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WATCH: Plane Records Stolen Sinclair Dino Carried Home
5+ hour, 32+ min ago (356+ words) You might recall the story of the Sinclair gas station green dinosaur that was stolen from in front of the shop in Alcova, Wyoming. That dino was never returned. Recently, there was the story of just such a dino that…...
An Ichthyosaur’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day 160 million years ago
59+ min ago (331+ words) A rare fossil find shows a tooth embedded an ichthyosaur’s vertebra, where it was likely left when a giant pliosaurid chomped down on this dolphin-resembling reptile By Sara Novak edited by Andrea Thompson A computer rendering of a shonisaurus ichthyosaur....
Rare 'living stone' plant in Namibia on the brink of extinction
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (420+ words) A remarkable succulent that resembles a small pebble and grows nowhere else on Earth has been pushed to the edge of extinction. The tiny plant, Lithops werneri — one of the so-called “living stones” — survives in a single 4 km² patch in the…...
Drought Conditions Reveal Woolly Mammoth Skeleton
4+ hour, 43+ min ago (987+ words) Inside Edition Drought Conditions Reveal Woolly Mammoth Skeleton Unusually hot, dry weather has helped bring a prehistoric creature to light. The remains of a woolly mammoth are being recovered from the banks of the Danube River in Bulgaria, as low…...
Kauri dieback confirmed in 1200-year-old Coromandel tree
9+ hour, 51+ min ago (11+ words) Waikato Times...
The last titanosaurs that grazed through what is today Catalonia
13+ hour, 33+ min ago (522+ words) en.ara.cat...
Smithsonian scientists untangle Hawaiian honeycreeper evolutionary family
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (435+ words) Smithsonian researchers have reconstructed the most comprehensive evolutionary map yet of Hawaii’s honeycreepers, a spectacular group of birds whose rapid diversification produced more than 60 species from a single ancestral population. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy…...
Ancient marine life may be hiding in Antarctica’s Blood Falls
16+ hour, 56+ min ago (795+ words) LA JOLLA, California—August 3, 2026—Blood Falls has long been one of Antarctica’s strangest landmarks: a red-stained outflow that spills from the face of Taylor Glacier into the cold, dry landscape of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. The color comes from iron-rich…...
In 2009, scientists revealed which animal came first on Earth, and the answer was right at the bottom of the sea
10+ hour, 10+ min ago (202+ words) Scientists revealed first animal on Earth: Emerging research proposes that placozoans could be the oldest animals on Earth, reshaping the established perception of sea sponges as the earliest fauna. Scientists have discovered that placozoans are situated earlier on the animal…...
MS Museum of Natural Science says farewell to a slithery friend
12+ hour, 1+ min ago (111+ words) JACKSON, Miss. (WCBI) – The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science is saying farewell to a slithery friend. Elvis, the speckled kingsnake, is officially retiring from public programs and appearances at the museum. According to a press release, Elvis has been on…...