18+ hour, 2+ 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…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (510+ words) A sketch of the giant "kraken-like" octopus. (Yohei Utsuki: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University via SWNS) Giant "kraken-like" octopuses were terrifying apex predators of the oceans 100 million years ago, according to new research. The "enormous" creatures were…...