Enlarge / Big eyes help you avoid dinosaurs. (credit: Thach Mai Hoang) Most mammals are nocturnal, but even those mammals that are not nocturnal have large eyes that are better suited to dim light. Their eyes are more similar to the eyes of nocturnal animals in other clades than to the eyes of animals that […]
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Hulu Adds Boy Meets World, Dinosaurs, Home Improvement to TGIF Lineup
All of Mr. Feeny’s life lessons are now available to stream at your leisure, now that Hulu has acquired the rights to all seven seasons of Boy Meets World. Additionally, the streaming service has obtained the full runs of fellow classic ABC comedies Home Improvement and Dinosaurs. They join previously acquired “TGIF” staples Full House, Family Matters, Step by Step, Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper and Perfect […]
A reptile that decapitates birds and can live until 100 is the sole survivor of a lineage as old as the first dinosaurs
AP Photo/NZPA, Dianne Manson Have you ever heard of the tuatara? It’s a reptile that decapitates birds with its saw-like jaws, lives to about 100 years old, and can remain active in near-freezing temperatures. It’s also the sole survivor of a lineage as old as the first dinosaurs. May 2017 marks 150 years since the […]
This is what the earliest ancestor of birds and dinosaurs looked like
Before there were dinosaurs, there was this creature: the 10-foot, long-necked Telocrater. For a study published today in the journal Nature, a team of researchers analyzed the remains of Teleocrater rhadinus, a common ancestor of birds and dinosaurs. It walks on four legs, has a very long neck and tail, and can be seven to […]
Flying Cretaceous Monster Ate Dinosaurs For Breakfast
It’s been said that the pterosaur, which can only be described as a bird-reptile-dinosaur-esque-thing, was the largest flying animal. This giant beast—which roamed the Earth during the Cretaceous period roughly 66.5 million years ago—was a reptile but not actually a dinosaur. Despite being winged, it wasn’t bird,… Read more… Gizmodo
