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French divers just captured stunning footage of a coelacanth – the 400-million-year-old fish science thought was extinct
2+ hour, 42+ min ago (1467+ words) Turning Ideas into Impact. Marine biologist Dr. Sarah Chen still remembers the moment she first saw a coelacanth fish in a textbook as a kid. The caption called it "extinct for 66 million years" " the same fate that claimed the dinosaurs....
A 307-Million-Year-Old Creature Found in a Fossilized Tree Is Turning Early Animal History on Its Head
7+ hour, 44+ min ago (581+ words) A 307-million-year-old skull from Nova Scotia is overturning a core assumption about when animals first began eating plants. A chunky, four-legged creature the size of a football has forced a reconsideration of one of evolution's more practical questions: when did…...
This 300 Million Year Old Fossil Is the First Land Animal Known To Eat Its Veggies
7+ hour, 47+ min ago (664+ words) Home " Science " Paleontology An ancient skull pushes herbivory deeper into vertebrate history "This is one of the oldest known four-legged animals to eat its veggies," said Arjan Mann of the Field Museum in Chicago, a co-lead author of the study....
Large-scale environmental DNA survey reveals niche axes of a regional coastal fish community - Scientific Reports
8+ hour, 12+ min ago (1600+ words) The concept of the ecological niche, defined as the basic habitat requirements for a species, is central to understanding species geographic distributions and predicting their responses to environmental change. However, identifying the essential niche for large regional communities remains a…...
Wolverine’s remains dating back 80,000 years are uncovered in Yorkshire cavern
10+ hour, 1+ min ago (518+ words) A small number of members of the Craven Potholing Club have been digging by hand in the new C-Chamber for just over a year at Stump Cross Caverns, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, near Pateley Bridge,…...
‘American Pickers’: Mike Wolfe & ‘Jersey Jon’ Szalay Run Into Real-Life Dinosaur Hunters
15+ hour, 53+ min ago (15+ words) American Pickers: Mike Wolfe & Jersey Jon Szalay Run Into Real-Life Dinosaur Hunters'IMDb...
11-Year-Old's Fossil Find 'Blew All of Our Minds"
17+ hour, 58+ min ago (402+ words) An 11-year-old's casual rock hunt in Wyoming ended with a big fossil find. While searching for quartz crystals and other rocks on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in southwest... 11-Year-Old's Fossil Find 'Blew All of Our Minds' An 11-year-old's…...
Digital reconstruction reveals 2,500-year-old mummy wasn't who researchers thought she was - SECOM ES
18+ hour, 53+ min ago (851+ words) Sarah walked through the quiet halls of the Western Australian Museum, her footsteps echoing softly against the polished floors. As a volunteer guide, she'd passed the Egyptian mummy display countless times, barely giving it a second glance. The ancient coffin…...
Dwarf sea cow found that grazed seafloors 21 million years ago
23+ hour, 56+ min ago (811+ words) Fossil bones have revealed a dwarf sea cow species that grazed seagrass on the seafloor of what is now the Arabian Gulf 21 million years ago. Its discovery shows that today's dugongs inherit a far older role, reshaping coastal ecosystems in…...
Woolly Rhino Remains Discovered in Alaska
1+ day, 21+ min ago (1011+ words) Chris is the co-founder of 'Animals Around The Globe' and a fervent wildlife enthusiast with extensive travels across diverse ecosystems worldwide. From exploring the marine wonders in the Azores and witnessing the vast savannas of Kenya, to delving deep into…...