7+ hour, 34+ min ago   (683+ words) If you grew up on a farm, you're probably familiar with all of the folk wisdom that comes with rural living. For example, if all your cows are lying down, a farmer will tell you that chances are high that…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (350+ words) Scientists recently awakened ancient microbes that had been trapped in ice, some for around 40,000 years. The ancient life was discovered in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers" Permafrost Tunnel near Fairbanks, Alaska. According to a statement by the team of geologists…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (387+ words) In what has become the third-highest price ever paid for a dinosaur skeleton, a 150 million-year-old juvenile ceratosaurus skeleton sold at Sotheby's auction for $30.5 million this week. The carnivorous dinosaur called North America home 150 million years ago but that doesn't mean…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (533+ words) The coelacanth fish is a literal living fossil with fossil records on this species dating back over 410 million years. But the fossil record on coelacanth's disappeared about 66 to 70 million years ago and the species was believed to be extinct until…...

10+ mon, 4+ day ago   (424+ words) A paleontologist discovered a new species of fossil from 444 million years ago she calls an "inside-out, legless, headless wonder." This new species of multi-segmented fossil and has officially been named Keurbos susanae, or "Sue" for short. The discovery of this…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (397+ words) There are plenty of animals you want to try to avoid encountering if you find yourself roaming Australia. Wombats are pretty low on the list of the ones you need to worry about, but an American influencer managed to spark…...