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Scientists just found a 15-million-year-old climate time capsule in giant eggshells from Namibia, and the oxygen inside suggests plants may have been far less active at pulling COâ‚‚ from the air during a warmer EarthFossilized bird eggshells from 15 million years ago in the Namib Desert are revealing a startling climate secret. Researchers found that du...
15-million-year-old Asura Hadda (demon bones) found in Odisha's Baripada during college field trip. Here's everything we knowAncient marine fossils, locally called 'Asura Hadda', have been found in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district. These 15-million-year-old discoverie...
In 2022, a routine study of analyzing satellite topography led to ring-shaped reef structures which proved Australia’s “empty” Nullarbor Plain was once a shallow seaRecent research has revealed a reef-like geological structure beneath Australia's Nullarbor Plain, previously thought to be barren. Satelli...
What Scientists Found Inside a Cave Beneath Greenland’s Ice Is Raising New Climate QuestionsAncient Arctic caves hold secrets of a warmer past. Mineral deposits show the region was once free of permafrost, experiencing much higher ...
- Fossil Coral in the Amazon Basin Confirms Ancient Seaway During the Miocene
Fossil coral and marine remains unearthed deep within the Amazon rainforest reveal that parts of the basin were once submerged by shallow o...
Scientists discover this 16-million-year-old predator lost in amber foreverResearchers discovered a 16-million-year-old ant in Dominican amber. The ant, Basiceros enana, is the smallest of its kind. It shows the an...
Scientists discover river system that flowed 40 million years under ice in AntarcticaGeologists have discovered an old river that formerly flowed through Antarctica but is now buried below kilometers of ice.
Rare megalodon 'tooth' discovered in a sudden find by teenager on a road trip, everything we knowA fossil-hunting family, recently stumbled upon a 'monster' tooth of a fossil in South Carolina, while being on a trip to Tennessee, accord...
Nine women scientists who are doing phenomenal workThese nine women scientists have aimed for the moon, dissected the brain and shattered glass ceilings.
Earth's largest shark, Megalodon, disappeared 2.6 million years agoAn ancient shark, the largest to ever live, likely went extinct about 2.6 million years ago, scientists have found.