Until now, the largest known hadrosaurid skeleton belonged to Shantungosaurus, discovered in Shandong province, China, which reached 16 meters in length.

On this week’s Wild Wednesday, Great Plains Zoo Educational Director, Leigh Spencer, joined Dakota News Now to talk about the ...

Galapagos Island Giant Tortoises, on Santa Cruz Island. By Benjamint444 - Own work, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26470894 via Wikimedia ...

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Marine herbivores, such as sea snails and isopods, significantly impact the spread of seagrass wasting disease by creating wounds on eelgrass, facilitating pathogen entry.

Though sightings in Colorado are rare, these animals are crucial to the ecosystem as they help control populations of small ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations when they are introduced to a new area, but a new study suggests that, under certain conditions, the native ...

Jurassic World Dominion delivered a monster of a first trailer that features more details than meet the eye. We break down ...

Five candidates are running for pre-zoo-dent of the Utica Zoo in 2025. The public may make a $10 donation for five votes for their favorite candidate or receive a ballot with zoo admission on ...

Paleontologists have uncovered an exceptionally complete skull of a massive bird that lived 45 million years ago. This ...

lizards and numerous birds lived here. Some of the latter were flightless and the largest of these was Diatryma, a herbivore with a gigantic beak which stood around 4.6 feet high. For many years ...