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First ever dinosaur bone discovered in Antarctica
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Dino-mite summer: Join the Summer Library Challenge!
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (158+ words) Posted by Mary Pom Claiborne | Jul 1, 2026 | Our Town Readers | 0 We're midway through the'Summer Library Challenge, but don't worry'there's still plenty of time to join the fun, and our shelves are packed with exciting books waiting to be discovered! This year's…...
World's Earliest Primate: Did scientists miss this 65. 9-million-year-old Colorado fossil?
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (487+ words) Fossil teeth smaller than the tip of a baby's finger have changed what scientists know about the earliest relatives of humans. Researchers have uncovered tiny teeth belonging to Purgatorius in Colorado's Denver Basin. The discovery marks the southernmost known record…...
Dinosaur Jr. announce new album There Near
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (218+ words) The band have also announced a new run fall North American Tour dates, including stops in Los Angeles, Seattle, Austin and more. The band will kick off their previously announced tour with Band of Horses on July 10th in Kingston, NY....
Antarctica's first found dinosaur fossil confirmed nearly 40 years after discovery
5+ hour, 19+ min ago (366+ words) A dinosaur bone discovered in Antarctica in 1985 has been confirmed as the first dinosaur fossil ever found on the continent, providing new insights into how dinosaurs spread across the southern continents millions of years ago. Researchers at the British Antarctic…...
A rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica is found tucked away in a drawer
6+ hour, 8+ min ago (388+ words) Antarctica Dinosaur This image provided by the Natural History Museum shows a fossil found in Antarctica that belongs to a group of dinosaurs called titanosaurs. (Natural History Museum via AP) (Lucie Goodayle/The Natural History Museum, Lond) NEW YORK " Scientists…...
Museum f'r Naturkunde Berlin: Museum Meet-up " Palaeontology Section
7+ hour, 8+ min ago (109+ words) Research in the museum The museum's development into the 21st century Prof. Dr Gerhard Scholtz (retired): "New findings on the oldest crab (Lower Jurassic, Pliensbachian). Anyone interested in palaeontology is warmly invited to attend these museum meetings. All guests are welcome…...
Antarctica's 1st dinosaur fossil from 1985 expedition formally identified after nearly 40 years
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (276+ words) By Hazel Belkis Belge ISTANBUL (AA) " A bone collected during a 1985 British Antarctic Survey (BAS) expedition has been formally identified as the first dinosaur fossil ever discovered on the Antarctic continent, nearly 40 years after it was unearthed. The vertebra was…...
Science on the Lawn " Hyde Park Mastodon with Museum of the Earth
10+ hour, 6+ min ago (131+ words) Finger Lakes Daily News Our records show you're subscribed. Join us each Thursday from July 16-Aug 13 for informative and fun hands-on science activities through our "Science on the Lawn" series of programs. This year's theme is "Unearth a Story" and…...
Social Rundown: Dino fossil in drawer, Dino Doggy Daycare & H-Town Spiderman
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