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Strange 90-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossil Rewrites History
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (270+ words) A newly described Patagonian fossil reveals the evolutionary origins and global spread of the tiny alvarezsaur dinosaurs. Researchers led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities paleontologist Peter Makovicky and Argentine scientist Sebastian Apestegu'a have identified a 90-million-year-old fossil that fills…...
23-million-year-old 'frosty rhino' discovered in the High Arctic
3+ hour, 17+ min ago (847+ words) Deep within the frozen ground of Devon Island in Canada's High Arctic, researchers found the nearly complete skeleton of a rhinoceros, Epiaceratherium itjilik, that lived there around 23 million years ago. The discovery, made by a team from the Canadian Museum…...
Dinosaur Tooth to Bite at the Cinema Bar
5+ hour, 26+ min ago (386+ words) Psychedelic jam band Dinosaur Tooth performs at the Cinema Bar this week, so band member Nate Hertweck told the News about what they have in store for Culver City" When did you start playing and performing? When did the band…...
The Dainty Dinosaur That’s Rewriting Evolutionary History
5+ hour, 56+ min ago (330+ words) New alvarezsaur fossil offers a Cretaceous missing link 5:30 PM CST on March 5, 2026 Alvarezsaurs were strange, small dinosaurs adapted to feed on ants and termites. Their stubby arms, powered by big chest muscles, ended in single thumb claws, suggesting a digging…...
Natural Science Museum to Host 23rd Annual Fossil Road Show
6+ hour, 22+ min ago (347+ words) JACKSON, MS "The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (MMNS) proudly presents its23rd AnnualFossil Road ShowonSaturday, March 7, from10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fossil lovers, rock collectors, and budding paleontologists, get ready to pack up your fossils and hit…...
90-million-year-old missing link fossil of tiny bird-like dinosaur discovered
7+ hour, 52+ min ago (1263+ words) A nearly complete, palm-sized dinosaur unearthed in northern Patagonia is reshaping scientists" ideas about a strange lineage of bird-like reptiles. The fossil, identified as Alnashetri cerropoliciensis and dated to roughly 90 million years ago, gives researchers an unprecedented blueprint for a…...
T. rex took 40 years to reach full size, study finds
9+ hour, 16+ min ago (687+ words) For many years, paleontologists have studied annual growth rings preserved inside the fossilized leg bones of Tyrannosaurus rex. Much like the rings inside a tree trunk, these marks help scientists estimate how old the dinosaurs were when they died and…...
We thought inbred koalas were at risk of extinction. But what we discovered upends genetic conventions
10+ hour, 18+ min ago (757+ words) If you follow media coverage of koalas, you could be forgiven for feeling confused. Recent stories describe a "koala paradox: endangered in the north of Australia, abundant in the south; genetically diverse in some regions, genetically depleted in others. Koalas…...
Fossil Remains of ‘Weird’ Creature with Twisted jaw and Sideways Teeth Discovered
10+ hour, 26+ min ago (790+ words) The fossilized remains of a creature with a twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth have been discovered in the Amazon jungle. Scientists say the plant eating reptiles now called Tanyka consisted of "living fossils" even when they stalked the Earth around…...
Scientists have found a dinosaur ‘Rosetta Stone’ hidden for 90 million years
10+ hour, 26+ min ago (424+ words) A near-complete fossil from Patagonia has finally cracked open the mysterious evolutionary story of one of prehistory's strangest dinosaur groups A 90-million-year-old fossil unearthed in Argentina is helping scientists rewrite the evolutionary history of a group of peculiar bird-like dinosaurs…...