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The Jurassic Period Festival Will Be Held in Latvia for the First Time
9+ hour, 44+ min ago (175+ words) Inbox. lv The Jurassic Period Festival Will Be Held in Latvia for the First Time The show will feature 15 sculptors from ten countries, the municipality of the city reported. These are masters from Turkey, the USA, Ukraine, Spain, Bulgaria, Poland,…...
Buffalo Zoo hosts Destination Dinosaur exhibit
6+ hour, 27+ min ago (124+ words) AOL. com Buffalo Zoo hosts Destination Dinosaur exhibit Nick Cannon says son Moroccan, 15, can date, but twin sister Monroe isn't allowed: "I" David Allan Coe's daughter says all 8 of his kids lost touch with controversial singe" After Spirit collapse strands…...
Dinosaur fossils headline Dino Daze
4+ hour, 50+ min ago (320+ words) Amelia Zietlow of History Museum at the Castle takes a picture of a dinosaur during an exhibit at UW-Milwaukee." " " " " " " " " " " " " What if you could hold a piece of prehistoric history in your hands? This summer, families will have that chance as…...
T. Rex Blood Vessels Discovery Reveals How Dinosaurs Healed Injuries
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (278+ words) The discovery originated at the University of Regina, where researchers used particle accelerator technology to examine fossilized remains. Through high-resolution 3 D imaging, scientists detected structures resembling blood vessels embedded deep within a T. rex bone. The project later expanded as the…...
"King of Dinosaurs" visiting Beijing in historic Chinese mainland debut
7+ hour, 5+ min ago (767+ words) Xinhua 02 May 2026, 21: 45 GMT+ BEIJING, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The "king of the dinosaurs" has arrived in Beijing. Notably, it didn't come alone. "A Special Exhibition for the King of Dinosaurs," a blockbuster event that pairs two authentic Tyrannosaurus rex (T-rex) skeletons from…...
230 million years ago, an unprecedented discovery in Brazil reveals a new species of rhynchosaur with a parrot-like beak and could change what is known about how herbivorous reptiles dominated complex ecological niches before the rise of dinosaurs in the Triassic period.
11+ hour, 51+ min ago (562+ words) A significant paleontological discovery was made by Brazilian researchers, bringing new data about life in the Triassic period. According to the team from the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, a new reptile species of herbivore was identified from fossils found…...
DNA tests pending on human remains found in Komatipoort crocodile
11+ hour, 25+ min ago (134+ words) The Citizen Human remains were found in a crocodile that was put down in the Komatipoort area on Saturday, May 2. Captain Pottie Potgieter of the Ehlanzeni Diving Unit confirmed the discovery. A forensic necropsy was conducted after the crocodile was…...
One of the world's rarest books goes on display at Glasgow library
5+ hour, 48+ min ago (652+ words) John James Audubon produced "The Birds of America" between 1827-1838, with hundreds of plates depicting life-sized bird species. (Image: Kirsty Anderson / Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow) An exhibition of one of the world"s rarest books has opened…...
Germany Handing Over Irritator Dinosaur Fossil to Brazil
18+ hour, 18+ min ago (746+ words) A 113-million-year-old spinosaurid fossil that has been at the center of a long-standing legal and ethical debate is finally returning to its country of origin. As reported by The Guardian, the German state of Baden-W'rttemberg and the State Museum of…...
College Student Identifies Bizarre New Carnivorous Dinosaur Three Times Older Than T. rex
13+ hour, 13+ min ago (723+ words) A distorted dinosaur skull, once dismissed as unusable, became the focus of a detailed digital reconstruction that revealed new insights into early carnivorous dinosaurs. "You want to stick your finger in a dinosaur brain?" asked Simba Srivastava. In a fossil-filled…...