Ducklike dinos re-ignite a dinosaur debate.
|  | Friday, December 2, 2022 | | | | |
 | ILLUSTRATION BY YUSIK CHOI
| | There was no question that for millions of years, dinosaurs enjoyed enormous success on land. But what about the water?
A newly discovered species rekindles the debate over the extent of a dinosaur’s life aquatic. The toothy, ducklike relative of Velociraptor swells the narrow ranks of semiaquatic dinos—plus, it has the streamlined body found in diving birds.
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| | | A deeper dive: A reconstruction (at top) depicts Natovenator polydontus, a newfound species with adaptations that hint at an ability to dive underwater. Its skull (pictured above) preserves large eye sockets, many small teeth, and a snout that in life would have bristled with touch-sensitive nerve endings. Read more. | | | |
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| | Rock ‘em, sock ‘em: While documenting the changing culture in Silicon Valley for Nat Geo, photographer Laura Morton met the Homebrew Robotics Club (members show off their creations at a meeting, above). The group grew out of the now-defunct Homebrew Computer Club, which first met in 1975 and included members like Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. For today's enthusiasts, there’s no age limit to join the robotics club. | | | |
 | | SCREENGRAB COURTESY AMAZON LAND DOCUMENTARY | | ‘They want us to disappear’: This Indigenous group in the Amazon vows not to let that happen. They have surveillance patrols (above) of their 72,000-square-mile wilderness reserve, targeted by armed squatters and developers to deforest, we report. A powerful Nat Geo documentary, The Territory, begins streaming today on Disney+.
Also, Nat Geo Society and Rolex are sending scientific expeditions into the Amazon. Learn more. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY BATES LITTLEHALES, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION | | | Beyond Jimmy Buffett: From kayaking mangroves to scuba diving in coral-filled state parks (above), visitors to Key Largo, Florida, can explore the island’s vibrant ecosystem. For a hands-on adventure, eco-minded guests can work for a day at a coral nursery with the Coral Restoration Foundation, which has planted more than 170,000 corals along the Florida Reef Tract along the Florida Keys, Nat Geo reports. | | | |
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