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curiosity correspondent, Emily Graslie has plunged elbow-deep into wolf guts, dug up 52-million-year-old
Titanoboa, discovered by Museum scientists, was the largest snake that ever lived. Estimated up to 50 feet long and 3 feet wide, this snake was the top predator in the world’s first tropical rainforest. It was also the largest known predator on the planet between the extinction of dinosaurs 65 milli
the largest known predator on the planet between the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million
Neohipparion was the most successful hipparion horse in terms of number of species in the fossil record. Hipparion horses have been found in North America, Europe, and Asia. Where & When? Neohipparion fossils are found in sediments dating from the mid-Miocene through early Pliocene of North
Species in this genus lived from 16-5 million years ago.
UPDATE: The 2025 Florida legislative session came to an end on June 26th, after two extensions, as lawmakers approved a $115.1 billion state budget, a $3 billion decrease compared to the current fiscal year. The budget includes more than $1.5 billion for Everglades restoration and protection of
Land acquisition programs such as the Florida Forever Program will receive $130 million
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Earth Behold, the ancient ones February 8, 2017 Frogs date back more than 150 million
Fossils of bizarre, armored amphibians known as albanerpetontids provide the oldest evidence of a slingshot-style tongue, a new Science study shows. Despite having lizardlike claws, scales and tails, albanerpetontids – mercifully called “albies” for short – were amphibians, not reptiles. Their li
years, dying out only about 2 million years ago.
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Continue Florida Pliocene painting by Carl Buell Nov 19, 2024 Pliocene Epoch 5 million
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Perhaps you have worn a string of pearls around your neck, paid for a diver to retrieve what you hope is a lucky shell or recognize these lustrous gems as your birth stone. But have you ever wondered where these iconic minerals come from, what makes a pearl a true pearl, and how a pearl can become a
The oldest known fossil pearls are over 200 million years old, but pearls date back
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