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Well-Preserved Embryo Found Inside Fossilized Dinosaur Egg

A rare look inside a fossilized dinosaur egg found in southern China has revealed an exquisitely preserved embryo -- and evidence suggesting that some of these prehistoric creatures had even more in common with modern birds than previously thought. F.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotDec 22nd, 2021

36-million-year-old whale fossil found in Peruvian desert

Paleontologists on Thursday unveiled the fossilized remains of an ancient whale that inhabited the seas 36 million years ago, found last year in a Peruvian desert......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMar 18th, 2022

How to become a world-dominating supervillain for a measly $55 billion

Ars chats with Ryan North about his new book How to Take Over the World. Enlarge / Ryan North, creator of Dinosaur Comics, offers a step-by-step guide to becoming the next Lex Luthor in his new book, How To Take Over the World: Practic.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsMar 17th, 2022

Want to become a supervillain? Here’s a step-by-step guide

Ars chats with Ryan North about his new book How to Take Over the World. Enlarge / Ryan North, creator of Dinosaur Comics, offers a step-by-step guide to becoming the next Lex Luthor in his new book, How To Take Over the World: Practic.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsMar 17th, 2022

Newly Discovered Saber-Tooth Predator Shows How Hypercarnivores Evolved

A well-preserved fossil introduces a new species that lived in what is now California around 42 million years ago -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsMar 15th, 2022

Endurance: Explorer Shackleton"s ship found after a century

Researchers have discovered the remarkably well-preserved wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, in 10,000 feet of icy water, a century after it was swallowed up by Antarctic ice during what proved to be one of the most heroic e.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMar 12th, 2022

328m-Year-Old Vampire Squid Named After President Biden

A newly discovered fossilized vampire squid has been named after the US president, Joe Biden, a team of paleontologists has announced. From a report: The Syllipsimopodi bideni, which has been described as an "incredibly rare" fossil, was first dug up.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsMar 10th, 2022

Capcom Announces Dinosaur Battling Action Game Exoprimal

No, what we watched at the opening of Sony's State of Play was sadly not a new Dino Crisis game. But it was a brand new IP about fighting dinosaurs from Capcom, called Exoprimal.No, what we watched at the opening of Sony's State of Play was sadly.....»»

Category: gameSource:  ignRelated NewsMar 10th, 2022

Every Legendary weapon in Horizon Forbidden West and how to get them

If you want to be the most deadly robot dinosaur hunter possible, we'll show you all the Legendary weapons in Horizon Forbidden West and how you can get them......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMar 9th, 2022

Well-preserved fossils could be a consequence of past global climate change

Climate change can affect life on Earth. According to new research, it can also affect the dead......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMar 8th, 2022

The oldest dinosaur precursor from South America is discovered in Brazil

Paleontologists from the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) published a study in the scientific periodic Gondwana Research describing the new fossilized specimen......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMar 4th, 2022

New species of stegosaur is oldest discovered in Asia, and possibly the world

A new species of one of the most recognizable types of dinosaur is the oldest stegosaur ever found in Asia, and one of the earliest unearthed anywhere in the world, according to research published today in the peer-reviewed Journal of Vertebrate Pale.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMar 4th, 2022

An asteroid killed dinosaurs in spring—which might explain why mammals survived

New study sheds light on why species extinction was so selective after the K-Pg impact. An international team of scientists used synchrotron radiation to image and analyze fossilized fish from the Tanis deposit in North Dakota. Some 66 mi.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsFeb 23rd, 2022

"Superbly preserved" pterosaur fossil unearthed in Scotland

The fossil of a 170-million-year-old pterosaur, described as the world's best-preserved skeleton of the prehistoric winged reptile, has been found on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, scientists said Tuesday......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsFeb 22nd, 2022

New species of spinosaurid dinosaur discovered in Portugal

A pair of researchers affiliated with both the NOVA School of Science and Technology and Museu da Lourinhã, has found evidence that suggests a group of fossils found 23 years ago in Portugal are the remains of a new species of Spinosaurus—the type.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsFeb 21st, 2022

New group of plants was one of the first to colonize the land

Minute fossils unearthed in preserved charcoal point to the existence of an entirely unknown group of plants that were among the first to move onto land......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsFeb 18th, 2022

New armless abelisaur dinosaur species discovered in Argentina

A new dinosaur which formed part of an array of 'unusual' creatures has been discovered in Argentina......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsFeb 18th, 2022

Preserved in tree resin: Bees became extinct before they were discovered

Together with an international team, Senckenberg scientist Dr. Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer studied stingless bees from East Africa that were encased in tree resin and copal. In their study, published in the journal The Holocene, the researchers des.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsFeb 14th, 2022

Sauro-Throat! Study finds first evidence indicating dinosaur respiratory infection

The fossilized remains of an immature diplodocid—a large, long-necked herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, like Brontosaurus—may provide the first evidence of a unique respiratory infection in a dinosaur, according to a study published in Scientific Re.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsFeb 10th, 2022

Huge Sponges Are Eating an Extinct Arctic Ecosystem

Thousands of years ago, hydrothermal vents fed worms deep below the ice. Scientists have found 300-year-old sponges feeding on the worms’ fossilized remains......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsFeb 8th, 2022

A new large titanosaurian dinosaur from the Pyrenees

Researchers from the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP), the Conca Dellà Museum (MCD), the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR) and the NOVA University of Lisbon (UNL) have described the.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsFeb 7th, 2022