A spectacular fossil trove on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen shows that marine life made a stunning comeback after Earth’s ...
A dense Arctic bonebed shows marine life and ocean food webs recovered far faster than scientists once believed after mass ...
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How anacondas persisted while other giant reptiles went extinct
Anacondas are some of the largest snakes in the world, reaching impressive sizes which have earned them a fearsome reputation ...
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Ambitious iguana “Love Island” for near-extinct reptiles becomes epic conservation success story
Where do lizards go to fall in love? For the Lesser Antillean iguana, “Love Island” can be found on Prickly Pear East, where ...
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Officially Gone: After 40 Years MIA, Australia’s Only Shrew Has Been Declared "Extinct"
The Christmas Island shrew is thought to be at least the third mammal species to go extinct on the island as a direct result ...
Athletic, crocodile-like reptiles with bladed teeth made their last stand in the Caribbean as recently as 4.5 million years ago. New fossils unearthed in the Dominican Republic suggest the reptile ...
Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...
Rocks have been found to hold many traces of Earth's ancient history, but usually geologists have to seek them out. Every once in a while, however, these imprints of times past are found by ...
Anyone who has watched a rooster stalking around a farmyard might agree that there is something very dinosaur-like about birds. That may come as no surprise, given that birds are dinosaurs. But in ...
Everyone knows that dinosaurs are extinct, and most people have some idea about how it might have occurred. But the exact periods in history when it happened are less well known. Was it a single ...
A new study by the Zoological Society of London has found that 19% — nearly one in five — of the world’s 10,000 species of reptiles are threatened with extinction. The study, which has been printed in ...
Komodo dragons outlived giant reptile peers through isolation and lucky breaks. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- Extinction wiped out their closest family members as well as most ...
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