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Why the Saiga Antelope’s Nose Is Nature’s Air Filter
2+ hour, 50+ min ago Home " Wildlife " Why the Saiga Antelope's Nose Is Nature's Air Filter Extreme temperatures and minimal vegetation characterize the arid steppes and semi-deserts where the saiga antelope roams. During the summer, the air becomes oppressively hot and dusty, while in the…...
Could Modern Animals Survive the Age of Dinosaurs?
3+ hour, 19+ min ago 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…...
Dinosaur eggs the size of cannon balls are found filled with giant crystals
13+ hour, 37+ min ago Two dinosaur eggs, each about five inches (13 centimeters) across and almost perfectly round, have surprised scientists in eastern China. Instead of fragile shells packed with embryonic bone, the fossil eggs were hollow cavities stuffed with glittering mineral crystals. The work…...
This Wolf Was Preserved Perfectly in Ice
20+ hour, 1+ min ago 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…...
Giant Amphibian Tracing the Origins and Survival of a Prehistoric Marvel
20+ hour, 7+ min ago In the murky depths of remote Chinese rivers lives an extraordinary creature that seems to have bypassed evolution's relentless march. The Chinese giant salamander, reaching lengths of up to six feet and weighing as much as a ten-year-old child, represents…...
Scientists Just Discovered the Oldest Human Footprint Ever Found, Hidden in Chilean Mud
20+ hour, 20+ min ago It's just one footprint, but it's older than any other ever found in the Americas. Scientists spent nearly a decade studying it, and what they discovered changes the game. A fossilized human footprint found in southern Chile has been dated…...
Ethiopian Homo Erectus Skull Discovery Rewrites Human Evolution Timeline
22+ hour, 7+ min ago 1.6-Million-Year-Old Fossil Combines Homo habilis Face With Homo erectus Brow The skull had the brow of a descendant but the face of an ancestor. When researchers finished reconstructing the DAN5/P1 cranium from Ethiopia's Afar region, dated to between 1.6 and 1.5 million years…...
Realistic Images of Earth’s First Animals: The Ediacaran Period
23+ hour, 57+ min ago Author:Author Amy King, BSc Microbiology and Physiology Home " News " Realistic Images of Earth's First Animals: The Ediacaran Period The first complex animals to have ever existed arose during the Ediacaran period (635540 million years ago). Before then, less complex and…...
Ancient Bees Made Nests in the Bones of Dead Rodents, Study Finds
1+ day, 21+ min ago More than 5,000 years ago, bees in the Caribbean nested inside dead animals. They built their brood chambers in the hollow teeth and vertebrae of rodents buried in a cave. According to a new study published in Royal Society Open Science,…...
What happened to Earth’s rivers as dinosaurs disappeared?
1+ day, 27+ min ago In an intriguing twist of geological history, Montana's ancient river systems have been found remarkably undeterred by the Cretaceous'Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction event that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs. The event occurred 65 million years ago and wiped out 50 per cent of plants…...