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‘Big boy’ crocodile named Prince William by conservationist Robert Irwin
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (228+ words) A 12ft saltwater crocodile has been named after the Prince of Wales by conservationist Robert Irwin in recognition of the future king’s dedication to protecting wildlife. The reptile, called Prince William, is the 300th crocodile to be tagged as part of a…...
An unknown human lineage interbred with our ancestors in Africa more than 50,000 years ago — and although scientists still don't know who these humans were, traces of their DNA survive in every modern population studied.
36+ min ago (1147+ words) A new genomic method detected roughly 0.49% to 1.1% ancestry from an unidentified human population across five sampled groups. The signal points to mixing in Africa before the main out-of-Africa expansion, but it has not been matched to a fossil species. By…...
????Big boy???? crocodile named Prince William by conservationist Robert Irwin
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (228+ words) A 12ft saltwater crocodile has been named after the Prince of Wales by conservationist Robert Irwin in recognition of the future king’s dedication to protecting wildlife. The reptile, called Prince William, is the 300th crocodile to be tagged as part of a…...
Watauga County Public Library celebrating library card sign-up month
3+ hour, 6+ min ago (377+ words) This September, the Watauga County Public Library invites the community to celebrate Library Card Sign-up Month and discover how a library card can hit all the right notes. According to the library, getting a card is free, easy and empowering....
First pieces of 66-foot-tall dinosaur statue arrive in Tulsa, construction to start soon
6+ hour, 5+ min ago (175+ words) The first pieces of what will be a 66-foot-tall dinosaur arrived in Tulsa, filling up much of a small warehouse in West Tulsa, near where the statue will be erected in Howard Park. The Oklahoma Route 66 Commission is supporting the…...
Twenty-one fossil footprints at GaJi10 on Kenya’s Lake Turkana record eight Paranthropus boisei crossing the same muddy shore 1.43 million years ago, the largest maybe 1.8 metres and 75 kilograms — a snapshot of company bones almost never preserve, published in PNAS this week.
3+ hour, 53+ min ago (259+ words) Twenty-one hominin prints at GaJi10 on Lake Turkana record eight individuals 1.43 million years ago. The paper’s call is Paranthropus boisei; the largest maybe 1.8 m and 75 kg. By Lab Report · Edited by Justin Brown Published September 1, 2026 · How we edit Bones accumulate. Footprints…...
Evidence of bone-crushing dogs at Ashfall Fossil Beds reveal new questions
13+ hour, 48+ min ago (358+ words) image: Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, part of the University of Nebraska State Museum, is located in Royal, Nebraska. view more “We even find coprolites — fossil poop — that have chips of bone in it,” Matson said. “So, we know…...
???? This evidence of live birth is so ancient that it upends everything we know - News
8+ hour, 1+ min ago (402+ words) Sep 1, 2026, 04:00 AM Frontiers in Mammal Science FR · ES · DE · PT A 236-million-year-old fossil indicates that a very ancient relative of mammals may already have given birth to live young. The specimen belongs to Chiniquodon theotonicus, a cynodont from the Triassic....
DinoLand Cafe in Myrtle Beach, SC: Where Dinosaurs Join You for Dinner
12+ hour, 8+ min ago (715+ words) Home » Posts » DinoLand Cafe in Myrtle Beach, SC: Where Dinosaurs Join You for Dinner DinoLand Cafe in Myrtle Beach, SC is a full-service, dinosaur-themed restaurant where life-sized animatronic dinos walk the floor, hang from the ceiling, and generally steal the…...
Natural History Museum: Age of Dinosaurs at Sandbox VR Birmingham
23+ hour, 21+ min ago (118+ words) Birmingham gears up for Brum Transport Fest with one month to go Step back in time and come face-to-face with some of history’s most iconic prehistoric creatures in Age of Dinosaurs, an immersive virtual reality experience created through a brand…...