ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press For generations who grew up with dinosaur toys, Jurassic Park movies, and characters like Barney, a world without dinosaurs and their fossils is hard to imagine—or, more accurately, undiscovered. It is precisely into this world that Edward Dolnick takes readers in “Dinosaurs at Dinner: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered […]
Discovered in the southern part of the state, it is Iowa’s first well-preserved mastodon. Watch: Ancient mastodon skull dug out of ground in Iowa Researchers at the University of Iowa have found a mastodon skull estimated to be over 13,000 years old. Archaeologists in Iowa believe they have unearthed an ancient mastodon skull dating back […]
On the coast of South Wales, a well-known “prehistoric hotspot,” a mother and daughter made an extraordinary discovery: they found camel footprints dating back an incredible 200 million years, confirming the presence of dinosaurs in Wales. The five footprints, each an impressive 75 cm (30 inches) apart, make humans look more like ants, and according […]
Researchers examine animal fossils dating back around 550 million years during field work in Namibia. Photo credit: Rachel Wood Researchers have linked changes in sea level and ocean oxygen levels to the evolution of early animals, expanding our understanding of early biodiversity in a study that combines fossil analyses with geological data from 580 to […]
VESTAL, NY (WBNG) – The Binghamton Bearcats women’s volleyball team held its media day on Tuesday to talk about the upcoming season. Just one day after finishing 2nd in the America East Preseason Coaches Poll, expectations for this year’s team are high. Both head coach Allie Yaeger and two-time Player of the Year Tsvetelina Ilieva […]
A remarkably well-preserved giant panda fossil estimated to be over 10,000 years old was recently discovered in a cave in China’s Shaanxi province. “So far, only isolated fossil finds of giant pandas have been made, such as single teeth, single bones or very fragmented pieces,” explained Hu Songmei, a paleontologist on the project team, in […]
