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Waste dumped at Boulemane archaeological site with 165-million-year-old dinosaur remains sparks frustration
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (159+ words) HESPRESS English - Morocco News Casablanca to build $1.5 billion waste-to-energy plant by 2030 72 million year old fossilized dinosaur teeth repatriated to Morocco from France Hundreds of animal bones and dozens of human-made stone tools found near Essaouira date back more than 180,000 years…...
Dinosaur Jr???s J Mascis:???I was a guest at my wife???s first wedding???
5+ hour, 18+ min ago (413+ words) J Mascis was introduced to his wife through her boyfriend at the time – and even attended their wedding as a guest, the Dinosaur Jr legend has revealed. The renowned guitarist and frontman for the influential rock band met his future…...
Life-size Megalosaurus sculptures displayed at Blenheim Palace
3+ hour, 12+ min ago (515+ words) The Megalosaurus sculptures are displayed at Blenheim Palace Five colourful dinosaur sculptures have been installed in the gardens of a palace. The Megalosaurus is displayed in different expressive poses in the Dinosaurs Are Forever exhibition at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock,…...
Ichthyosaur pregnant with nearly a dozen babies discovered in China – and they were nearly ready to be born | Discover Wildlife
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (451+ words) The fossilised marine reptile died with at least eleven foetuses inside her Shengxiao Gu et al. PeerJ 2026 Ichthyosaurs were marine reptiles that patrolled the oceans of the Mesozoic era (251 million to 65.5 million years ago). Similar in appearance to modern dolphins,…...
Life-size dinosaur sculptures displayed at palace
3+ hour, 12+ min ago (282+ words) Five colourful dinosaur sculptures have been installed in the gardens of a palace. The Megalosaurus is displayed in different expressive poses in the Dinosaurs Are Forever exhibition at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. It was the first ever scientifically named…...
Epic dinosaur festival roars to life at Tzaneen Showgrounds | Herald
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (187+ words) Tanaiya Lees is the Digital Coordinator for the Polokwane Review-Observer and the Letaba, Phalaborwa, Hoedspruit, Mopani, and Regional Herald. She holds a Diploma in Journalism, and a BA in Communications and Psychology. With an interest in storytelling and a strong…...
Dinosaur Jr????s J Mascis:????I was a guest at my wife????s first wedding????
5+ hour, 18+ min ago (431+ words) Renowned musician recalls meeting his now-wife for the first time at Electric Lady studios in New York City J Mascis was introduced to his wife through her boyfriend at the time – and even attended their wedding as a guest, the…...
This tiny Thai lizard shares its name with a ‘House of the Dragon’ beast
5+ hour, 53+ min ago (418+ words) Researchers have described a new-to-science species of horned lizard from the high-elevation, evergreen forests of western Thailand. The lizard, named the Syrax mountain horned dragon, or Acanthosaura syrax, in a recent study, was discovered in Mae Wong National Park. The…...
Famous names in human evolution may be due for retirement
17+ hour, 18+ min ago (803+ words) A new study could reshape human evolution by placing Australopithecus and Paranthropus within an expanded genus Homo. Some of the best-known names in human evolution – including Australopithecus and Paranthropus – may be due for retirement. A new study argues that these…...
Dimetrodon — the sail-backed predator routinely mistaken for a dinosaur — first appeared roughly 60 million years before the earliest dinosaurs and was actually more closely related to humans than to T. rex.
10+ hour, 7+ min ago (1080+ words) Dimetrodon lived in the Permian, before dinosaurs, and belonged to Synapsida, the same major evolutionary branch that later produced mammals. By Natural History · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published August 21, 2026 · How we edit The plastic dinosaur bin has been lying to…...