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Built-In Helmet: How the Woodpecker’s Tongue Protects Its Brain
10+ hour, 41+ min ago (336+ words) Imagine sprinting full-speed into a solid oak tree at 15 miles per hour " and then doing it again and again, 20 times per second. For almost any vertebrate, this would be fatal " but for a woodpecker, it's just breakfast. While its reinforced…...
Study finds crocodile-like predator preyed on man’s ancestors
8+ hour, 23+ min ago (752+ words) Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa more than 3 million years ago. (Tyler Stone, University of Iowa via SWNS) A "dominant" crocodile-like predator with a big…...
Free paleontology symposium coming to Mount Royal University
18+ hour, 39+ min ago (32+ words) Free paleontology symposium coming to Mount Royal University'CTV News Free paleontology symposium coming to Mount Royal University The Alberta Paleontological Society will be searching for microfossils at the 29th annual Paleo symposium....
Quarry Dig Experience at Edelman Fossil Park & Museum
11+ hour, 40+ min ago (133+ words) On March 20, the Quarry Dig Experience reopens at Edelman Fossil Park & Museum. Step into the Cretaceous period and unearth 66-million-year-old fossils at the active research quarry. You'll become a real explorer, using real tools and expert guidance, to dig for…...
‘Unusually large’ tyrannosaur leg bone points to 10,000-pound behemoth
8+ hour, 43+ min ago (341+ words) Published Mar 12, 2026 12:00 PM EDT The sheer size of the tyrannosaur's leg bone caught the team by surprise, but so did its placement among the rocks. "That it is a very large tyrannosaur for its time, and much older geologically than…...
Brutal New, 15-Foot Horned Crocodile Once Stalked and Hunted Our Ancient Human Ancestors in Ethiopia
6+ hour, 17+ min ago (834+ words) Home " Science " Paleontology Meet Lucy's hunter, a massive, horned crocodile that likely terrorized early human ancestors in ancient Ethiopia. Over three million years ago, the wetlands of ancient Ethiopia were dominated by an ambush predator that dwarfed early human ancestors…...
Ecological Deviation Application
13+ hour, 17+ min ago (1338+ words) By Tom Murphy, originally published by Do the Math Recent discussions on the roles of oral language, fire, stone tools, horticulture, agriculture, metal use, and written language in shaping the road to a'sixth mass extinction'motivated an attempt to capture key…...
Introducing the New EIC of Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology - Eos
12+ hour, 43+ min ago (146+ words) AGU Publications is thrilled to welcome Dr. Sarah Feakins as the new Editor-in-Chief of Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. Here, we asked her some questions about her own research interests and her vision for the journal. What are your own areas of…...
Fossil discovered in New Mexico may belong to T. rex ancestor
6+ hour, 53+ min ago (291+ words) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. " Scientists identified a fossil from New Mexico as belonging to a dinosaur that may have been an ancestor of the Tyrannosaurus Rex. The research shows large tyrannosaurs lived in New Mexico millions of years earlier than first realized. It's…...
Unearthing the Ancestors: The Discovery of the Hunter Wash Tyrannosaur
8+ hour, 41+ min ago (238+ words) Unearthing the Ancestors: The Discovery of the Hunter Wash Tyrannosaur'Devdiscourse Unearthing the Ancestors: The Discovery of the Hunter Wash Tyrannosaur A colossal tibia from a tyrannosaur discovered in New Mexico predates Tyrannosaurus rex by millions of years, potentially being a…...