LiveScience.com – As fearsome as giant tyrannosaurs such as T. rex
were, scientists have found what may be the first evidence of these
“terrible lizards” being dainty scavengers.

LiveScience.com – Our lineage might have diverged from our monkey relatives
later than previously thought, a new primate fossil from Saudi Arabia now
suggests.

AFP – The last ancestor shared by monkeys and humans probably lived between 28 and 24 million years ago, several million later than previously thought, fossils unveiled Wednesday have revealed.

LiveScience.com – More than 20 marsupials, some still suckling newborns, plunged
to their deaths 15 million years ago through a vertical cave entrance obscured
by vegetation, new fossil evidence suggests.

The largely unarmored body and slender limbs suggest Pakasuchus kapilimai, as the crocodile has been named, was relatively agile, actively searching for food on land, unlike today’s water-dwelling crocs 

Currie called it a worthy addition to Alberta’s growing number of dinosaur attractions, including the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, the similar Dinosaurs Alive travelling exhibition now at the Calgary Zoo and a proposed museum in Grande Prairie

While Drumheller, home to the Badlands and the Royal Tyrrell Museum, is seen as a hub for dinosaur study and tourism in Alberta, community leaders in the Grande Prairie area are teaming up now to build a new museum and interpretive centre to capitalize on their own dinosaur history

AFP – A group of US paleontologists said Friday it has unearthed a new species of dinosaurs standing some six feet tall and weighing up to 4.5 tonnes, with the longest horns of all.

LiveScience.com – The long necks of the largest dinosaurs that ever lived
might have been raised high after all, a new study now suggests.

LiveScience.com – The world’s oldest known example of a fig wasp has been identified
from the Isle of Wight. Dating back 34 million years, the fossil wasp looks
almost identical to the modern species, suggesting the specialized insect has
remained virtually unchanged for at least that long.