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The First Swimming Dinosaur

Why the Sahara Desert Was Once Home to Aquatic Dinosaurs

Picture this: you’re standing in the blazing heat of the Sahara Desert, sand stretching endlessly in every direction. It’s hard to believe that roughly one hundred million years ago, this same spot was teeming with enormous crocodiles, massive fish, and most surprisingly, aquatic dinosaurs. But that’s exactly what scientists have discovered buried beneath all that ...

A Food Web Under Pressure

Inside the Cretaceous Oceans: Who Really Ruled the Seas?

Picture yourself diving into an ancient ocean 100 million years ago, where creatures beyond your wildest nightmares lurked beneath the waves. The Cretaceous period wasn’t just about towering dinosaurs on land – the real action was happening underwater, where some of the most terrifying and magnificent predators in Earth’s history battled for supremacy. This watery ...