5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (344+ words) Octopuses the size of lorries once prowled the planet's oceans when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, new fossil discoveries suggest. Scientists have long believed that sharks and giant marine reptiles dominated the seas during the Cretaceous era " such as 11-metre-long mosasaurs…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (280+ words) The Irish Independent Staff at Arklow Library in Co Wicklow were taken aback when a copy of Fraternity by John Galsworthy, last loaned out in 1945, was returned by a customer this week with late fines that would once have reached…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago  (470+ words) 'Exceptionally rare' discovery sees long-living Greenland Shark wash up on Ireland's shores for the first time The discovery of a Greenland shark washed up on the west coast has presented researchers with a rare opportunity to learn more about one…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (230+ words) Brazilian scientists have identified a new species of giant dinosaur with ties to a similar animal found in Spain, reinforcing knowledge that land routes once connected parts of South America, Africa and Europe about 120 million years ago. Named Dasosaurus tocantinensis,…...