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Scientists Uncover Fossil Teeth Showing How Early Mammals Adapted After the Dinosaur Extinction
5+ hour, 39+ min ago (544+ words) Researchers analyzed 200 fossil teeth from 37 ancient mammal species that lived after the mass extinction of dinosaurs The study suggests early mammals first evolved larger teeth before developing more specialized diets Scientists say the findings help fill a major gap in…...
New eyeless cavefish discovered in the Southeast challenges idea that caves are evolutionary dead ends
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (382+ words) A newly identified Southern cavefish species is doing more than adding a new branch to the tree of life. A Yale-led study, published in the journal Integrative Organismal Biology, challenges a long-standing idea in biology that caves are evolutionary dead…...
Ancient Bug Found on e Bay Had Crab-Like Claws
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (230+ words) Many insects have evolved grasping appendages to catch prey. Perhaps the most spectacular example is the praying mantis. Most of them have a jackknife (sub-chelate)arrangement where the front part (usually the tibia, or tibia and tarsus together) folds backwards…...
Thailand's prehistoric giant: New dinosaur is biggest ever found in Southeast Asia
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (51+ words) Yahoo News Malaysia Scientists in Thailand have identified a gigantic new long-necked dinosaur that may be the largest ever found in Southeast Asia. The species, named Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, is estimated to have reached around 27 metres in length....
The Giant Sea Crocodile That Was Bigger Than a Great White Shark
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (850+ words) Machimosaurus rex is the largest thalattosuchian (marine crocodile) to have ever lived. Crocodiles haven't changed all that much in the millions of years they have been around. Generally, the largest changes that happen through the ages aren't in appearance or…...
Discover the Largest Non-Dinosaur Land Predator to Ever Live
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (809+ words) Dinosaurs were a group of reptiles that lived on Earth for around 180 million years. They appeared roughly 230 million years ago during the Late Triassic period. However, most dinosaurs became extinct by the end of the Cretaceous period, roughly 66 million years…...
The Largest Anaconda on Record Reached Astonishing Lengths
4+ mon, 3+ hour ago (62+ words) Yahoo News Malaysia Anacondas are already among the largest snakes on the planet, capable of reaching staggering lengths and incredible weights. But one individual stands out in the record books. Discover how large the biggest anaconda ever recorded actually was,…...
A Dinosaur Appears to Have Died on the Exact Spot They Later Built a Dinosaur Museum, Burying Its Fossil Underneath It
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (341+ words) In Denver, scientists uncovered a 67. 5-million-year-old dinosaur fossil deep underground " and by chance, it just so happened to be buried underneath the parking lot of a museum that houses similar specimens. As the Denver Museum of Nature and Science explained…...