A new look at fossils from the Cambrian Period around 500 million years ago has revealed that some of the earliest animals spent time on mudflats that were sometimes exposed to the air – a find that c ...

Roughly half a million years ago, a group of armadillo-like mammals, horses, and sloths met their end in a sinkhole in what ...

Axiom Space's Ax-4 mission will send ISRO, Polish, and Hungarian astronauts to the ISS for the first time in history in ...

Artist's rendition of of Nyasasaurus, one of the oldest definitive dinosaurs. The earliest known dinosaur fossils date back to approximately 230 million years ago. Recent research suggests that ...

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01/29/2025 January 29, 2025 During the colonial period, a German merchant Carl Hagenbeck was one of the first to display humans alongside animals in zoos, and he quickly became a successful ...

They feed primarily hunt fish, but will also feed on other small animals. Caimans are smaller than alligators, crocodiles, and gharials. They are further characterized by their stocky bodies and ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Dinosaurs long dominated Earth's land ecosystems with a multitude of forms including plant-eating giants like Argentinosaurus, meat-eating brutes like Tyrannosaurus ...

Paleontologists have known something strange happened between the end of the Triassic Period and the beginning ... evolved at small size, when the animals were squeaking by in a world filled ...

When an animal was in danger, these heroes didn't hesitate to jump into action. Each unfortunate creature was helpless until strangers intervened to rescue them and carry them to safety in ...

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When it comes to survival, animals possess a wide array of impressive adaptations ... which they regrow annually. This rapid growth period involves bone, vasculature, skin, and nerves, making antlers ...