An unusual dinosaur has been shown to have a skull that functioned like a fish-eating crocodile, despite looking like a dinosaur. It also possessed two huge hand claws, perhaps used as grappling hooks to lift fish from the water. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

A dinosaur skeleton found 24 years ago in Montana has finally been identified as a new species that links North American dinosaurs with Asian dinosaurs. The dinosaur would have weighed 30 to 40 pounds, walked on two feet and stood about three feet tall. The fossil came from sediment that's about 80 million years old. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

A new genus and species of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic has been discovered in Antarctica. The massive plant-eating primitive sauropodomorph is called Glacialisaurus hammeri and lived about 190 million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

The skull of a 130-million-year-old crocodile has been unearthed by a fossil-hunter along the UK coastline. It was discovered on the coast of Swanage in Dorset by Mr Richard Edmonds after he who spotted the prehistoric predator's 60cm skull poking out of a rock. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Scientists in Indonesia's central Java are celebrating the discovery of a massive fossilised crocodile skull, believed to be up to 700,000 years old. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Officials found the fossil of a giant dinosaur jawbone while investigating a suspicious package on a bus in the mountains of Peru on Tuesday. The fossil, weighing some 19 pounds (8.7 kilograms), was found in the cargo hold of the bus, which was headed for the capital of Lima, and had been sent on the bus company's package service. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

The hundred-million-year-old plumage has features of both feather-like fibers found with some two-legged dinosaurs known as theropods and of modern bird feathers. picked by MandolinOrange 6 months ago

A hoard of dinosaur bones has been discovered at the site of a planned desalination plant meant to deliver Australia's second biggest city from drought, forcing a re-think of the A$3 billion ($2.7 billion) project. The fossilised bones, estimated to be 115 million years old and belonging to dinosaurs and ancient marine reptiles, were found on a windswept beach in front of the planned project at Po... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

From remains of the 75 million year old monster found in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah, scientists believe that the duck-billed dinosaur was approximately 30 ft long, weighed several tons and had gnashers that would impress the most experienced Hollywood dentist. They have named it Gryposaurus monumentensis. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

No, not made in Japan. Made of Japan, or at least made of Japanese blogs. The site taps into 150 blogs each hour, analyzes the colors and brings them together to make a shoe. What you can do then is to click on any of the elements of the shoe and see what it is and which blog it comes from.

Could be nsfw, you never know... picked by BernardBlack 2 months ago

Harei village, Shingo, Japan, is said to be the grave of Jesus when he died in the village after escaping Roman persecutors in Golgotha, Israel. According to the myth, in Japan his job was as a carpenter and he made his own cross for the grave at the age of 107. picked by mitzuzake 12 months ago

Sony Japan announced today a new "Mint Green" PlayStation Portable to be released on February 28, 2008. It is expected to be favored by the heavily pursued female gaming demographic. This makes for the seventh PSP color released in Japan, and you just know there's someone oot there that already owns six. picked by punthe 8 months ago

Blogs are even more popular in Japan than in the U.S. It may be that they represent an appealing outlet in a culture that discourages public self-expression. Japan produced 8.7 million blogs at the end of March, and the U.S. an estimated 12 million blogs -- making blogging far more popular in Japan, taking the countries' relative populations into account. An estimated 25 million Japanese -- more t... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Scientists have discovered a girls skull over 3.3 million years old. The 3 year old girls skeleton is believed to be a member of the Australopithecus afarensis family. The same species as the 1973 skeleton discovery in Ethiopia, nicknamed, "Lucy" picked by iduffee 2 years ago

Scientists have discovered the first dinosaur tracks on the Arabian Peninsula, shedding light on the creatures' habitats.

The tracks were made on a coastal mudflat about 150 million years ago in what is now the Republic of Yemen. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

The skeleton of what is believed to be a new dinosaur species — a 105-foot plant-eater that is among the largest dinosaurs ever found — has been uncovered in Argentina, scientists said Monday. picked by wags273 11 months ago

Spanish scientists have unearthed what could be Europe’s largest dinosaur boneyard, finding the remains of 65ft plant-eaters never before discovered on the continent. The palaeontologists believe they have found eight different species amid the 8,000 fossils discovered so far. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Packages containing 10,000 yen (40 pound) bills have been found this week in men's toilets at government offices throughout Japan, baffling officials as to why and who would do them such service. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Paleontologists unearthed a flesh-eating dinosaur some 150 million years old in southern Argentina with all its joints in place, the first time such a beast has been dug up so intact. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A Britain-based palaeontologist believes he has found the world's first known Tyrannosaurus rex footprint. Phil Manning said he has high hopes the one square metre (about 11 square feet) print, from the famed Hell Creek area of the northwest US state of Montana, is from the flesh-eating giant, although 100 percent certainty is impossible. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago