Not just tiny arms: T. rex also had super small eyes to accommodate its big bite By Nicoletta Lanese published 11 August 22 T. rex may have evolved thin eye sockets to help handle its bite force.
Most of Florida's newly-hatched sea turtles are female. Why? By Patrick Pester published 10 August 22 Almost all sea turtle hatchlings are emerging from their eggs as females on some Florida beaches. What's going on?
Creepy deep-sea 'vanilla Vader' woodlouse is 25 times bigger than a land louse By Patrick Pester published 10 August 22 Scientists have identified a woodlouse relative — a 10-inch-long, creamy yellow critter called Bathynomus yucatanensis from deep in the Gulf of Mexico.
'Yoda' primates sing duets like opera stars By Jamie Carter published 8 August 22 Scientists recorded the intricate songs of the small, leaping primates on an Indonesian island.
Weird deep-sea worm looks like a luminous lump of spaghetti By Harry Baker published 5 August 22 A new video released by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) shows off 2012 footage of an unnamed species of spaghetti worm.
'Monkey gang' member executed in Japan as marauding macaques run amok By Isobel Whitcomb published 4 August 22 A team of "specially commissioned hunters" tracked down and killed one member of a "monkey gang" responsible for more than 50 attacks in the Japanese city of Yamaguchi.
Half-blind Greenland shark possibly spotted in the Caribbean, thousands of miles from its usual home By Patrick Pester published 3 August 22 A strange shark caught off Belize in the Caribbean was likely a Greenland shark or Greenland shark hybrid, according to a new study.
Thousands of jellyfish swarm near Israel, mesmerizing images reveal By Jamie Carter published 2 August 22 Cameras on drones recently captured aerial images of nomad jellyfish as they swarmed by the thousands in coastal waters near Israel.
'Gummy squirrel' found in deep-sea abyss looks like a stretchy half-peeled banana By Jennifer Nalewicki published 2 August 22 Scientists collected 55 creatures in a largely unexplored area of the Pacific Ocean, 39 could potentially be new species.
Mammal ancestor looked like a chubby lizard with a tiny head and had a hippo-like lifestyle By Jamie Carter published 1 August 22 Fossils found in France are from a previously unknown species of amphibian that belonged to a group of reptiles with mammal-like traits.
Europe’s last pandas were giant weaklings who couldn’t even eat bamboo By Harry Baker published 31 July 22 Analysis of fossilized teeth that were rediscovered in museum archives in Bulgaria has revealed a new species of ancient panda that was likely the last of its kind in Europe.
Copperhead snakes: Facts, bites & babies By Jessie Szalay, Ben Biggs published 31 July 22 Reference Copperhead snakes are common in North America, and have the distinction of biting more people in the United States than any other snake.
Can turtles really breathe through their butts? By Harry Baker published 31 July 22 Some freshwater turtles engage in a process akin to butt breathing.
The longest-living animals on Earth By Patrick Pester published 30 July 22 The longest-living animals can survive for centuries and millennia, even pausing the aging process altogether. Here are the longest-living animals in the world.
DeepMind AI has discovered the structure of nearly every protein known to science By Stephanie Pappas published 29 July 22 The DeepMind program AlphaFold has predicted the structures of almost all proteins known to science.
'Walking sharks' caught on video, astound scientists By Isobel Whitcomb published 29 July 22 On the remote Southern coast of Papua New Guinea, scientists encountered something amazing: a walking shark.
Over 60 million years ago, penguins abandoned flight for swimming. Here’s how. By Stephanie Pappas published 29 July 22 Around the time the dinosaurs died out, penguins became swimmers. New research reveals their aquatic evolution.
'Never seen anything like it': Impeccably preserved Jurassic fish fossils found on UK farm By Jennifer Nalewicki published 29 July 22 The 3D fossil of a Jurassic fish is one of the many remains "frozen in time" found on a farm in the UK.
10 of the deadliest snakes By Ailsa Harvey, Jeanna Bryner published 28 July 22 An encounter with one of these venomous snakes could cost you your life.
Dead spiders reanimated as creepy 'necrobots' By Harry Baker published 28 July 22 Researchers have turned dead wolf spiders into machine grippers that can be used to pick up a variety of objects, including other spiders, by blowing air into their lifeless corpses.
