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Thu, 2018-04-19

The premise, from what we’ve seen so far, is relatively straightforward, with Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt returning to the deserted island to rescue the dinosaurs before its volcanos explode. It’s a “save the animals” plot akin...

Wed, 2018-04-18

Visitors to Dinosaur National Monument this summer will pay $5 more for entry, as the National Park Service has announced increased entry fees at parks nationwide.

Tue, 2018-04-17

A fossil slab discovered in Kansas 70 years ago and twice misidentified -- first as a green alga and then as a cephalopod -- has been reinterpreted as the preserved remains of a large cartilaginous fish, the group that includes sharks...

Wed, 2018-04-18

Paleontologists believe that all non-avian dinosaurs were wiped out when a giant asteroid or comet...

Mon, 2018-04-16

Since the Jurassic Park franchise was reinvigorated with the legacy-quel Jurassic World in 20...

Tue, 2018-04-17

A guide to all the dinosaurs that have ever been discovered in Wales.

Mon, 2018-04-16

The Trump administration's move to reduce the size of Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent jeopardizes future research and excavation in one of the densest fossil troves in the world, according to scient...

Sat, 2018-04-14

Two months out from the film’s release, Universal Pictures has posted a 30-second teaser for the upcoming full-length trailer...

Sat, 2018-04-14

Here's a brainteaser: Do the 520-million-year-old fossils of an ancient, bug-like creature actually show a silhouette of its brains? Or are these blobby shapes in its head merely fossilized bacteria?

Sat, 2018-04-14

New research by a team of scientists from the University of Exeter and elsewhere offers an illuminating insight into iridescent colors found on the earliest known lepidopterans, which lived on our planet 200 million years ago (...

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