Remember that popular 1980’s video game Galaga? Little triangle shaped space ships would fly around the screen. Laser cannons would fire out of the top of the ships, laying waste to aliens that dropped down from the top of the screen. Now imagine finding the fossilized teeth of a freshwater shark that lived 67 million years ago in the forests, swamps and winding rivers of what is now South Dakota. Amazingly, those teeth look like the Galaga spaceships! So, if you’re a scientist, what would you call your ancient shark discovery? That’s right. Galagadon.
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Some mammals are thriving in the city
N.C. Paleontologists Discover Rare Dinosaur Eggs
A team from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences discovered a clutch of football-sized dinosaur eggs in Utah .
Dinosaur eggs found in Utah unveiled at the Museum of Natural Sciences
March 30, 2018
Why coyotes are thriving in North Carolina
Coyotes are in all 100 North Carolina counties, but they've only been in the state for 30 years. Why are they doing so well?
Why coyotes are thriving in North Carolina
February 23, 2018
Candid Critters
It's the Pits
The Butcher and the Knight
Scientists Discover Two New Prehistoric Reptiles in North Carolina
May 19, 2015
Getting around Durham was different 230 million years ago.
On the plus side, you would have had zero chance of getting stuck in traffic on I-85, and finding parking at Duke or at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park would have been a breeze. You would, however, have constantly been on the lookout for the 9-foot-long crocodiles running around on their hind legs trying to eat you.