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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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Ancient Antarctic fossil reveals Earth’s oldest modern bird
Scientists have made an exciting discovery—a 69-million-year-old fossil found in Antarctica is the oldest known modern bird.
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How paleontologists are using fossilized shark teeth to date the past
Sharks have ruled the Earth’s oceans for 400 million years and recent research on fossilized shark teeth has led to the ...
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Ancient ‘ostrich-like’ creature — 73 million years old — found as new species in Mexico
Now, more than a decade later, new analysis of the fossils has found that they belong to a new 73-million-year ... Coahuila is a state of Mexico along the southwestern border of Texas. The research ...
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North Texas high school student arrested after loaded weapon found in backpack, officials say
MANSFIELD, Texas (CBS News Texas) - A Mansfield ISD student was arrested after a gun was found in their backpack on Friday, officials said. Legacy High School Principal Stephanie Bonneau informed ...