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First daytime active owl fossil found in China: study-

JINAN, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Well-preserved fossils of dinosaur footprints and water ripples were found during a field survey carried out by Zhucheng Dinosaur Cu

A tiny snake-like animal that lived about 308 million years ago had evolved to lose its forelimbs

Extinct owl that lived millions of years ago was active in daytime and had ancestor that evolved from nocturnal habits, researchers say.

The study of a 30-million-year-old block of amber has revealed a lacewing fossil – not in the usual lacewing form, with large eyes and four long wings, but with grasping or raptorial legs that make it look much like a praying mantis.

Large dinosaur footprints have recently been discovered in Zhucheng, East Chinas Shandong Province, a Chinese city that is rich with abundant dinosaur fossils.

Gem and Mineral Show held in Canada-

HICKORY — It will be a busy weekend at the Hickory Metro Convention Center, with the Catawba Valley Pottery & Antiques Festival and the Catawba Valley Gem and Mineral Club’s

'Stan' the 67 million-year-old dino fossil, will be one of the main exhibits at at the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi

The “king” of the trilobites was snacking on whatever it could eat some 514 million years ago in the Cambrian era, even shelled creatures of its own species.