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A ‘striking’ creature with large spiky legs roamed what’s now Illinois 300 million years ago
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThe idea of coming face to face with any spider-like creature is enough to fill any arachnophobe...
Longstanding Paleontology Mystery Solved – Revolutionary Fossil Find in Morocco Unveils Origins of...
SciTechDaily· 2 days agoA PhD student at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, with the support of a CNRS researcher,...
"Unlike any other": Prehistoric Illinois' spiny-legged arachnid discovered
Newsweek· 6 hours agoA strange, spiny-legged arachnid from prehistoric times has been unearthed in Illinois. The newly...
Who needs Jurassic Park? Charlotte-area museum to welcome its own ‘Hall of Dinosaurs’
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 1 day agoColorado-based Triebold Paleontology, an expert in creating replica casts and fossil exhibitions, is...
Reconstructing the Voices of Dinosaurs: The Science Behind Jurassic Park III
Sci Fi Wire· 5 days agoDr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) struggles to communicate his love of conventional paleontology to a...
What Was The Fastest Dinosaur?
IFLScience· 4 hours agoFor a group of animals that went extinct 60 million years ago, we know a remarkable amount about how dinosaurs lived, but what about how fast they could...
308-Million-Year-Old Fossil Arachnid Is An 8-Legged Evolutionary Puzzle
IFLScience· 6 hours agoThis leggy, spiny fella is Douglassarachne acanthopoda, whom we’ll call Doug for short (only...
Fossil of spider-like creature found in Illinois stumps scientists — until now. See it
The Kansas City Star· 2 hours agoAt first glance, this fossilized eight-legged creature looks like a type of spider. Due to its unique features, paleontologists were unable to classify the arachnid with any other species. “ ...
Study reveals when the first warm-blooded dinosaurs roamed Earth
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDinosaurs were initially cold-blooded, but global warming 180 million years ago may have triggered...
Here's how one paleontologist got DC an official dinosaur
NBC Washington· 1 day agoPaleontologist Peter Kranz doesn't necessarily expect to be a famous scientist ... although he...