Good News Notes: “Brian Kelly, a panther biologist for the state of Florida, opens a creaking gate near Fisheating Creek, a narrow ribbon of preserved land just west of Lake Okeechobee. The path leads from trucks rumbling by on U.S. Highway 27 to a world of towering oaks, cypress heads and a tannic-stained creek that…
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Great white-shark-sized ancient fish discovered by accident from fossilized lung
Good News Notes: “A 66 million-year-old fossilized lung from a previously unknown species of ancient fish, as large as a great white shark, has recently been uncovered in Morocco. Researchers believe the fish was a much larger member of the coelacanths, an Order of fish nicknamed the ‘living fossils that were thought to be extinct…
Lazarus Taxons: 5 Species That Returned From Extinction
Good News Notes: “In the fields of paleontology, biology, or ecology, the term “Lazarus taxon” refers to a species that disappears for a time – either from the fossil records or directly believed to be extinct – only to return at a later time. Throughout history, animals become irreversibly extinct, which is an unfortunate event….
Ancient sea turtle fossil found in Alabama named new genus, species
Good News Notes: “A study from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have revealed that fossils found in west Alabama belonged to a turtle who swam the seas 75 million years ago. The discovery of the new genus and species of sea turtle may fill a gap in the animal’s evolution, according to…
Scientists name new fossil species after Millennium Falcon from Star Wars
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/08/scientists-name-new-fossil-species-after-millennium-falcon-from-star-wars/
'Major discovery': Giant dinosaur bone unearthed in France
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/07/discovery-giant-dinosaur-bone-unearthed-france-190726174524231.html
Bird three times the size of an ostrich lived in Europe two million years ago, study suggests
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7184557/Bird-three-times-size-ostrich-lived-Europe-two-million-years-ago-study-suggests.html
Scientists say fossils found in Colorado are from 68-million-year-old triceratops
https://fox59.com/2019/06/23/scientists-say-fossils-found-in-colorado-are-from-68-million-year-old-triceratops/
Amazing Dino Discovery: Fossil Of Tiny Tyrannosaurus Rex 'Relative' Found
https://www.foxnews.com/science/dino-discovery-tiny-tyrannosaurus-rex-relative.amp
A Toddler's Ice Age Discovery: Woolly Mammoth Tooth Found In Florida
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/02/mammoth-tooth-found-florida-toddler/3652832002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories