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Mongolia's 120-million-year-old giant footprints reveal a forgotten dinosaur world

For decades, Mongolia's reputation in dinosaur research has rested largely on its spectacular Late Cretaceous fossils. Famous skeletons from the Gobi Desert have provided some of the most important discoveries in palaeontology, while older dinosaur ecosystems remained far less understood. That imbalance is beginning to change.

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A 148-million-year-old Jurassic fossil discovered in China may have solved one of evolution's biggest mysteries about how birds evolved from dinosaurs

Researchers have described a new Jurassic bird species, Zhengheornis buyu, discovered in Fujian Province, China. The 148-million-year-old fossil shows a shortened tail with 15 vertebrae but no fused pygostyle, suggesting that vertebral reduction happened before tail bone fusion in the evolution of modern birds.

The Economic Times

Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil belonged to a group of the largest land animals ever

Researchers have identified the first-ever dinosaur fossil discovered on Antarctica, revealing it belonged to a titanosaur.

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Megalodon’s legendary life revealed by fossil rediscovery

Museums are supposed to be havens for the collective cultural and scientific heritage of the planet, but specimens sometimes go missing.

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A museum drawer hid this dinosaur secret for 40 years, until now when everything changed

Antarctica dinosaur fossil discovery: A forgotten fossil, overlooked for 40 years in a museum drawer, has revealed Antarctica's first dinosaur discovery: an 82-million-year-old titanosaur tail vertebra. This find reshapes our understanding of the continent's ancient past, suggesting it served as a vital land bridge for dinosaurs during the supercontinent Gondwana.

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Australia's living dinosaur tree survived 90 million years in a secret canyon

A tree species known only from fossils dating back roughly 90 million years has turned out to be very much alive. In 1994, a New South Wales park ranger rappelled into a narrow sandstone canyon in the Wollemi National Park and stumbled upon a small grove of strange-looking conifers. Botanists…

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A dinosaur fossil sat forgotten in a drawer since 1985 until scientists realized what it was

Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica tucked in a drawer

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Antarctica’s first dinosaur bone confirmed after four decades in storage

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First dinosaur bone from Antarctica was unnoticed for 40 years

The British Antarctic Survey has uncovered a tail vertebra belonging to a Titanosaur

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Antarctica's oldest known dinosaur fossil was hiding in a museum drawer for 40 years

For years, it sat unnoticed among thousands of geological specimens, catalogued and stored without attracting much attention. The fossil had been collected during an expedition to Antarctica in the mid-1980s and then quietly placed within a museum collection, where it remained for nearly four decades.

The Times of India

First Antarctic dinosaur fossil confirmed nearly 40 years after discovery

A vertebra discovered by British scientists in 1985 has been identified as the first dinosaur fossil found in Antarctica, shedding new light on how these animals spread across the southern hemisphere.

Euronews

I can parry the meteor that made dinosaurs go extinct? Hell yeah, I’m in

"Jurassic World meets Dark Souls using Cloud's buster sword from Final Fantasy." Say less Jean, I'm in.

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Dino nuggets, made better

Because we all should be feeding our inner child — even into adulthood

Salon

Dinosaur's rib cage is star attraction at Great American State Fair run by Donald Trump's Freedom 250 to celebrate 250th anniversary of U.S. All about gigantic item

Visitors were united by their enthusiasm for states to come together and show off their unique characters, famous natives, industries and history and geographical diversity.

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At the Great American State Fair, you can find a dinosaur's rib cage. Unity is another matter

The Great American State Fair has kicked off on the National Mall in Washington

The Economic Times

T. Rex or a squirrel? A bizarre dinosaur discovery is challenging what we know about ancient predators

A new fossil discovery from northwestern China suggests a feathered, four-winged dinosaur may have preyed on ancient birds about 120 million years ago. The species, Jian changmaensis, a microraptor relative, was found at a site filled with clustered bird bones that resemble owl pellets. Researchers believe it could be the…

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166-million-year-old Jurassic dinosaur highway discovered beneath a British quarry

A routine day at a limestone quarry in Oxfordshire has led to one of Britain's most significant dinosaur discoveries in decades. Hidden beneath layers of clay, hundreds of fossilised footprints have emerged from a landscape that existed around 166 million years ago, when the region lay beside a warm, shallow…

The Economic Times

Four-winged dinosaur: Scientists just found a four-winged dinosaur in northwestern China, and it may be the predator that left behind piles of crushed bird bones

A remarkable discovery in China has unveiled Jianchangmaensis, a new four-limbed gliding dinosaur, potentially solving a 120-million-year-old mystery. This close relative of Velociraptor, with a wingspan similar to a barn owl, may be the predator responsible for mysterious bone pellets found alongside numerous prehistoric bird fossils. The find expands our…

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From birth to adulthood, T. rex took 40 years growing into an eight-ton giant, and scientists think that long childhood helped it dominate the dinosaur world

New research reveals Tyrannosaurus rex took longer to reach its massive size than previously thought, growing for about 40 years instead of 20. This extended development, uncovered through advanced bone analysis, suggests a slower, more gradual maturation process. The study also hints that famous fossils like 'Jane' might represent a…

The Conversation

Does screen time mean children are missing out on play?

In Toy Story 5, Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the gang are up against a new challenge: Bonnie’s tablet. Even Rex the toy dinosaur is worried about going extinct again.

Digital Camera World

Defying the Myth: Carol Allen-Storey's decade-long documentary project is one of the most powerful photography books of the year

Spending more than 10 years embedded with three single mothers, raising children with severe disabilities, has resulted in a beautiful and technically assured piece of work

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Paleontologists Just Identified New Four-Winged Predators That Dominated the Canopy and Forced Ancient Birds to Fear the Trees

Evidence from other microraptor fossils backs up the idea that these dinosaurs were snatching their meals mid-air.

LiveScience

New Velociraptor cousin was a '4-winged' dragon that hunted prey from the trees of ancient China, fossil find hints

A new microraptor from Cretaceous China likely preyed on ancient birds.

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After 4 years of silence, dinosaur survival horror game The Lost Wild emerges with a promise to make good on its director's Alien: Isolation experience

"Our goal has been to create a world where dinosaurs are not framed as monsters, but as believable animals"

Inverse

The Most Mysterious Sci-Fi Movie Of The Year Is Fueling A Shocking Fan Theory

A time-travel disaster movie may secretly be part of a massively popular franchise.

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