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This is Herugavialis, which means "Horus gharial", after the Egyptian god Horus. 🐊This lived in lush wetland and coas...
10/22/2026

This is Herugavialis, which means "Horus gharial", after the Egyptian god Horus. 🐊

This lived in lush wetland and coastal environments of whatg is now Egypt. It's partial skeleton was found in the same rock formation that the Great Sphinx was carved from 5000 years ago. Like the Sphinx, the gharial's nose is broken and missing. Herugavialis was thought to be in the same genus as the modern Malayan gharial (or "false" gharial) since 1927, but a study this October found several skeletal differences.


Wanna see some cool shooting "stars"? The Orionid will peak on the night of October 21, and will go until November 7.W...
10/19/2026

Wanna see some cool shooting "stars"? The Orionid will peak on the night of October 21, and will go until November 7.

When: Around midnight to predawn hours. Peaks on October 21-22.

Where: In the sky, radiating from the Orion constellation. Don't just look at Orion, though - it's just the direction they'll appear to come from.

🌙 The moon will be a waxing gibbous.
🌠 Around 20 meteors per hour can be seen!

Get more info at https://starwalk.space/en/news/orionid-meteor-shower-how-and-when-to-see

⭐ ENJOY! ⭐

10/18/2026

Mind-Blowing Maypop Flower!

Raccoon look to me like the most generalized carnivoran mammal . And that's because they kind of are. Raccoons can ea...
10/17/2026

Raccoon look to me like the most generalized carnivoran mammal . And that's because they kind of are. Raccoons can eat just about anything and everything. Their jaws are moderate in length and their teeth are shaped to shred, grind, and crush plants, meat, eggs, fruit, and human garbage.

The adult northern raccoon skull on the left is about 4.5 in long (11.4 cm), while the smaller individual's is about 4.2 in (10.7 cm).

10/16/2026

Random Fact: Human feet can produce half a pint of sweat each day. 🦶❕

A recent study found that sauropods dinos like Camarasaurus (pictured), Kaatedocus, and Galeamopus had beaks.This is bas...
10/15/2026

A recent study found that sauropods dinos like Camarasaurus (pictured), Kaatedocus, and Galeamopus had beaks.

This is based on comparisons of the neurovascular networks on the snout to birds and other animals. The actual tough beak material wouldn't preserve often. These tissues reinforced the sauropods' bites and would've been helpful for stripping leaves to eat.


Recently, being Late July, I had a chance to check out the Mineral Wells Fossil Park near Mineral Wells, Texas. It's bas...
10/07/2026

Recently, being Late July, I had a chance to check out the Mineral Wells Fossil Park near Mineral Wells, Texas. It's basically a large pit where the city used to take dirt from for landfills.

When you walk down into it, it doesn't take long for you to spot a plethora of little fossils all over the ground. The sediments here were laid down in a shallow ocean, yielding all sorts of marine animal remains.

Most common were crinoids (sea lilies) and brachiopod shells. Those little circles with interesting shapes in the center are segments from sea lily "stems". Trilobites, bryozoans, corals, sea snails, and even petal-shaped shark teeth can be found here! I didn't find any shark teeth, but I'll surely return and look again.

Oh, and anyone can come and collect for free. No digging equipment allowed - there's enoguh on the surface.

Check out this awesome Io moth! Blue eyespots on the lower wings. Among the biggest moths in the United States, with win...
10/06/2026

Check out this awesome Io moth! Blue eyespots on the lower wings. Among the biggest moths in the United States, with wings up to 3.5 inches across.
Have you seen any cool moths recently? (butterflies count!)

"Clash of the Titans" at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. A carnivorous Allosaurus anax is mounted besi...
10/05/2026

"Clash of the Titans" at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. A carnivorous Allosaurus anax is mounted beside a giant Apatosaurus ajax.

10/05/2026

Terrifying armoured fishy!

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