3+ hour, 58+ min ago  (517+ words) By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press Posted June 9, 2026 11: 00 am. A researcher in British Columbia recently discovered that ancient squirrel scat can still smell just as fresh today as it did some 700, 000 years ago. Tyler Murchie, a scientist with the Hakai…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (948+ words) Posted August 21, 2025 11: 46 am. The child, described in a recent study published in the peer-reviewed journal L'Anthropologie, was buried in a cave in Israel some 140, 000 years ago. Because no ancient DNA was extracted from the fossilized remains, it's impossible to confirm…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (845+ words) Posted August 14, 2025 11: 56 pm. Researchers this week officially named Janjucetus dullardi, a cartoonish creature with bulging eyes the size of tennis balls, in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Unlike today's whales, the juvenile specimen was small enough to fit…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (779+ words) By Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press Posted June 21, 2025 4: 11 pm. Researchers have discovered a new species of ancient fish with hooked front fangs that made them a fearsome and effective predator. " A paper published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology this…...