New Stegosaur Just Dropped and It Might Be the Oldest Yet
The discovery of a little stegosaur in Asia this week made headlines, with experts claiming that it is the oldest stegosaur ever unearthed in the…
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Future Evolution from Looks to Brains and Personality, How Will Humans Change In the Next 10,000 Years?
QUESTION FROM A READER: Are we likely to grow further into a more evolved species than we are now if we don’t perish in a…
Croc That Stepped In Its Own Poop Reveals Mortifying Millions-Year-Old Snapshot In Time
Researchers were placed into the grips of one of Earth’s most effective killers to solve one question: was it a foot or a penis? The…
Meet the Antarctic Sea Creatures That Have Made Shackleton’s Endurance Their Home
Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance was discovered this week, 100 years after his death, which is fantastic news for shipwreck fans. Incredible photos and films from the…
Giant Parachuting Jorō Spider Predicted To Make America’s East Coast Its Permanent Home
The itinerant jor spider (Trichonephila clavata) arrived in the United States in 2014, most likely by shipping container, and has been ballooning its way across…
Do Sharks Sleep Study Finds First Physiological Evidence for Sleep in Sharks
Swimming, hunting, and digesting are all demanding activities for sharks, and no doubt exhausting as well, but do sharks sleep? Researchers believe they have discovered…
Earliest Known Vampire Squid Ancestor with 10 Arms Named After President Biden
The development of the vampyroteuthidae and their successors, octopuses, has been rewritten thanks to a 328 million-year-old fossil vampire squid with ten arms. Vampire squids…
World Polar Bear Day All Things Cubs with Polar Bears International’s Geoff York
International Polar Bear Day is observed on February 27th, and it is a time to celebrate and appreciate one of Earth’s most charismatic yet endangered…
Altruistic Australian Magpies Peck Off Each Other’s Tracking Devices, Foiling Researchers
Unfortunately for researchers, Australian magpies have banded together to thwart human goals, assisting one another in removing tracking devices. When the researchers implanted the trackers…
Scientists Are Serenading Dolphins in an Effort to Communicate
Summoning dolphins with a flute may sound like something out of The Legend of Zelda, but scientists in Australia are trying just that to explore…
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