What’s the Largest Current on Earth? It Moves More Water Than Every River Combined—Many Times Over
Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Earth’s mightiest current has no banks. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, or ACC,…
This 25 Million Year Old Platypus Had Teeth Built to Crack Open Armored Prey
Artistic reconstruction of Obdurodon in its natural environment. Credit: Gen Conway/Flinders University Paleontology Lab The platypus is already…
Early Platypuses Had Strong Teeth and Powerful Jaws, Fossils Show
New fossils from the Namba Formation of South Australia reveal that 25 million years ago, Obdurodon insignis —…
Fossil Amber Preserves Ecological Interactions between Ancient Ants and Other Organisms
Fossils trapped in amber aren’t just beautiful, they may preserve real ecological interactions, including possible parasitism or commensal…
Fossil of Carnivorous ‘Swamp Monster’ Found in Brazil
Paleontologists have uncovered the fossilized lower right canine of a large proborhyaenid sparassodont in the Taubaté Basin of…
Oligocene-Period Fossils Provide Evidence of Pollination Interaction between Flowers and Bumblebees
Paleontologists have screened 24-million-year-old fossil flowers and bees from the Late Oligocene of Enspel, Germany, and identified a…