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Crocodiles, monkeys, tigers, zebras and dozens of other taxidermy animals will move to new homes after concerns about arsenic exposure forced the closure of the South Dakota museum where they had been displayed for decades. The Delbridge...
Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their proximity also offers ample opportunities to learn more about the universe. Ryugu, a...

Dinosaurs may have roamed the northern hemisphere millions of years earlier than previously thought

How and when did dinosaurs first emerge and spread across the planet more than 200 million years ago? That question has for decades been...

Massive volcanic eruptions did not cause the extinction of dinosaurs, say climate scientists

Massive volcanic eruptions on the Indian peninsula have long been proposed as an alternative cause for the demise of the dinosaurs. This phase of...

Feces, vomit offer clues to how dinosaurs rose to rule Earth

Feces, vomit and fossilized food from inside stomachs have provided new clues into how dinosaurs rose to dominate Earth, a new study revealed on...

Bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals roots of avian intelligence

A 'one of a kind' fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of...

Did the world’s best-preserved dinosaurs really die in ‘Pompeii-type’ events?

Between about 120 million and 130 million years ago, during the age of dinosaurs, temperate forests and lakes hosted a lively ecosystem in what...

Dinosaurs thrived after ice, not fire, says a new study of ancient volcanism

201.6 million years ago, one of the Earth's five great mass extinctions took place, when three-quarters of all living species suddenly disappeared. The wipeout...

Large theropod dinosaurs thrived near South Pole, Australian tracks show

A discovery of dinosaur tracks on Australia's southern coast—dating back to the Early Cretaceous when Australia was still connected to Antarctica—indicates that large theropod...

Tiny glass beads suggest the moon had active volcanoes when dinosaurs roamed Earth

Volcanoes were still erupting on the moon when dinosaurs roamed Earth, new research suggests. The evidence: three tiny glass beads plucked from the surface of the moon and brought...

Scientists assess how large dinosaurs could really get

A new study by Dr. Jordan Mallon of the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Canada and Dr. David Hone of Queen Mary University...

Sixty-million-year-old grape seeds reveal how the death of the dinosaurs may have paved the way for grapes to spread

If you've ever snacked on raisins or enjoyed a glass of wine, you may, in part, have the extinction of the dinosaurs to thank...

When the first warm-blooded dinosaurs roamed Earth

Scientists once thought of dinosaurs as sluggish, cold-blooded creatures. Then research suggested that some could control their body temperature, but when and how that...

Early dinosaurs grew up fast, but fossil analysis suggests they weren’t the only ones

The earliest dinosaurs had rapid growth rates, but so did many of the other animals living alongside them, according to a study published in...

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