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550 million-year-old sea sponge fossil find fills gap in its family tree
Interesting Engineering· 6 days ago“If you extrapolate back, then perhaps the first ones were soft-bodied creatures with entirely...
Fossil-hunting diver makes stunning ancient find off Florida coast: 'Very rare'
Fox News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAlex Lundberg, a scuba diver and fossil hunter, found an ancient mastodon tusk in Manasota Key,...
Bizarre egg-laying mammals once ruled Australia—then lost their teeth
Ars Technica· 4 days agoOnly two types of monotremes, the platypus and echidna, still exist, but more monotreme species were...
Dinosaur footprints, fossils discovered 'in our own backyard'
New Hampshire Union Leader· 1 day ago“To have this in our own backyard,” Mayor Guyleen Castriotta said. The Friday afternoon field trip...
Huge cheetah that roamed China 1 million years ago would have stood face to face with a tiger
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 days agoArtist impression of extinct giant cheetah species Acinonyx pleistocaenicus hunting . Scientists...
Team finds 'missing' 550 million-year-old sea sponge
Futurity· 5 days agoResearchers have discovered a 550 million-year-old sea sponge fossil, filling in a gap in the evolutionary family tree of one of the earliest animals. At...
How 3 US kids discovered a T. rex fossil on a hike in North Dakota
South China Morning Post· 7 days agoAfter its death around 67 million years ago, it was entombed in the Hell Creek Formation, a popular...
Long Island professor discovers new dinosaur in Zimbabwe: ‘Big career moment’
NY Post via Yahoo News· 3 days agoStony Brook University professor Kimi Chapelle played a pivotal role in finding fossils of this...
The hidden corners of Britain’s most accessible national park
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoThe national park supports rare and endangered plants and animals – and boasts a long ecological...
Scientists make massive breakthrough after scanning Jurassic creature
Daily Express· 2 days agoScientists have a massive breakthrough from the fossil of a flying reptile that excavated from a gravel pit. The pterosaur was excavated from the floor of a quarry near Abingdon-on-Thames ...