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Tag: Dinosaurs

Museums Are Finding More and More New Species in Their Own Collections: an Example of ‘Museum Mining’
Earth Sciences

Museums Are Finding More and More New Species in Their Own Collections: an Example of ‘Museum Mining’

August 13, 2025

The next great era of paleontology may not actually happen digging in the field, but rather digging through drawers.…

Earth Sciences

Newly Discovered Giant Carnivore Shows Dinosaurs Like T-Rex Paid for Huge Skulls with Tiny Arms

July 8, 2022

PICTURED: An artists recreation of Meraxes gigas. PC: Universidad Nacional di Rio Negro. Released. What do we know about…

Fossilized Footprints Show Cretaceous Hunting Dinosaurs Were Fast and Surprisingly Agile
Earth Sciences

Fossilized Footprints Show Cretaceous Hunting Dinosaurs Were Fast and Surprisingly Agile

December 9, 2021

PICTURED: One of the La Torre 6A trackway footprints from La Rioja, Spain. PC: Pablo Navarro-Lorbés. Spanish paleontologists studying…

Rarest-of-the-Rarest Dinosaur Fossil is a Cretaceous Era Still Life of Oviraptor and 24 Eggs
ArchivesEarth Sciences

Rarest-of-the-Rarest Dinosaur Fossil is a Cretaceous Era Still Life of Oviraptor and 24 Eggs

March 15, 2021July 12, 2023

An international team of paleontologists has unearthed the latest fossil in what could be described as a 4-decade-long conveyor…


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Europe Wants All the Profit with None of the Responsibility in Seizing Russian Assets

Andy Corbley December 8, 2025

Senior Kremlin officials have applauded Belgium’s stance regarding the seizure of some €215 billion in frozen Russian assets held…

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US Forces Bomb Somalia for the 90th Time This Year: Has it Helped?

Andy Corbley November 11, 2025

“In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike targeting ISIS-Somalia on Nov.…

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Pentagon Doesn’t Know Who They’re Killing in Caribbean Boat Bombings

Andy Corbley October 31, 2025

Virtually all news outlets worldwide reporting on the Pentagon’s targeted killings of sailors in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific…

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