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Despite the fact that much of the current research in paleontology focuses on trying to find traces of organic remains in fossils, dinosaur DNA has unfortunately never been recovered. A lot of what we know about dinosaurs comes from preserved bones and teeth that are dug out of the ground. These hard tissues alone, however, are limited in the information …

In a remarkable discovery following recent flooding, ancient dinosaur footprints that had been hidden beneath layers of Texas soil for millions of years were revealed. According to a report from ABC News, the tracks were uncovered in Northwest Travis County, Texas, after floodwaters swept away sediment and brush, bringing the prints to light. This unprecedented find allows paleontologists to gain …

Dinosaur fossils possibly uncovered by TX floods  MySA Acrocantho-what? This dinosaur’s footprint was found in the Austin area after the July floods  KUT Dinosaur tracks may have been uncovered by Independence Day floods in Central Texas  KXAN Austin PHOTOS: Possible Acrocanthosaurus tracks found near Big Sandy Creek  KVUE Dinosaur tracks found by flood recovery volunteers  Axios Source link

Grand Canyon Fossils Offer Clues of When Complex Life Appeared  The New York Times Fossilized penis worm suggests Grand Canyon was an evolutionary hotbed  The Washington Post Half a billion years ago, the Grand Canyon teemed with life  Tucson Sentinel Spike-Toothed Worm and Other Creatures Lived in Grand Canyon 500 Million Years Ago  Discover Magazine Treasure trove of half-billion-year-old animal fossils in Grand Canyon  cosmosmagazine.com …

Scientists have uncovered the oldest known fossilized animal sperm, found preserved in a 50-million-year-old cocoon from Antarctica. This unprecedented finding pushes back the timeline of such discoveries by a full 10 million years. A Remarkable Discovery in Antarctica The discovery was made by Dr. Benjamin Bomfleur from the Swedish Museum of Natural History and his research team. The sperm, which …

Fossils are invaluable archives of the past. They preserve details about living things from a few thousand to hundreds of millions of years ago. Studying fossils can help us understand the evolution of species over time, and glimpse snapshots of past environments and climates. Fossils can also reveal the diets or migration patterns of long-gone species – including our own …

Science suffers when meteorites and fossils become an asset class  Financial Times Want to own a huge chunk of Mars? It could cost you up to $4 million  CBS News The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York  NPR Largest Mars Meteorite Heads To Auction Block  The Weather Channel The largest Mars rock on Earth is up …

An extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Jurassic period seems to have had quite the penchant for overreaching. A new analysis of fossilized Tharsis fish reveals that the carnivorous marine animals seem to have frequently met their end with large cephalopods known as belemnites lodged quite fatally in their gullets. According to paleontologists Martin Ebert and Martina …

Science museum discovers dinosaur fossils hidden under its parking lot  The Washington Post A Denver dino museum makes a find deep under own parking lot. Like ‘a hole in one from the moon.’  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Museum discovers rare 67-million-year-old dinosaur bone under its own parking lot  Fox News Denver museum discovers nearly 70-million-year-old fossil under parking …