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Golden Valley News
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Crocodile skulls and conversation

3+ hour, 14+ min ago  (63+ words) gspublishing. net A group of excited paleontologists from the Science Museum of Minnesota drove to Beach on June 17 to give a presentation at the community center on fossils that were found in the Wannagan site in " One location for self-care…...

ECOticias. com
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Rangers near Sydney found living trees thought extinct for 90 million years " basically botanical zombies.

32+ min ago  (965+ words) Home - Environment - Rangers near Sydney found living trees thought extinct for 90 million years "basically botanical zombies In 1994, a New South Wales (NSW) park ranger named David Noble lowered himself into a remote rainforest canyon in Wollemi National Park, about 93 miles…...

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Botanical Pompeii" shows plants thrived before dinosaur extinction

31+ min ago  (921+ words) (Brian Engh via SWNS) The discovery of a "botanical Pompeii" has rewritten a long-held theory that flowering plants only flourished after the dinosaurs. The "unique" fossil find shows they were in fact blooming 10 million years before dinosaurs were wiped out,…...

Eurek Alert!
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First-ever protein analysis of Homo naledi fossils finds zero male markers

6+ hour, 14+ min ago  (418+ words) New analysis of the South African's Rising Star Cave fossils reveals striking genetic singularity, hinting at first known example of a sex-specific burial site from a non-human species image:" National Geographic Explorer and biological anthropologist Keneiloe Molopyane studying the excavation…...

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Travelbinger
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Why West Africa's Cave-Dwelling Crocodiles Are the Most Studied and Least Understood Reptiles Alive

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (111+ words) Travelbinger What makes this story genuinely strange is not just the orange skin or the underground lifestyle. It's the gap between how intensely these crocodiles have been studied and how little researchers actually understand about them. Every expedition answers one…...

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Eurek Alert!
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Fossils upend catastrophist narrative that flowering plants flourished only after dinosaur extinction

4+ hour, 3+ min ago  (683+ words) Botanical Pompeii" shows angiosperms prospered 10 million years before dinosaur demise Credit: Illustration by Brian Engh A unique cache of plant fossils from volcanic deposits in New Mexico contradicts the common narrative that flowering plants were minor players in Earth"s…...

GS Publishing
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Constructing" story hours at the library

3+ hour, 21+ min ago  (77+ words) The Golden Valley County Library's weekly story hour program is in full swing. The reader for story hour on June 10 was none other than Pete Wirtzfeld, who serves as Golden Valley County's road " Treasure hunters turn out for annual Highway…...

Google News
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Botanical Pompeii" shows plants thrived before dinosaur extinction | National | times-georgian. com

2+ hour, 16+ min ago  (921+ words) (Brian Engh via SWNS) The discovery of a "botanical Pompeii" has rewritten a long-held theory that flowering plants only flourished after the dinosaurs. The "unique" fossil find shows they were in fact blooming 10 million years before dinosaurs were wiped out,…...

Berkeley News
news. berkeley. edu > 06/25/2026 > new-fossils-upend-catastrophist-narrative-that-flowering-plants-flourished-only-after-dinosaur-extinction

New fossils upend catastrophist narrative that flowering plants flourished only after dinosaur extinction

4+ hour, 21+ min ago  (751+ words) Flowering plants, or angiosperms, now dominate Earth's flora, but biologists thought they truly took off only after an asteroid impact 66 million years ago. A "botanical Pompeii' containing fossilized seeds and fruits shows they prospered 10 million years earlier. A unique cache…...

WV News
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Local libraries announce Summer Reading Club 2026 " Unearth a Story

2+ hour, 32+ min ago  (307+ words) OAKLAND " The Ruth Enlow Library has announced the launch of Summer Reading Club 2026, "Unearth a Story." Events are kicking off with a "Mr. Mike the Dinosaur Guy" program presented by Mike Sgrignoli. All are invited for a "Dino Chat" where…...