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Environment 7 years ago

'Dinosaur country': Fossil hunters' South African paradise

In recent years, South Africa has become a top destination for dinosaur hunters.

Environment 7 years ago

In toothy prequel, piranha-like fish menaced Jurassic seas

Scientists said they have unearthed in southern Germany the fossil of a fish that, with its mouth full of razor-sharp teeth, strongly resembled today's piranhas.

Environment 8 years ago

Four-tusked ‘elephant’ on display at Bandung museum – in fossils

Skull fossils of an animal related to today’s elephant species that had four ivory tusks instead of two are currently exhibited at the Geology Museum in Bandung, West Java.

Environment 8 years ago

'Amazing dragon' fossils rewrite history of long-necked dinosaurs

Fossils unearthed on a hillside in northwestern China are forcing scientists to rethink the history of a dinosaur lineage that produced the largest animals ever to walk the planet.

Environment 8 years ago

The mother of all lizards found in Italian Alps

Scientists said Wednesday they had tracked down the oldest known lizard, a tiny creature that lived about 240 million years ago when Earth had a single continent and dinosaurs were brand new.

Science & Tech 8 years ago

Bats have hung around for 33 million years, fossil show

The bones of bats were found at a fossil site in the late 1990s, unearthed when a new high-speed train track was built east of Brussels, but researchers spent decades sifting through tonnes of soil to make the discovery.

World 8 years ago

Tourism nearly a tenth of global CO2 emissions

Domestic and international tourism account for eight percent of greenhouse gas emissions, four times more than previously estimated, according to a study published Monday.

World 8 years ago

Scientists confirm 3.5 billion-year-old fossil life in rock

It took more than 10 years of painstaking work, grinding an Australian rock containing fossils smaller than the eye could see, to confirm the earliest direct evidence of life on Earth, scientists said Monday.

Science & Tech 8 years ago

Still premature to say giant pandas originated in Europe: Chinese scientist

It's normal to discover giant panda fossils outside China and still premature to say that the first ancestors of giant pandas lived in Europe, according to a senior engineer with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

National 9 years ago

700,000-year-old elephant fossil found in Central Java

A phenomenal 700,000-year-old ancient dwarf elephant (Stegodon) fossil has been found in Banjarejo Village, Grobogan Regency, Central Java, a conservation agency announced on Wednesday.

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'Dinosaur country': Fossil hunters' South African paradise

In toothy prequel, piranha-like fish menaced Jurassic seas

Four-tusked ‘elephant’ on display at Bandung museum – in fossils

'Amazing dragon' fossils rewrite history of long-necked dinosaurs

The mother of all lizards found in Italian Alps

Bats have hung around for 33 million years, fossil show

Tourism nearly a tenth of global CO2 emissions

Scientists confirm 3.5 billion-year-old fossil life in rock

Still premature to say giant pandas originated in Europe: Chinese scientist

700,000-year-old elephant fossil found in Central Java

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