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Bizarre egg-laying mammals once ruled Australia—then lost their teeth
Ars Technica· 1 day agoOnly two types of monotremes, the platypus and echidna, still exist, but more monotreme species were...
Rare skull of an extinct, massive ‘thunder bird’ discovered in Australia | CNN
CNN.com· 5 days agoFor more than a century, scientists have been unsuccessfully hunting for skull fossils for the...
Paleontologists Uncover Rare Skull of 500-Pound 'Thunder Bird' in Australia
Smithsonian Magazine· 4 days agoUntil about 45,000 years ago, a giant, flightless bird called Genyornis newtoni roamed Australia....
First Intact Skull Of Australia’s Terrifying Extinct “Giga-goose” Revealed
IFLScience· 5 days agoSeveral fossil remnants of a huge bird called Genyornis newtoni, including the first intact skull,...
New fossils show what Australia’s giant prehistoric ‘thunder birds’ looked like – and offer clues...
The Conversation· 6 days agoUntil around 45,000 years ago, Australia was home to a giant flightless bird called Genyornis newtoni, which was two metres tall and weighed up to 230 kilograms. Palaeontologists ...
Ancient DNA Unravels the Origins of a Mysterious Lineage of Mergansers
SciTechDaily· 2 days agoA new study has discovered that mergansers arrived in New Zealand from the Northern Hemisphere over...
Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium welcomes bouncing baby wallaby to Kids Kingdom
CBS News· 2 days agoThe Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium has a new baby that will have visitors bouncing with excitement. Ava,...
An ethical – and safe – place to swim with whales
BBC News· 2 days agoThe Islands of Tahiti have long practiced the ancient conservation custom of rāhui to help preserve their maritime spaces and species, including a...
First human case of H5N2 bird flu died from multiple factors: WHO
Medical Xpress· 2 days agoA man infected with H5N2 bird flu, the first confirmed human infection with the strain, died from...
Charlotte the stingray is no longer pregnant: Team ECCO issues statement
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThey sent the results to a contact at a leading aquarium in Australia and a contact from the science...