Scientists in Madagascar recently discovered the remains of a giant prehistoric frog, a relative of today's horned toads, which blew away the previous record for the largest known frog.
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Posted on February 18, 2008 7:56 PM • 5 Comments •
Computer modeling reveals that Baryonyx loved steamed salmon with capers!
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Posted on January 14, 2008 12:16 PM • 2 Comments •
An artist's rendering of what Pseudotribos robustus or a weasel-possum-lizard, might have looked like 165 million years ago In the November 1st, issue of Nature, a joint American and Chinese research team announced the discovery of a long dead...
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Posted on November 29, 2007 7:19 PM • 4 Comments •
Although most humans probably do not lament the disappearance of dog-sized insects, a handful of scientists do. These scientists obviously don't watch the same movies we do. Recently, a group of researchers from Argonne National Laboratory's Advanced Photon Source along...
Posted on August 20, 2007 11:40 PM • 5 Comments •
For over a century the nature of prototaxites has been a source of mystery and debate among scientists. Growing over 20 feet tall and a yard wide, the organism grew straight up like a tree trunk, but had no leaves...
Posted on April 23, 2007 7:14 PM • 0 Comments •
This is exhibit is right up our alley. For the next few months, the Pittsburgh Museum of Natural History is displaying strange prehistoric critters as part of its "Bizarre Beasts" series. Descriptions provided by the Museum.Helicoprion A coil of teeth...
Posted on March 29, 2007 5:23 PM • 0 Comments •