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Why does a narwhal’s tusk twist and what’s it made of?
6+ hour, 35+ min ago (859+ words) Narwhals in Northwest Greenland. (Carsten Egevang / Greenland Institute of Natural Resources via SWNS) Hidden secrets of the narwhal's twisted tusk have been revealed using the latest X-ray technology. Tusks of the species of whale native to the Arctic have long…...
‘Botanical Pompeii’ shows plants thrived before dinosaur extinction
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (921+ words) (Brian Engh via SWNS) The discovery of a "botanical Pompeii" has rewritten a long-held theory that flowering plants only flourished after the dinosaurs. The "unique" fossil find shows they were in fact blooming 10 million years before dinosaurs were wiped out,…...
Ancient squirrel poop reveals ‘remarkable’ details about Arctic
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (598+ words) Squirrel droppings dating back up to 700,000 years have revealed "remarkable" new details about the Arctic's evolutionary history. (Duane Froese via SWNS) Researchers analyzed permafrost samples collected from ground squirrel burrows that span several glacial periods and can remain frozen and…...
‘Treasure trove’ reveals animal diversity began earlier than thought
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (983+ words) Reconstruction of Jiangchuan biota (~554-539 million years ago). (Xiaodong Wang via SWNS) The discovery of a fossil "treasure trove" has pushed back the origins of animals at least four million years. The "exciting" find in China includes the remains of a…...
Hippos live alongside mammoths and woolly rhinos during last Ice Age
10+ mon, 5+ day ago (429+ words) Clear to partly cloudy. Low 63F. SSW winds at less than 5 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph.. Hippos lived at the Upper Rhine in the same time frame as mammoths. (Rebecca Kind via SWNS) Hippos lived in Europe alongside mammoths and woolly…...