Hunters have killed an enormous 65-stone alligator that came close to beating a remarkable record. The huge beast was slain by Kevin Brotz and two friends from his group Florida Gator Hunting, based in the US. The whopping reptile measured 13 feet and three and a quarter inches and with its astonishing weight is the […]
Tag: Dinosaur
Dad thinks he’s taken photo of ‘pterodactyl’ dinosaur flying over nature reserve
A dad who was taking some wildlife snaps at a nature reserve was stunned after seeming to capture a ‘pterodactyl’ on camera. It was taken by animal snapper, Paul Squires, at a nature reserve, and no, it wasn’t called ‘Jurassic Park’. It was Spade Oak Nature Reserve in Buckinghamshire. He was out there to see […]
Humanity is ‘cutting down the tree of life’, warn scientists
Humanity’s ongoing annihilation of wildlife is cutting down the tree of life, including the branch we are sitting on, according to a stark new analysis. More than 300 different mammal species have been eradicated by human activities. The new research calculates the total unique evolutionary history that has been lost as a result at a […]
Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus: Feathered Herbivorous Dinosaur Discovered
Dr Pascal Godefroit, a paleontologist with the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels, and his colleagues have discovered the fossilized remains of a feathered plant-eating dinosaur that lived in the lake-dotted lowlands of Jurassic Siberia, between 169 and 144 million years ago. Previously only carnivorous dinosaurs were known to have had feathers so […]
Changyuraptor yangi: New Feathered Dinosaur Discovered in China
A team of paleontologists from China, the United States and South Africa has described a new species of a feathered dinosaur that lived in what is now northeastern China during the Cretaceous period, about 125 million years ago. The new dinosaur, named Changyuraptor yangi, belongs to Microraptoria – a specific group of predatory four-winged raptorial […]