New fossil discovery changes what we know about Australian dinosaurs
Over 100 million years ago, Australia's dinosaurs shared links with South America's due to the continents' connection through ...
How a Tiny Insect Outsmarts Antarctica’s Brutal Cold
In the frozen world of Antarctica, one tiny insect has mastered the art of survival. The Antarctic midge, the only insect ...
Prehistoric creature — with ‘armor’-like skin — accidentally discovered. See new species
For a group of paleontologists in Brazil, luck and intuition during a 2013 research expedition led to the discovery of a new species — from 120 million years ago. More than a decade ago, a research ...
Giant ‘megaraptor’ dinosaur species discovered in Australia
Giant 20-foot-long raptor dinosaurs once roamed Australia, according to a new study that could rewrite the evolutionary ...
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Adventure World calls on industry stand after damning animal ethics report
Adventure World has reinforced its long-standing commitment to ethical animal tourism in response to the World Animal Protection report released this week.
Antarctic expedition confirms the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in the Weddell Sea
The CSIC-UNESPA scientific expedition has been underway since last January with the aim of monitoring the presence of the ...
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Antarctica Yields Intact Skull — An Ancestor of Today’s Waterfowl That Survived Dinosaur Extinction
The skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...
Loss of forests brought new birds to NZ during the last Ice Age – we’re witnessing a similar process now
When landscapes change, exotic species take advantage of new habitats. Such a pulse of colonisation coincided with the Ice ...
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Survival Secrets of Antarctica’s Largest Land-Dwelling Creature Are Finally Revealed
The hardy Antarctic midge finally reveals some of its survival secrets to Osaka Metropolitan University researchers in a new ...
Scientists look to the Miocene for clues of what we might expect from global heating caused by fossil fuels
Projections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of today ...
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Antarctica's tourism boom: From swinger cruises to selfie tours
Antarctica was once a distant, almost mythical destination at the end of the world. However, in the age of global travel, ...
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Balancing with Antarctica
Antarctica wasn’t always there, at the bottom of the Earth. Over one billion years ago it was in the Northern Hemisphere, ...