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Endangered whale found dead in "gruesome" discovery
Newsweek· 7 days agoThe Marine Animal Response Society (MARS) discovered the carcass on May 12 after a Transport Canada aerial surveillance team identified a partial whale...
Prehistoric 'Dune' worm found in quarry was predator
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoDespite being a predator, analysis suggests it only grew to be around 8cm long. The researchers said Radnorscolex belongs to a group of extinct worm-like...
Australian scientists discover ancient 'echidnapus'
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFossilised pieces of the animal's jaw bone were found in opal fields in northern New South Wales, alongside evidence of several other ancient and now ...
Recovery of Brazil's Spix's macaw, popularized in animated 'Rio' films, threatened by climate change
U-T San Diego· 2 days agoThe parrot — endemic to a small fraction of the Sao Francisco River basin and already rare in the 19th century — was declared extinct in the wild in 2000, when a lonely surviving ...
'Echidnapus': Australian scientists discover ancient monotreme
BBC News· 3 days agoScientists have discovered a bizarre creature dubbed the "echidnapus" which they believe roamed...
Recovery of Brazil's Spix's macaw, popularized in animated 'Rio' films, threatened by climate change
Phys.org· 2 days agoThe parrot—endemic to a small fraction of the Sao Francisco River basin and already rare in the 19th...
A Completely New Dinosaur Species With "Ridiculously" Short Arms Discovered
CCM· 1 day agoArchaeologists have uncovered a new species of dinosaur that had even shorter arms than a T-Rex. You...
Florida fossil porcupine solves a prickly dilemma 10 million years in the making
Phys.org· 2 days agoA new study published in the journal Current Biology claims to have reconciled the dispute, thanks...
Mexico faces triple threats of drought, water shortages and deadly heat wave
Axios· 2 days agoThe big picture: The heat dome that's parked over the country has resulted in the deaths of dozens...
Youngest African penguins at National Aviary receive new names, join penguin colony
WPXI via Yahoo News· 7 days ago“Within the next year to 18 months, their sleek grayish-black juvenile feathers will...sustainably...