old world's smallest cat fossil found in China that surprised scientists
16+ hour, 41+ min ago (481+ words) Rest of World News: Scientists in China just found something amazing. It's the world's smallest cat fossil found in China, and it belongs to a brand-new species of extinc. Scientists in China just found something amazing It's the world's smallest…...
Birds are not descended from dinosaurs — they are dinosaurs, a living branch of the theropod family that survived the asteroid and now fills the world with more than 10,000 species
11+ hour, 55+ min ago (138+ words) The pigeon on the windowsill is a dinosaur. Not the descendant of one. One....
Around 252 million years ago, volcanoes across what is now Siberia erupted repeatedly for more than a million years, releasing perhaps 100,000 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide and helping wipe out roughly 90 per cent of marine species in the deadliest mass extinction Earth has ever known
18+ hour, 10+ min ago (367+ words) The end-Permian extinction was not a single volcano exploding on one bad day. It was a long volcanic province, a changing climate system, and a marine...
Scientists analysed 200 ancient fossil teeth from China, and they suggest mammals grew bigger before they evolved better bites after the dinosaurs vanished
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (610+ words) Scientists analysed 200 ancient fossil teeth from China, and they suggest mammals grew bigger before they The Times of India...
Breckenridge Library program features Dinosaur Valley State Park program - Breckenridge Texan
23+ hour, 38+ min ago (186+ words) A team of park rangers from Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose visited the Breckenridge Library last week to present programs about dinosaurs for kids and adults. The presentations were part of the library’s summer reading program, which featured…...
Want to own a real T. rex? It could cost you $30 million
20+ hour, 27+ min ago (508+ words) "Gus," a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, is pictured during a press preview at Sotheby's in New York City on July 1. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption If you ever wanted to own an actual T. rex and not just a…...
Why some sea creatures survived Earth's greatest mass extinction
22+ hour, 50+ min ago (951+ words) About 252 million years ago, something close to apocalyptic swept through the oceans. New research finally cracks open why some sea creatures survived that catastrophe while others simply blinked out of existence. The answer comes down to something surprisingly basic: how…...