13+ hour, 4+ min ago  (752+ words) Artist's impression of the toothed platypus that lived 25 million years, probably with other other aquatic animals including ancient lungfish, flamingos and freshwater dolphins. (Gen Conway / Flinders University Palaeontology Lab via SWNS) Platypuses swam with dolphins 25 million years ago, reveals an…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (648+ words) Rendered CT scan of Heloderma horridum and a skull of the modern monstersaur Heloderma horridum. (Dr. Hank Woolley via SWNS) A newly discovered armored lizard that lived alongside dinosaurs has been named after a villain from Tolkien's "The Hobbit." Bolg…...