Short answer: Really gross.
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If you were roaming around Britain 415 million years ago you may have seen a terrifying sight - the largest scorpion to ever walk the Earth.
A new microraptor from Cretaceous China likely preyed on ancient birds.
Four 'wings' helped the crow-sized avian dinosaur glide.
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The Wednesday letters page is worried about the September release schedules, as a reader is unconcerned at not being able to afford a ROG Xbox Ally.
As Sony announce Until Dawn 2, they also reveal release dates for multiformat games including Onimusha: Way Of The Sword, Silent Hill Townfall, and Ace Combat 8.
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Scientists have uncovered a fish-hunting raptor from Patagonia that may have stalked prey like a giant prehistoric heron. A newly identified dinosaur from Patagonia is giving scientists fresh insight into how some raptor relatives lived during the final chapter of the age of dinosaurs. The species, named Kank australis, appears to have spent much of [...]
Bus-sized cephalopods reminiscent of the legendary kraken may have sat at the top of the food chain, using their smarts to hunt down prey in the oceans of the Late Cretaceous.
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Gus is about 12.5-feet-tall, 38-feet-long, and could fetch the highest price for any dinosaur ever sold at auction.
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A newly identified mosasaur from Texas suggests that some ancient marine predators were larger, more powerful, and possibly more aggressive than previously recognized. Bite marks, broken jaws, and a giant skull from Texas are helping scientists redraw the family tree of one of the ocean’s most fearsome ancient predators. The animal behind the evidence was [...]
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A new study suggests T. rex and other giant predators evolved tiny arms because their massive skulls took over as the primary hunting weapon. As their bites became more powerful, their forelimbs may have gradually faded into evolutionary leftovers. Why T. Rex and Other Giant Predators Evolved Tiny Arms The famously tiny arms of Tyrannosaurus [...]
The Friday letters page urges caution when it comes to the summer showcases, as a reader admits he doesn’t care about PS5 exclusives.
'Use it or lose it.'
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A team of biology meddling boffins claim to have successful hatched 26 live chickens from a 3D printed lattice structure meant to mimic an egg as part of a quest to reintroduce the extinct giant moa
A newfound species of long-necked dinosaur from Thailand lived up to 120 million years ago, and it's the largest known of its kind from Southeast Asia.
Say hello to the ‘Nagatitan.’
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The fossilised skeletons make an unusual incursion into a downtown gallery, meeting John Chamberlain's twisted-metal forms
Experts have revealed how the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs sparked a hellish apocalypse of supersonic winds, acid rain and a foul stench of rotting veg
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A newly discovered stegosaur skull from Spain is offering rare insight into the anatomy and evolution of one of Europe’s most iconic dinosaurs. A rare skull from Spain is giving scientists a clearer look at one of Europe’s most important armored dinosaurs and reshaping ideas about how stegosaurs spread and evolved. Stegosaurs were plant-eating dinosaurs [...]
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A distorted dinosaur skull, once dismissed as unusable, became the focus of a detailed digital reconstruction that revealed new insights into early carnivorous dinosaurs. “You want to stick your finger in a dinosaur brain?” asked Simba Srivastava. In a fossil-filled lab at Virginia Tech, he held up a battered, cratered skull that most researchers might [...]
Life finds a way for Jurassic Park star Sam Neill who has recovered from stage 3 blood cancer thanks to cutting edge treatment when chemo failed
In this excerpt from "The Story of Birds", author Steve Brusatte explores the moment where paleontologists realized they had critical evidence to show birds came from dinosaurs — a fluffy fossil from China.
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A museum in Georgia is now home to the world’s first complete and scientifically accurate mounted skeleton of Deinosuchus schwimmeri, one of the largest and most dangerous reptiles to ever live. Deinosuchus schwimmeri, which walked the eastern United States 83 million to 76 million years ago, was a dinosaur-eating, school-bus-sized relative of modern alligators. Measuring up to […]
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Bicharracosaurus dionidei, a newly discovered sauropod from Argentina, shows a mix of brachiosaurid and diplodocid traits, offering new insights into dinosaur evolution in the Southern Hemisphere. Long-necked dinosaurs, known as sauropods, are often what people picture when they think of dinosaurs. With their huge bodies, long necks and tails, and small heads, they include the [...]
The man had to be airlifted to hospital after the incident - the campground is very popular with tourists and the terrifying incident is now under investigation
The four-part documentary series shot up the Netflix charts upon its release.
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A remarkable new discovery is shedding light on one of the greatest survival stories in Earth’s history—and answering a decades-old scientific mystery. Lystrosaurus, a hardy, plant-eating mammal ancestor, rose to prominence following a mass extinction some 252 million years ago—the most devastating extinction event our planet has ever experienced. While countless species vanished, Lystrosaurus…
A reader returns to Sinclair ZX81 classic 3D Monster Maze and finds arguably the first ever survival horror game to still be impressively frightening.
Charli Aitken bought the Let's Dig Out Dinosaur Eggs from Smyths Toys as a Christmas stocking filler for her son Rudi – but was left fearing for his long-term health
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