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On May 28, 2020, a slab of gray Rhaetian bone in the mud at Blue Anchor, Somerset, went into the bag of Ruby Reynolds, 11, and her father. The surangular that was pieced together, fragment by fragment, until October 2022 preserved 145 centimeters of a jaw that ran past 2 meters, from an ichthyosaur about 25 meters long
24+ min ago (87+ words) A father-daughter fossil hunt in a Somerset mudflat yielded the largest ichthyosaur jaw bone ever found—and upended what scientists thought they knew about these ancient marine giants. By Lab Report · Edited by Nato Lagidze Published September 8, 2026 · How we edit…...
Thailand's 'Jurassic Park' aims to bring in tourists
12+ hour, 9+ min ago (393+ words) The skeleton of a Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, a herbivorous long-necked sauropod, is now on show at the Thainosaur Museum in Bangkok. At around 27 meters (88 feet) long and weighing 27 tons — as much as nine adult Asian elephants — it's considered the largest dinosaur…...
How hurricanes triggered lizards' rapid evolution: Short Wave
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (112+ words) The brown anole, Anolis sagrei, which scientists used in laboratory experiments to determine whether the silver key anoles on Turks and Caicos had adapted differently. Day's Edge Productions hide caption This study is out now in the journal Current Biology....
Ancient DNA shows the extinct American cheetah Miracinonyx, long cast as a pronghorn chaser, left Yukon fossils about 31,000 to 34,000 years old from cats that ranged far into the Arctic and ate fish
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (121+ words) A legendary predator's Arctic fossils reveal it was nothing like its nickname suggests—a fish-eating cat, not a pronghorn sprinter. By Space War Editorial Team · Editorial process Published September 8, 2026 Two of those Yukon specimens had been assigned to other cats,…...
Deep biosphere has endured mountain-building and erosion over hundreds of millions of years
12+ hour, 38+ min ago (14+ words) Phys.org...
National blue plaque unveiled to palaeontologist and archaeozoologist Dorothea Bate
12+ hour, 5+ min ago (714+ words) Discover a haven for wildlife and people in the heart of London. Journey beneath the waves and meet some of the fiercest marine reptiles that have ever lived. Our research themes focus our work so we can find solutions to…...
Fossil pioneer Dorothea Bate honoured with national blue — JournalArta Global
8+ hour, 16+ min ago (317+ words) A fossil hunter who helped reshape how scientists understand prehistoric life has been honoured with a national blue plaque at the Natural History Museum in Tring, Hertfordshire. Dorothea Bate, one of the first women employed by the museum, is being…...
324-million-year-old insect fossil reveals early life on Earth roamed between water and land
10+ hour, 23+ min ago (956+ words) A 324-million-year-old fossil suggests early insects lived between water and land as their bodies gradually changed over time. Life on Earth changed greatly when animals began moving from water onto land. It happened in stages, and some early animals, including…...
115-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossil Recovered from Deep Drill Core in China | Sci.News
9+ hour, 35+ min ago (85+ words) Scientists have identified the first dinosaur fossil from a remote western section of the Bayan Gobi Formation in China’s Inner Mongolia, extending the known geographic range of dinosaur fossils in this important Early Cretaceous rock unit....
Fossil bite marks show mammals didn’t always rule the food chain
11+ hour, 47+ min ago (1262+ words) Purussaurus bite marks on fossil bones show a 23-foot crocodile relative killed hoofed mammals weighing up to 4,000 pounds in ancient South America. Saltwater crocodiles in northern Australia hunt horses, cattle, and feral water buffalo. They are the largest crocodiles alive…...