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Quail-sized feathered dinosaur may be the earliest known bird
Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which ...
Jurassic fossil from China rewrites history of bird evolution
Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...
Scientists capture extremely rare footage of a black seadevil
This is only the second time the species has been recorded while alive. “I thought it was A.I.,” says fish biologist Kory Evans.
‘Notoriously’ elusive mammal seen in Australia after yearslong search. ‘Euphoric’
Long-nosed potoroos are roughly rabbit-sized marsupials with “ long and tapering ” noses, according to the Australian Museum. They are generally “solitary” and live in “highly-fragmented populations ...
Most animals have their own version of tree rings – here’s how we biologists use them to help species thrive
Similarly, most living things produce records of their own existence in layered body tissues – often in the form of daily or ...
Arizona has added an endangered bat to the list of night-flying creatures that frequent the state
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Scientists have long suspected that Mexican long-nosed bats migrate through southeastern Arizona, but ...
‘Shy’ aquarium pet — with ‘bright red’ teeth — discovered as new species from Brazil
Deep below the surface of a river in northern Brazil, a “shy” creature tucked its “armored” body into a rocky crevice. Divers ...
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11 Of Ancient Earth’s Most Unbelievable Prehistoric Animals
For nearly 30 million years, a 2,000-pound beast known as the entelodont ruled a sweeping empire from Mongolia to what is now ...