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6+ hour, 3+ min ago   (1252+ words) Rhinoceroses, often called the living tanks of the animal kingdom, may appear to be indiscriminate eaters due to their massive size and prehistoric appearance. However, these magnificent creatures are surprisingly selective when it comes to their dietary choices. Despite weighing…...

6+ hour, 58+ min ago   (641+ words) Home " News " 12 Animals That Have Barely Changed Since the Age of Dinosaurs The horseshoe crab is an extraordinary survivor, having existed for around 450 million years. Found along the coastlines of North America and Asia, these creatures are more closely related…...

8+ hour, 20+ min ago   (608+ words) Fossil and genetic evidence indicates our immediate human ancestors evolved in Africa beginning about two million years ago from older hominid stock. By that time there were at least three different hominid species that eventually gave rise to the human…...

8+ hour, 28+ min ago   (1083+ words) When we think of animals that soar through the air, birds and bats typically come to mind. However, nature has evolved remarkable adaptations that allow many creatures to glide through the air without true wings. These extraordinary animals have developed…...

11+ hour, 48+ min ago   (593+ words) A remarkable discovery in Siberia has revealed the best-preserved DNA of a woolly rhinoceros ever found, extracted from muscle tissue inside a 14,400-year-old wolf cub. The woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis), a cold-adapted herbivore once common across northern Eurasia, vanished around…...

11+ hour, 48+ min ago   (1001+ words) Evolution occasionally indulges us with organisms that seem too cool or too scary to be true, like something out of a science fiction film. The phorusrhacids, better known as "terror birds," are one such case. These were large, flightless predatory…...

11+ hour, 49+ min ago   (352+ words) How discarded Christmas trees are turning into branch "reefs" in lakes, creating shelter for fish, boosting local fishing, and transforming seasonal waste into an environmental tool. With the tide rushing into homes and an entire community crammed onto a tiny…...

11+ hour, 49+ min ago   (538+ words) Dinosaurs liked it rough " and the fossils they left behind prove it. Top paleontologists have discovered that mating between some species of prehistoric behemoths was so violent that they literally broke each other's bones, a new study in the journal…...

12+ hour, 21+ min ago   (551+ words) After 10 years of painstaking research in Kenya, scientists have finally confirmed the identity of a unique two-million-year-old H. habilis individual. A groundbreaking study published in The Anatomical has challenged previous assumptions about human evolution. Scientists once believed that our early ancestors…...

12+ hour, 54+ min ago   (627+ words) The East Yorkshire coast attracts thousands of tourists each year but the beaches and cliffs that make up the landscape are becoming a growing attraction for people seeking more than a day at the seaside. On the fastest eroding coastline…...