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Meet A Prehistoric ‘Mega-Raptor’—Found, Fossilized, In This Cave In South Australia
Forbes· 17 hours agoBiologists and paleontologists have long wondered why Australia has fewer large birds of prey than other continents. For instance, in Australia today, the ...
New Rare Species Of Tiny, Metallic Blue Ant Discovered In Remote India
IFLScience· 8 hours agoDuring an expedition to survey the biodiversity of northeast India’s Siang Valley, entomologists...
Paleontologists Uncover Rare Skull of 500-Pound 'Thunder Bird' in Australia
Smithsonian Magazine· 50 minutes agoUntil about 45,000 years ago, a giant, flightless bird called Genyornis newtoni roamed Australia....
The Cuckoo Is Remarkably Evolving to Outsmart Its Host Species
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoThe researchers looked at two cuckoo species in particular: the shining bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx...
Dazzling New Species Of Blue Ant Found In Remote Indian Forest
Forbes· 17 hours agoScientists studying biodiversity in the Eastern Himalayas stumbled upon a stunning and extremely...
Elusive 'octopus squid' with world's largest biological lights attacks camera in striking new video
LiveScience· 5 days agoOne of the world's most elusive squid species put on a blinding bioluminescent display as it...
New species of Arabian desert snake discovered near ancient city
Cosmos· 3 days agoA new species of snake has been discovered in Saudi Arabia which forms a missing puzzle piece in our...
Prehistoric 'giant goose' skull found in Australia
BBC via AOL· 1 day agoGenyornis newtoni is a relative of the Australian magpie goose but evolved before them in a separate lineage and is more closely related to the South American screamer < ...
Giant 'Giga-Goose' Once Thundered Across Prehistoric Australia
ScienceAlert via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWe've known about Genyornis newtoni for quite some time. The species, which died out around 45,000...
Giant 500-pound geese once honked around the Australian outback
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAustralia has always been a biodiversity hotspot, with some gnarly extinct megafauna in its natural...