Latest articles by Nick Garland

fossils
almost 6 years ago by Nick Garland

Life-size Velociraptor skeleton soon available as 3D print

Friend of Earth Archives, Zach Coker, is about to do something no one has done before. He is designing a life-size Velociraptor skeleton to be 3D printed and loaned or sold to classrooms around the world. In order to accomplish this goal, Zach needs your help. Please read his description of Dinosaurs in the Classroom below and consider donating to his GoFundMe campaign.
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fossils
almost 6 years ago by Nick Garland

Armored reptile discovered in North Carolina

Scientists in North Carolina have unearthed a new species of aetosaur, a group of armored relatives of crocodiles that lived around the world during the Triassic Period more than 200 million years ago.
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fossils
almost 6 years ago by Nick Garland

Weird fossil of the week: Ambulocetus

How did whales become one of the few groups of mammals to go back into the sea? Ambulocetus bridges the gap between small terrestrial ancestors and the sea-faring behemoths more recognizable as whales.
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plants and animals
almost 6 years ago by Nick Garland

Conularia were the cone-shaped weirdos of the Paleozoic

A strange, small cone-shaped fossil baffled scientists for a very long time. Now that it has found its family, you’ll never guess its closest living relative.
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plants and animals
almost 6 years ago by Nick Garland

Ancient marine reptiles inhabited the icy waters of the north

New ichthyosaur fossil discoveries in Arctic Russia indicate that these marine reptiles were adapted to life in icy polar regions.
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