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Revealing Ancient Hues: Oldest Red Pigment Found in a 130 Million-Year-Old Feather Offers Glimpse into Dinosaur Coloration
A new breakthrough could enable us to tell what colour dinosaurs were based on their fossils. Researchers have pinpointed the oldest known example of beta-keratin – a common red-orange pigment – in a 130-million-year-old bird feather fossil. The fossil of the extinct Eoconfuciusornis bird was collected from the Early Cretaceous lake deposits in Hebei, northern…
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Journey to the Past: Exploration of 280-Million-Year-Old Crinoid Fossils in Western Australia
Fossils are windows into the distant past, offering us glimpses of ancient creatures and the ecosystems in which they once thrived. One such fascinating example is the Jimbacrinus crinoid fossil, a well-preserved specimen from the Permian period, dating back 280 million years. Found in Gascoyne Junction, Western Australia, this Jimbacrinus crinoid fossil is a rare…
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Miraculous Video: Exhausted Sea Turtle Freed from Life-Threatening Net Entrapment Around Its Neck”
Ocean life across the globe are under constant threat from people simply not picking up after themselves. Instead of taking an extra minute or two to make sure trash goes where it belongs or discarding a broken net properly, many individuals just decide to leave things in the ocean out of sheer laziness. Unfortunately,…
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One of the Ugliest and Fiercest Creatures Ever to Have Lived – Scary Prehistoric ‘Hell Pigs’ Once Roamed the Earth
“Hell Pigs” is a great name for a band though. We’re lowkey grateful this guy is extinct. Dinosaurs might seem like the most monstrous-looking prehistoric animals, but best believe Mother Nature cooked up all sorts of other terrifying creatures. The example we’re bringing to you today is definitely one we wouldn’t fancy seeing up close…
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Αrchaeologists Just Found a Skull impaled with a big Pointy spike
Cυrreпtly oп display at the Rheiпischeп Laпdesmυseυm iп Boпп, Germaпy. rchaeologists iп the Uпited Kiпgdom have υпcovered a Romaп-era merceпary bυried with his sword aпd a mysterioυs beheaded skeletoп. The Vale of Glamorgaп coυпcil iп Wales hired rυbicoп Heritage Services to assess a road they waпted to be straighteпed. It led to the discovery of…