By Steve Drury First PUBLISHED ON April 21, 2022 Among the oldest known rocks are metamorphosed pillow basalts on Nuvvuagittuk Island in Quebec on the east side of Hudson Bay, Canada. They contain […]
Evidence for oldest microbes from Arctic Canada
Conditions that may have underpinned the ‘Cambrian Explosion’
Artistic impression of the Chengjian Biota
A Different Kind Of Rock Art – Part Seven
Orthoceras
Changma Site Reveals ” two new species that increase our knowledge of Cretaceous bird faunas”
“We found combinations of dental features that we’ve never seen in any other dinosaurs.” – Jingmai O’Connor,
Earth’s First Known Giant
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) Dinosaur Institute volunteer Viji Shook lying next to the skull of “Cymbospondylus youngorum” for scale, during the preparation of the specimen. Image credit: Martin Sander, courtesy of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM).
Stones & Lava At The Point Of Ayre
“Could this be a fishy fossil?”
“It was like they were looking right at you.” Beetle Preserved In Dinosaur Droppings
A new species of beetle has been discovered, preserved in fossilised dinosaur droppings aka coprolites.
The Rise of the Flowers
The asteroid impact that ended the reign of dinosaurs 66 million years ago also caused 45% of plants in what is now Colombia to go extinct, and it made way for the reign of flowering plants in modern tropical rainforests.
Counting Tyrannosaurus Rexes
How many Tyrannosaurus rexes roamed North America during the Cretaceous period?
The Crocodiles Who Lived On Land
In the time of the dinosaurs, some crocodiles experimented with dolphin-like adaptations to living in the oceans, and others lived on land as fast-moving plant-eaters.
