A pup preserved in permafrost ate one of the last woolly rhinos on Earth
The mummy had an undigested piece of woolly rhino in its stomach. Just before a tiny pup died during the...
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This palm-sized elephant relative was just sighted for the first time in 50 years
It's related to an elephant, has a long nose, a fur tuft on its tail and big, spectacled eyes. A...
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These armored sea bugs from a half-billion years ago had ‘disco ball’ eyes filled with tiny lenses
Microscopy revealed the stunning compound structure in trilobite eyes. Trilobites: Those ubiquitous, half-billion-year-old armored sea bugs — had eyes that...
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Cretaceous ‘terror crocodile’ crushed dinosaurs with banana-size teeth
This enormous predator had jaws powerful enough to subdue massive dinosaur prey. An enormous Cretaceous crocodile relative hunted dinosaurs, ripping...
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Insect apocalypse? Not so fast, at least in North America
The jury is still out. In recent years, the notion of an insect apocalypse has become a hot topic in...
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Meet the ‘vampire’ parasite that masquerades as a living tongue
Talk about leaving a bad taste in the mouth. When scientists recently X-rayed a fish's head, they found a gruesome...
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Meet the ‘vampire’ parasite that masquerades as a living tongue
Talk about leaving a bad taste in the mouth. When scientists recently X-rayed a fish's head, they found a gruesome...
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What is taxonomy?
What should you call that bird? You couldn't go wrong with "dinosaur," taxonomists say. If you saw a feathered, two-footed...
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