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"Incredibly rare" prehistoric finds may have marked path to afterlife
Newsweek· 1 day agoAn archaeological survey has identified traces of hundreds of previously unknown monuments—including...
Prehistoric 'saber-tooth salmon' gets a new name
Futurity· 8 hours agoA prehistoric fish known as the saber-tooth salmon is getting a new name. New research reveals something new about the piscine anatomy of the giant...
Huge prehistoric salmon had spikes that could have "easily killed" a shark
Newsweek· 1 day agoA giant prehistoric salmon had large tusk-like spikes protruding out of its snout that could have...
11-year-old’s beach find was likely largest known marine reptile to swim Earth’s oceans, scientists...
KETV 7 Omaha· 5 days agoScientists consider the blue whale, which grows up to 110 feet (33.5 meters) long, to be the largest...
What Was The Largest Animal To Ever Walk The Earth?
IFLScience· 8 hours agoThe largest terrestrial animal to have ever walked the planet is a record currently held by Patagotitan mayorum, which stretched 37 meters (121 feet) in...
The first glow-in-the-dark animals may have been ancient corals deep in the ocean
CBS 47 Fresno· 2 days agoWASHINGTON (AP) — Many animals can glow in the dark. Fireflies famously blink on summer evenings. But most animals that light up are found in the depths of the ocean. In a new study, scientists rep…
This 400-pound prehistoric salmon had tusks like a warthog
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThey also hope to come up with new models to study how these tusk-like teeth were used and better...
Paleontologists Unravel Secrets of 'Enigmatic' 33-Foot Prehistoric Shark After Fossil Discovery
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 day agoAfter years of uncertainty, a prehistoric shark mystery has at last been solved—thanks to the recent discovery of remarkably complete fossil skeletons in northeastern Mexico ...
Colossal prehistoric snake discovered in India
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIt wasn’t until the researchers removed sediment from the fossils during the study’s initial stage in 2023 that they realized they “were looking at the...
Fossil hunters find additional remains of jawbone from a giant marine reptile
NPR· 15 hours agoDANIEL: At the end of the Triassic - that's when these colossal ichthyosaurs reigned, right before a mass extinction event that swallowed up these animals forever. Dean Lomax ...