Meet The World’s Most ‘Safeguarded’ Tree—A Jurassic Survivor Thought Extinct Until 1994
The Wollemi Pine’s bark looks like bubbling chocolate—but its real secret? It’s a 200-million-year-old survivor from the age ...
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Paleontologists Discover Fossil of the Oldest Known Modern Bird—but It Raises More Questions Than It Answers
Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a ...
This mysterious tree walks like humans, moves up to 20 meters, is found in…; its name is…
Our planet Earth holds a lot of mysteries, secrets, and wonders, many of which remain unexplored or incomprehensible to us. From enormous sea creatures to aliens, myths surrounding these topics have ...
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Extinct moa ate purple trufflelike fungi, fossil bird droppings reveal
DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.
Restoring predators, restoring ecosystems: Yellowstone wolves and other carnivores drive strong trophic cascade
A new study reveals the profound ecological effects of wolves and other large carnivores in Yellowstone National Park, ...
Sleeping creature with ‘dagger-like spines’ found in Vietnam. It’s a new species
As darkness settled over a forest of southern Vietnam, a “long”-limbed creature with “dagger-like spines” climbed into a shrub and fell asleep. But the night wouldn’t be restful. Passing scientists ...