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Meet the Lizard That Can Breathe Underwater for Over 15 Minutes!
9+ hour, 34+ min ago (518+ words) Home " Wildlife " Meet the Lizard That Can Breathe Underwater for Over 15 Minutes! The anole is a small to medium-sized lizard found in warmer regions of the Americas, and it is renowned for its adaptability and variety. With over 400 species across…...
New Feathered Dinosaur from China Had Peacock-Like Tail | Sci. News
9+ hour, 39+ min ago (32+ words) A new genus and species of four-winged pennaraptoran dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of northern China is adding another twist to the story of how birds evolved from their dinosaur ancestors....
The unique human body part that evolution cannot explain
8+ hour, 6+ min ago (358+ words) The human chin has long been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose The human body is a machine whose many parts " from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain " have been…...
6 Crocodile Facts That Haven't Changed in Millions of Years
13+ hour, 24+ min ago (928+ words) Home " Wildlife " 6 Crocodile Facts That Haven't Changed in Millions of Years All modern forms have long snouts, powerful tails, armoured skins and a sprawling gait, and many fossil forms are extremely similar. The basic crocodile blueprint hasn't required a major…...
Cranbrook is getting a mastodon, and it's a mammoth project
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (100+ words) With his campus closing, 10, 000-year-old mastodon Elmer will be taken apart in Waterford and reassembled in Bloomfield Hills. .. Cranbrook is getting a mastodon, and it's a mammoth project Elmer the mastodon, dead for at least 10, 000 years, is on the move....
The Largest Deep-Sea Creatures Ever Found
14+ hour, 44+ min ago (352+ words) Home " News " The Largest Deep-Sea Creatures Ever Found Dwarfing the giant squid is the aptly named colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni). With records suggesting weights of up to 1, 500 pounds, this predator boasts longer tentacles and a robust body. Native to the…...
Scientists Finally Reveal What England's First Complete Dinosaur Skeleton Really Looked Like
10+ hour, 24+ min ago (605+ words) It was the first complete dinosaur skeleton ever discovered, yet researchers knew remarkably little about it. After 160 years, a new study is finally revealing what scientists had been missing all along. More than 160 years after its discovery on England's Jurassic…...
Early land animals skipped the tadpole phase
14+ hour, 35+ min ago (319+ words) Current amphibian development may not have been typical of early land vertebrates. The lack of a tadpole phase so early in life suggested there was no metamorphosis in this animal's life cycle, which led Pardo and Mann to hypothesize the…...
Pterosaurs Would Have Had More Diverse Wing Shapes Than Previously Thought, Study Shows | Newswise
20+ hour, 59+ min ago (159+ words) Pterosaurs, the first vertebrates to fly, would have had more diverse wing shapes than current scientific reconstructions suggest, according to new University of Bristol-led research. The study is published in the journal Paleobiology today [Tuesday 23 June]....