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Why meat-eating dinosaurs like T. rex evolved tiny arms
3+ hour, 17+ min ago (647+ words) Image by Marcel Kunkel via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4. 0) The evolution of tiny arms in several groups of meat-eating dinosaurs was likely driven by the development of strong, powerful heads, which were used to attack prey, according to a new…...
Dental science takes flight: UAB crafts prosthetic beak for Birmingham Zoo bird | UAB News
35+ min ago (213+ words) Dental science takes flight: UAB crafts prosthetic beak for Birmingham Zoo bird The University of Alabama at Birmingham Though much smaller, aracaris belong to the same bird family as the iconic toucan At about 3 months old, Beauregard damaged his rhinotheca,…...
Platypus population expands to 20 in Royal National Park: latest survey
9+ hour, 30+ min ago (616+ words) Three years after their historic reintroduction to Royal National Park, platypuses are now breeding, dispersing and being spotted by visitors along the Hacking River, say UNSW scientists. Scientists from UNSW Sydney have confirmed a reintroduced platypus population in Royal National…...
Pokemon Fossil Museum Archeops Promo Card Revealed | Poke Guardian | The Latest Pok'mon TCG News and Updates Daily
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (198+ words) The Pok'mon Fossil Museum exhibition held at'the Field Museum (of Natural History) in Chicago on May 22, 2026 - April 11, 2027 will also give out a special Archeops promo card with the Fossil Museum logo on there. TPCi confirmed this today on their Instagram…...
Dragons invade Flint as Sloan Museum unveils "Lost World of Dragons" exhibit
1+ hour, 5+ min ago (458+ words) FLINT, Mich." Dragons are coming to Flint! Sloan Museum of Discovery's "The Lost World of Dragons" is an exhibition that explores dragon mythology from cultures around the world. The exhibit features life-sized animatronic dragons, and interactive activities like a scavenger…...
Why flowering plants survived Earth's greatest extinction while dinosaurs did not
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (1203+ words) Ancient genome duplications may have helped flowering plants survive asteroid strikes, warming and cooling across Earth's history. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4. 0) Flowering plants survived Earth's worst disasters, including the asteroid strike that ended the dinosaurs, while many others vanished. A…...
For 70 Years, Scientists Thought These Were Mammoth Bones" Until They Discovered They Belonged To An Entirely Different Animal
2+ hour, 35+ min ago (439+ words) For decades, two massive fossil bones sat quietly in a museum, cataloged as part of Alaska's Ice Age past, but recent investigations have uncovered a twist that no one expected. For more than 70 years, two big fossil bones at the…...
There's a New T. Rex in Town'and It Swims
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (112+ words) 9: 18 AM CDT on May 22, 2026 One feature that sets T. rex apart is its size. The species measured 43 feet long from snout to tail, cementing its spot as apex predator of the shallow sea. "Everything is bigger in Texas and that includes…...
Columbus braces for dinosaur stampede May 30
5+ hour, 21+ min ago (540+ words) Home " News " Columbus braces for dinosaur stampede May 30 Few people can say they've run through downtown wearing an inflatable dinosaur costume, but that's about to change. Those participating in the upcoming inaugural Great Fossil Chase, organized by the city and…...
Strange Rocks Spotted Beside a Thai Pond in 2016 Turned Out to Be a 27-Tonne Dinosaur Giant from Deep Time
4+ hour, 5+ min ago (557+ words) A local villager spotted large bones near a drying pond. What emerged a decade later is a fossil so massive it rewrites Southeast Asia's prehistoric record. In 2016, during the dry season in northeastern Thailand, water levels in a communal pond…...