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Rising Ethical Concerns as Dinosaur Fossils Outpace Art at Global Auctions
1+ hour, 14+ min ago (136+ words) CBC Rising Ethical Concerns as Dinosaur Fossils Outpace Art at Global Auctions Adolfo Cuetara, Executive Director of the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, speaks with host Bruce Ladan about the growing trend of private fossil sales and why the commercialization of…...
The 100-million-year-old cold case and the aquatic dinosaur called Moria
51+ min ago (575+ words) Travis Enright lying next to a juvenile ichthyosaur fossil. (Supplied: Travis Enright) It's the dead things that make Travis Enright feel alive. Like dusting the dirt off a 100-million-year-old dinosaur bone. "It's a mixture of emotions when you find a…...
Dinosaurs may have shaped the evolution of fruit-bearing plants
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (698+ words) The timeline for fruit evolution has shifted dramatically. Researchers now suggest large, fleshy fruits evolved tens of millions of years earlier than expected. This means that dinosaurs may have eaten them long before the mass extinction. The study was led…...
The first primates may not have evolved in warm tropical forests at all " a new study places their origins in cold, dry parts of North America, with some early species possibly surviving seasonal Arctic conditions by slowing their bodies down
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (284+ words) The usual picture of primate origins is warm, leafy and tropical: small tree-dwelling mammals evolving in forests where fruit, flowers and insects were...
Tiny platypus leaves creek, climbs rocks, and squeezes through tunnel in Australia
2+ hour, 57+ min ago (391+ words) Another detail visible in the footage was a white marking on the top of the platypus's bill. One strange, little mammal is winning hearts online after a zookeeper shared footage of the "very adventurous little platypus" exploring an Australian freshwater…...
Newcastle Family 'Shell-Shocked' By Vandalism Of Rare Dinosaur Footprints
3+ hour, 35+ min ago (1361+ words) A trespasser trying illegally to make a copy of rare dinosaur footprints on the "Paleo Park" Zerbst Ranch near Newcastle ended up vandalizing the site. "I was shell-shocked. "We have spent years protecting them," said the owner. A one-of-a-kind dinosaur…...
South Dakota T. Rex Could Bring $30 Million Or More At Auction
4+ hour, 4+ min ago (750+ words) The mounted skeleton of "Gus" on display at Sotheby's in New York, where it is being auctioned. The Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil was excavated on private land in Harding County, S. D." The dig site for Gus the T. rex skeleton in Harding County....
A 125-million-year-old dinosaur unearthed in China was preserved so perfectly that individual skin cells are still visible, and it was covered in hollow, porcupine-like spikes never documented on any dinosaur before
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (843+ words) The fossil is easy to oversell, because the real version is already strange enough. The headline detail is not just that skin survived. It is that the skin includes hollow, spike-like structures preserved finely enough for the team to examine…...
Make a wish son | Paleontology
6+ hour, 28+ min ago (44+ words) Phillip Hamilton " 16 days ago Zach Sweat " about 19 hours ago Phillip Hamilton " about 22 hours ago K. J. Genualdo " about 22 hours ago Uploaded by Kimmy Dude about 2 hours ago Resolution: (1067px x 1513px) File size: 332 KB Uploaded about 2 hours ago...
These Unusual Step-Like Structures on Hillsides Baffled Darwin 150 Years Ago'Now Scientists Finally Know Their Origins
8+ hour, 11+ min ago (523+ words) An unusual phenomenon that has been recognized around the world for more than a century has finally been resolved: what are the origins of the distinctive, stair-like ridges that form on steep hillsides? These features, known as "terracettes," have long…...