Colorado paleontologists found a rare fossil mammal, Heleocola piceanus, from 70-75 million years ago. The discovery shows some ancient mammals were larger than previously thought. A team of ...

A team of paleontologists working near Rangely, Colorado, has uncovered a new (or, more accurately, very old) state resident—a fossil mammal about the size of a muskrat that may have scurried ...

A team of paleontologists has made a significant discovery near Rangely, Colorado – unearthing a new species of fossil mammal about the size of a muskrat that lived during ... The discovery helps to ...

He built a house there and we sailed there every weekend ... marsh turtles, and the water muskrat are found in the eriks and lakes of the island. Sarpinsky Island is a place amazing not only for its ...

Foster is a paleontologist based at the Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum ... roughly translating to “swamp dweller.” Resembling a muskrat, the animal about 70 million years ago ...

The herons are my favorite. Deadly fishermen, they patiently await from atop a muskrat house until a prey is within sight. Then, swift as a bullet, they plunge, grabbing a fish, a snake ...

Utah Field House of Natural History The swamp dweller looks just like what the name would suggest. It was a very rodent-like marsupial, just about the size of a muskrat, that weighed up to two pounds.