60-foot Octopuses Predators 100 Million Years Ago, Fossils Shows
Size comparison of N. haggarti to its contemporaneous competitors – credit, Hokkaido University The kraken: a giant squid…
Giant octopuses were the ocean’s apex predators 100 million years ago
A jaw tip worn down by nearly a tenth does not sound like much until you picture what…
Bite mechanics of ancient marine predators yields surprising results
The Western Interior Seaway, which existed roughly 80 million years ago, split North America into North and South.…
Greater trophic diversity of soil animal communities under agricultural land use and tropical climate
Anthony, M. A., Bender, S. F. & van der Heijden, M. G. A. Enumerating soil biodiversity. Proc. Natl…
Marine protected areas marginally offset anthropogenic declines in tropical reef fish contributions to nature and people
Carson, R. Silent Spring (Houghton Mifflin, 1962). Hallmann, C. A. et al. More than 75 percent decline over…
Marsupials Previously Thought Extinct for 6,000 Years Discovered: ‘A once-in-a-lifetime discovery’
Photograph Carlos Bocos, licensed CC 4.0. Int. via inclusion in Flannery et al., 2026. Rec. Aust. Mus. 78(1):…
Weird-Looking Marsupial Found Alive After 6,000 Years of Alleged ‘Extinction’
Field researchers call them “Lazarus taxa,” species once presumed extinct that suddenly appear to have risen from the…
Human pressure and biodiversity modify forest resilience after extreme multi-year droughts
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Why triceratops and other horned dinosaurs evolved such massive noses
The skull of Triceratops looks almost exaggerated, as if someone enlarged the front half without adjusting the rest.…
Eliminating invasive predators | Nature Ecology & Evolution
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Fossils in Chinese Quarry Show Unknown Creatures from 500 Million Years Ago
Scientists have discovered more than 50,000 fossils in a quarry in the Hunan province of southern China. These…
Ancient Kangaroos Were Heavier Than Grizzly Bears But Could Still Hop » Explorersweb
Thousands of years ago, the kangaroos roaming Australia were more than double the size of the modern ones.…