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ECOVIEWS: How long do ginkgo trees live?
The Post and Courier· 1 day agoQ. I have read that ginkgo trees can live for hundreds of years. Why are they called “living fossils”? A. Modern ginkgoes belong to a single species of...
Meet This 300 Million Year Old ‘Spiky Spider’—Found In One Of America’s Best Fossil Hunting Sites
Forbes· 1 day ago“The Mazon Creek Fossil-Lagerstätte is rightly famous for the abundance of marine and non-marine ...
A 425-Million-Year-Old Predatory Worm That Moved Like An Accordion? Why Not
IFLScience· 3 days agoIts feeding mechanism has been compared to that of Dune’s sandworms, consuming anything unlucky...
We Now Know When Humans And Neanderthals Hooked Up, Human Head Transplant Machine Concept Unveiled...
IFLScience· 21 hours agoThis week, a fossil of dinosaur skin has revealed it had both scales and feathers, a new study could...
If plastic comes from oil and gas, which come originally from plants, why isn’t it biodegradable?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoPlastic is made from oil and natural gas, which started out as fossilized plant and animal material....
Live sharks come to Riverfront Museum for opening day of new exhibit
WMBD - FOX 43 Peoria· 10 hours agoPEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The Peoria Riverfront Museum opened its newest exhibition on sharks on...
Scales That Led To Hair And Feathers Evolved Before Reptiles, 300-Million-Year-Old Fossils Hint
IFLScience· 4 days agoCorneous scales are a type of skin appendage most associated with reptiles, but they are thought to...
"Once in a lifetime" mastodon fossil tooth found on South Carolina beach
Newsweek· 6 days agoA man has made an incredible discovery on a beach in South Carolina after he found a prehistoric ...
Heat waves can be deadly for older adults: An aging global population and rising temperatures mean...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThese threats are especially dire in low- and middle-income nations, where older adults are more...
Mysterious 1-Million-Year-Old Skull From China May Belong To "Dragon Man" Lineage
IFLScience· 5 days agoIn 1989 and 1990, a pair of 1-million-year-old skulls belonging to an unknown human species were...