Why A 9-Million-Year-Old Great White Shark Ancestor Was Found In A Desert—A Biologist Explains
One might assume that marine fossils are exclusively unearthed in sedimentary coastal or underwater deposits. This is far ...
Texas County Declares an Emergency Over Toxic Fertilizer
Johnson County is seeking federal assistance, saying its farmland has become dangerously contaminated with “forever chemicals ...
This gelatinous blob is alive, washed up in Texas. Why it's a good sign.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department asked social media users to weigh in on a slimy "bryozoan" that showed up at Inks ...
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Underwater fossil bed discovered by collectors preserves rare slice of Florida's past
Fossil collectors in Florida have discovered an ancient sinkhole, now at the bottom of a river, which holds the remains of animals rarely seen in the state, including a type of giant armadillo, giant ...
Human skull found in cooler by person looking for scrap metal near bayou, Texas cops say
A search for scrap metal in Texas took a gruesome turn when the searcher discovered a cooler containing what appears to be a human skull, according to Houston police and local news reports.
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Earliest modern bird lived in Antarctica 69 million years ago
Certain birds that gave rise to today’s ducks and geese found sanctuary in Antarctica during a mass extinction event 66 ...
Why the ‘redheaded stepchild’ of renewable energy is poised to rise under Trump
Even as President Trump slashes support for wind and solar energy, another renewable energy source is finding unexpected ...
Why there’s a huge collection of vintage cars stored in the middle of the desert
A vast and eccentric collection of everything from vintage Rolls-Royces to an entire house relocated from Syria, the Sheikh ...
Invasive Australian Crayfish Spotted In Texas Waters — 8,000 Miles From Home
Biologists are monitoring an Australian crayfish that surprisingly showed up in Texas, fearing it could threaten local ...
Could Trump force the region into more of the fossil fuels it’s trying to get away from
Donald Trump's declaration of a national energy emergency wasn't shocking. What was, though, was that his order singled out ...
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‘Weird and wonderful’: Antarctic fossil forces scientists to redraw the bird family tree
In a nutshell A newly discovered 69-million-year-old bird skull from Antarctica proves that modern birds were already diverse ...
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Exxon Is Quietly Planning New $8.6 Billion Plastics Plant for Texas’s Gulf Coast
Diane Wilson had heard rumors for months that Exxon might be coming to Point Comfort, Texas, which sits on the Gulf Coast ...