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1938 shock discovery in South Africa: A fish scientists thought was extinct suddenly reappeared after 65 million years and changed science foreverA chance discovery in 1938 by a South African museum curator unearthed a 'living fossil' – a coelacanth, a fish thought extinct for 65 mill...- 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...
- Scientists just filmed the goblin shark, a 125-million-year-old "living fossil," alive in the deep Pacific for the first time, expanding what we know about one of the ocean's rarest predatorsA rare goblin shark, a living fossil, has been captured on camera for the first time in its deep-sea home. Marine biologists documented two...
- Paris accord threshold could be breached in 4 years as warming accelerates: AnalysisEarth's climate is warming rapidly due to human actions. Global temperatures reached 1.37 degrees Celsius last year. Scientists warn the 1....
- Charting the global economy: Jobs, inflation feed rate-hike betsStrong hiring across sectors and expanding manufacturing activity signal labor market strength, while upcoming US price data and ECB decisi...
- 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...
- Goodbye to the myth that Tanystropheus hunted on land: CT scans suggest a stranger life in the seaPaleontologists have long debated the Tanystropheus, a prehistoric creature with an unusually long neck. Recent CT scans of its skull revea...
- ‘T. rex of the Sea’: Scientists discover 43-foot ‘King of the Tylosaurs’ that terrorized oceans 145 million years agoA new giant marine reptile, Tylosaurus Rex, has been discovered. Fossils found in Texas reveal this predator ruled the oceans 80 million ye...
- A 12-year-old’s fossil hunt changed how scientists saw ancient seasA remarkable discovery by the Anning family on England's Lyme Regis cliffs in the early 1800s unearthed an ichthyosaur fossil, revolutioniz...
- A fossil reanalysis just blew up everything we thought we knew about the origins of animal lifeA new fossil study from Brazil is reshaping scientific discussions about the earliest forms of life on Earth. Researchers reexamined micros...
- Scientists discover ancient Antarctic fish fossil with a perfectly preserved skullA remarkable fish fossil from Antarctica offers a clear view of early evolution. Koharalepis jarviki, a 380-million-year-old specimen, reve...
- Ancient fossils and shifting continents reveal a rewritten Earth storyPaleolatitude.org has been upgraded, allowing users to track continental drift and Earth's pole shifts over 320 million years. This tool, b...
- Scientists Found a Rare Fossil Showing Snakes Once Had Legs and Looked Very Different From TodayA remarkable fossil, Najash rionegrina, reveals snakes evolved gradually, losing legs and reshaping their bodies over millions of years. Th...
- Enormous octopuses dominated Earth's prehistoric seas over 100 million years agoAncient oceans were once ruled by enormous octopus relatives. New research reveals these early creatures were massive, dominant hunters. Fo...
- Quote of the day by Charles Darwin: ' "A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives....' ; life lessons from British biologistCharles Darwin believed true morality stems from self-reflection and admitting errors. His insights, shared in 'The Descent of Man', highli...
- Rare 180-million-year-old Jurassic fossil found in Germany shows how an injured marine reptile stayed aliveA remarkable ichthyosaur fossil found in Germany is revealing secrets about ancient marine reptiles. This well-preserved specimen, belongin...
- Giant octopus fossil proves Kraken was real? Sea monster bigger than most dinosaurs lived 100 million years ago: StudyGiant octopus fossil: A new study published in Science reveals that giant octopus-like creatures up to 19 metres long lived as apex predato...
- How the ‘Cretaceous Kraken’ hunted 100 million years ago: Inside the deadly feeding style of the 62-foot giant octopusGiant octopus Cretaceous Kraken: Ancient giant octopuses, Nanaimoteuthis, with arms up to 19 meters, were apex predators in the Late Cretac...
- ‘Kraken-Like’ giant octopuses as large as semi-trucks ruled oceans 100 million years ago, study findsNew research reveals giant octopuses were powerful ocean predators around 100 million years ago. These creatures, some reaching 19 meters, ...
- The tiny microbes behind one of the best-preserved fossils ever foundAmong some of the most spectacular fossils unearthed are those found in strange locations, and new research is now showing that the way the...
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