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World's Oldest 'Terrible Lizard'? Meet Tainrakuasuchus, the Prehistoric Crocodile Predator! (2026)
5+ min ago (179+ words) Think dinosaurs were the first rulers of the prehistoric world? Think again. Meet Tainrakuasuchus bellator, a fearsome crocodile-like predator that roamed the Earth millions of years before the first dinosaurs even appeared. This groundbreaking discovery is flipping our understanding of…...
First Plant-Eating Tetrapod? 307-Million-Year-Old Skull Reveals Early Herbivory (2026)
5+ min ago (203+ words) A remarkable discovery, a 307-million-year-old creature found within a fossilized tree, is challenging our understanding of early animal evolution. This story is a real eye-opener, and it's about to change how we think about the ancient past! Imagine a small,…...
Sea turtle shells reveal hidden records of ocean change
31+ min ago (583+ words) By Diana Udel [email protected] Techniques developed to study the distant past'from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice cores'are now being repurposed to better understand the lives of modern sea turtles. Using radiocarbon methods from archaeology, researchers show…...
T. Rex Hunting Behavior: Evidence from a Fossilized Edmontosaurus Skull (2026)
32+ min ago (793+ words) The T. Rex's Last Bite: Unraveling a Prehistoric Mystery There's something undeniably captivating about the idea of a T. Rex tooth embedded in another dinosaur's skull. It's like a prehistoric crime scene, frozen in time, waiting for us to piece together the…...
T. Rex Tooth Found Embedded in Dinosaur Skull: Uncovering the Predator's Hunting Secrets (2026)
56+ min ago (172+ words) The T. Rex's Last Bite: Unraveling the Predator's Legacy The Tooth That Tells a Tale The Feast After the Kill Beyond the Bones: What This Means for Paleontology The Bigger Picture: Predators and Their Prey In my opinion, this is where…...
Scientists Found a T. Rex Tooth Embedded in Another Dinosaur's Skull
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (857+ words) For decades, dinosaurs, especially the Tyrannosaurus rex, have captured the imaginations of the public and paleontologists alike. In many instances, pop culture has depicted the T. rex as the giant and fearsome hunter that lorded over other dinosaurs. However, paleontologists have…...
Platypus Anatomy Just Got Weirder
4+ hour, 17+ min ago (394+ words) These egg-laying oddities are more birdlike than previously thought 6:00 PM CDT on March 18, 2026 One glance at the platypus and you'll forgive the naturalists who assumed it was a clever hoax upon first encountering preserved specimens more than 200 years ago. After…...
"It's A Difficult Question": Why Researchers Are Divided Over The Age And Ancestry Of These Ancient Chinese Skulls
5+ hour, 42+ min ago (1746+ words) Editor & Staff Writer Tom has a master's degree in biochemistry from the University of Oxford and his interests range from immunology and microscopy to the philosophy of science.View full profile Yunxian I and II (left and right) along with…...
What we still get wrong about dinosaurs
4+ hour, 38+ min ago (141+ words) What we still get wrong about dinosaurs'New Scientist Forget what you've seen in Jurassic Park: dinosaurs in real life were far more compelling, well adapted and intelligent than the movie monsters they are so often portrayed as. In this interview…...
Cape Town scientists say we might be wrong about dinosaur ages
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (490+ words) Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan and Maria'Eugenia Pereyra from the University of Cape Town say growth marks in crocodile bones may not accurately reveal the age of reptiles or dinosaurs. Two University of Cape Town researchers are challenging a long-standing scientific method used…...