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Teen Dino Field Day brings inflatable T-Rex races to Jemison Park
6+ hour, 49+ min ago (179+ words) Renovations to the O'Neal Library are among the first capital projects expected to move forward as Mountain Brook's new one-cent sales tax takes effect in 2026, part of the city's long-term, conservative approach to maintaining and improving core community assets. O'Neal…...
Woolly Mammoth Among Trove of Ancient DNA Found in Squirrel Poo
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (1770+ words) A huge treasure trove of ancient DNA from animals including extinct woolly mammoths has been discovered in frozen squirrel feces in Canada's remote Yukon territory, scientists said Tuesday. The DNA found deep inside sealed-off burrows is between 3, 000 and 700, 000 years old,…...
Earth's first animals barely evolved until sex changed everything
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (404+ words) Earth's earliest animals may have held evolution back because they reproduced asexually, creating low-competition communities that changed very little over time. When environmental pressures pushed them toward sexual reproduction, biodiversity exploded and evolution accelerated dramatically....
Velociraptor cousin had a taste for birds
5+ hour, 43+ min ago (266+ words) Dawn Get the latest news and updates from Dawn WASHINGTON: About 120 million years ago in what is now northwestern China, many kinds of birds flocked to a lakeside ecosystem. This dense avian population would have offered a smorgasbord for a…...
Arctic Ground Squirrel
7+ hour, 56+ min ago (63+ words) (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! Researchers analyzed permafrost samples collected from ground squirrel burrows that span several glacial periods and can remain frozen and sealed for thousands of years. Credit must be given to the creator. More on this News Release A…...
Tyrannosaurus rex leather handbag up for auction in Paris
3+ hour, 23+ min ago (228+ words) Myanmar International TV Tyrannosaurus rex leather handbag up for auction in Paris A handbag, crafted from a biocomposite material which, according to its creators, is made from traces of collagen found in a Tyrannosaurus rex femur in the United States,…...
Squirrel droppings yield a goldmine of prehistoric DNA
15+ hour, 18+ min ago (23+ words) unpublished. ca Squirrel droppings yield a goldmine of prehistoric DNA Be the first to comment...
Chelsea library's summer reading series goes prehistoric with weekly dinosaur programs
6+ hour, 46+ min ago (225+ words) Image courtesy of Chelsea Public Library Chelsea Public Library is taking a prehistoric approach to its Summer Reading Program this year with a lineup of dinosaur-themed activities scheduled throughout June and July. The free Wednesday afternoon programs will begin at…...
Yale Discovery Overturns Long-Held "Evolutionary Dead End" Theory
4+ hour, 49+ min ago (347+ words) The discovery of Typhlichthys styx shows that cave-adapted species can continue evolving and splitting into new species, with underground aquifers playing a crucial role in that process. Researchers at Yale have identified a previously unknown species of eyeless cavefish, a…...
How birds survived the mass extinction event that killed off the dinosaurs
8+ hour, 25+ min ago (104+ words) WCMU Public Media How birds survived the mass extinction event that killed off the dinosaurs Birds are the only dinosaurs that survived the devastating asteroid impact 66 million years ago. The songbirds you see today are directly linked to the velociraptor,…...