dinosaur
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The symbol for that facility, 404 Media reported, was a sharp-toothed green dinosaur holding an open book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Big Bend, bordering Mexico in West Texas, features volcanic dikes, dinosaur bones and stunning canyon views.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Standouts for your weekend watch list: If you’re going to the movies this weekend, check out Anne Hathaway’s new dinosaur film, The End of Oak Street.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Although it was neither a dinosaur nor a crocodile, it belonged to a lineage closely related to the forms that preceded the origin of these groups.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
She was just scratching in the dirt with her big old scaly dinosaur feet and pouncing on bugs.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
More than 450 million years ago, long before dinosaurs appeared and before animals or plants had spread widely across dry land, crinoids were already thriving in some of Earth's earliest coral reefs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
A field guide to the dinosaurs in The End of Oak Street: Anne Hathaway’s new movie presents us with a whole host of prehistoric creatures.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Perhaps, in an ironic twist of fate, the truly original summertime creature feature went extinct before the onscreen dinosaurs could.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
These ancient sea creatures have lived in the oceans for more than 500 million years, predating dinosaurs and trees.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Sometimes a wishing star turns out to be just a lump of rock that crashes into a planet and kills all the dinosaurs.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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