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Illinois River tagging effort to count invasive carp and help protect Lake Michigan
By Maria Chen
'Hell chicken' is first fruit-eating dinosaur
Maria Chen
Maria Chen
Reporter · Decatur, IL
With a degree in Community Development from the University of Illinois, Maria has dedicated her 4 years of reporting to local grassroots movements and community engagement. Previously at the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, she brings a deep knowledge of local cultures and neighborhoods.
More from Maria →Reporter · Tuesday, November 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM · 1 min read
WASHINGTON — While dinosaurs ate a lot of different things, including each other, fruit long seemed to have been absent from their menu. But scientists now have found fossils of a toothless, turkey-sized dinosaur with a parrot-like head that exhibited…
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