While most people imagine alligators and crocodiles as being much the same now as they were during the age of dinosaurs, digging into the fossil record shows much more diverse species through time. Semiaquatic ambush predators ...
Archaeology
Sep 30, 2019
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Coral reefs and the abundant life they support are increasingly threatened today, but a snapshot of a coral reef that flourished 150 million years ago shows that many animals were then at their peak of diversity, just offshore ...
Archaeology
Sep 18, 2019
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An international team of subsurface explorers from the University of Adelaide in Australia and the University of Aberdeen in Scotland has uncovered a previously undescribed Jurassic world of around 100 ancient volcanoes buried ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 13, 2019
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Paleontologists are trying to dispel a myth about what life was like when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. The false narrative has wormed its way into books, lectures and even scientific papers about this long-ago era.
Plants & Animals
Jun 21, 2019
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Godzilla first made his debut in 1954. At inception, he was a 50-meter tall metaphor for indiscriminate destruction, particularly U.S. hydrogen-bomb testing in the Marshall Islands, which, in the film, destroyed Godzilla's ...
Social Sciences
May 30, 2019
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Scientists from the U.S. and Europe hope to learn more about a promising new dinosaur site in northern Wyoming this summer.
Archaeology
Mar 26, 2019
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A new study has documented unexpected consequences following the decline of great white sharks from an area off South Africa. The study found that the disappearance of great whites has led to the emergence of sevengill sharks, ...
Ecology
Feb 13, 2019
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Dozens of giant footprints discovered on a Scottish island are helping shed light on an important period in dinosaur evolution.
Archaeology
Apr 2, 2018
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Authorities in Morocco said Monday they doubt the authenticity of an alleged dinosaur tail sold in Mexico, after launching a probe to see if it had been illegally exported from the North African country.
Archaeology
Jan 22, 2018
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Moroccan authorities have opened an inquiry into the origins of a dinosaur tail from the North African country sold at auction in Mexico, the culture ministry said Saturday.
Archaeology
Jan 21, 2018
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