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Not burrow or den: Nearly 1.5 metres wide giant nest built by one of World’s longest and most venomous animals
49+ min ago (334+ words) In the forests of the Western Ghats, South India, one snake quietly performs a task unmatched across its kind, building an elaborate nest that protects the next generation of king cobras and reshapes how scientists view reptile behaviour. A rare…...
Scientists discovered 97-million-year-old ‘GPS’ that guided ancient animals to migrate
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (477+ words) Scientists have made a remarkable discovery. It comes from deep ocean sediments. The fossils are nearly 100 million years old. These tiny structures may have helped animals navigate. They acted like a natural positioning system. Similar to today's GPS technology. The…...
New Zealand Cave Discovery Reveals Ancient Species — Including a Relative of the Kākāpō
5+ hour, 1+ min ago (508+ words) Learn more about the animals that were living inside the 'lost world' of this New Zealand cave. The fossils were unearthed at Moa Eggshell Cave, near the village of Waitomo on New Zealand's North Island, and analyzed by paleontologists from…...
Fossils Show Pronghorn Speed Predates the American Cheetah by 5 Million Years
8+ hour, 36+ min ago (504+ words) Learn how Miocene fossils from the Mojave Desert reveal that pronghorn running adaptations developed long before high-speed cheetahs appeared in North America. The American pronghorn can outrun every land predator in North America. Its speed has often been linked to…...
2,000-Year-Old Mummies Show Ancient Egyptians Had Back and Hip Pain, Too
9+ hour, 51+ min ago (549+ words) Learn how advancements in CT scanner technology is helping to unwrap the lives of ancient Egyptian mummies without even touching them. It's not every day that you get to run a mummy-filled sarcophagus through a CT scanner. But a research…...
Australia has a river older than the dinosaurs: the Finke (Larapinta) has been flowing for between 300 and 400 million years and cuts through the MacDonnell Ranges as if the terrain did not exist
10+ hour, 59+ min ago (654+ words) Home - Environment - Australia has a river older than the dinosaurs: the Finke (Larapinta) has been flowing for between 300 and 400 million years and cuts through the MacDonnell Ranges as if the terrain did not exist That means this river was already…...
Hikers stumble upon fossil evidence of an ancient sea turtle stampede dating back 80 million years
12+ hour, 49+ min ago (864+ words) Free climbers scrambling over a steep coastal mountain in Italy noticed something odd on a broad slab of limestone. The rock sitting on the Monte Conero anticline near Ancona, in Italy's Marche region, holds many deep, paddle-like footprint tracks packed…...
How a Black fossil digger became a superstar in the very white world of paleontology
14+ hour, 6+ min ago (1534+ words) Lazarus Kgasi walks with ease across a gently rolling landscape about an hour's drive outside of Pretoria, South Africa. A few trees are sprinkled here and there but it's mostly grass. Kgasi, a tall man with a big smile, knows…...
Schoolboy Stumbles Upon an Ancient Dinosaur Footprint in a Brisbane Quarry, It’s Older Than You Think!
14+ hour, 21+ min ago (419+ words) After staying hidden for decades, Australia's oldest dinosaur footprint is finally brought to light. In 1958, a schoolboy in Brisbane discovered something remarkable, what we now know to be Australia's oldest dinosaur fossil. Found by Bruce Runnegar in Petrie's Quarry, this…...
The resurrection of a sleeping giant – DirtFish
14+ hour, 29+ min ago (978+ words) Rewind Tour of Britain will answer that age-old question in 2027: who are better, race or rally drivers? Words by Anthony Peacock James Hunt was famous for many things, including of course the 1976 Formula 1 World Championship " not to mention his preferred…...