Tag: fossil
Signs we may be heading toward another mass extinction event
“Horridus,” a Triceratops skeleton on display at Australia’s Melbourne Museum. Photo: Mikael Angelo Francisco Mass extinction is an extremely rare…
Homo luzonensis: Digging into the story of our fossilized ‘cousins’
Nature For some, the topic of family may be a complicated subject to deal with. In a way, the same…
#AskFlipScience: Are plastic dinosaurs technically made of real dinosaurs?
Welcome to #AskFlipScience, where we answer even the strangest, silliest questions with science! This week’s question: Are plastic dinosaurs technically…
Long shot: New long-necked dinosaur found in “unusual” location
Paleontologists found fossils of Lavocatisaurus agrioensis in a place that, 110 million years ago, was likely too dry for the dinosaur to…
This weird oval was likely our ancestor, and we know this thanks to cholesterol
When Australian geologist Reg Sprigg first stumbled upon a strange imprint in the mountains of Flinders Range in 1947, he…
