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Still frame from video footage recorded in the Kvænangen fjords, Norway, in 2024, showing the tongue-nibbling interaction between two free-ranging killer whales. Footage captures a pair of orcas nibbling each other's tongues in the Kvænangen fjords in northern Norway. Scientists think this rarely seen behavior could play a role in social bonding.
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'It's how I would imagine I would react if I saw a real-life giant dinosaur': What Jurassic World Rebirth's scientific advisor thinks of the movie The summer blockbuster Jurassic World Rebirth is hitting theaters, so Live Science asked paleontologist Steve Brusatte what it's like being the movie's scientific advisor.
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Night lizards survived dinosaur-killing asteroid strike despite living right next to impact site Researchers found that night lizards survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid strike at the end of the Cretaceous, despite living near the impact site in Mexico.

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An illustration of Macadens olson hunting in the Mississippian Sea.

Ancient shark discovered deep inside world's longest cave system

By Patrick Pester published

The National Park Service has announced another ancient shark discovery at Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. The latest find, named Macadens olsoni, had a unique curved row of teeth and lived around 340 million years ago.

Extinct species

Why do cats hate water?

By Marilyn Perkins published

It's a well-known fact that most cats despise getting wet. But why?

Domestic Cats
Virginia Opossum in the snow.

Virginia opossums: The American marsupials that have barely changed since the time of the dinosaurs

By Lydia Smith published

Virginia opossums are the only marsupial species in North America.

Land Mammals
A split image of a Yellowstone gray wolf and comet 3I/ATLAS.

Wolves help restore trees in Yellowstone and the largest interstellar object ever seen

By Patrick Pester published

Science news this week July 26, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Science news this week

T. rex relatives 'moonwalked' to attract mates, newfound dinosaur ‘mating arena' suggests

By Patrick Pester published

Researchers have identified a "mating arena" at Dinosaur Ridge where male theropods gathered during the Cretaceous period to display in front of females.

Dinosaurs

Ancient whale 'graveyard' discovered under melting Russian glacier

By Perri Thaler published

An Arctic expedition found a collection of ancient whale remains where a rapidly retreating glacier once lay.

Whales

Bite marks reveal giant terror birds were potentially prey for another apex predator — humongous caiman

By Patrick Pester published

Researchers have found evidence of a titanic tussle between a terror bird and a large caiman in Colombia's ancient La Venta wetlands.

Extinct species

'Backward' brain of ancient sea creature hints spider ancestors evolved in the ocean

By Skyler Ware published

The tiny 'backward' brain of an ancient sea creature hints that spider ancestors might have gotten their start in the ocean.

Arachnids
A Yellowstone wolf watches biologists after being tranquilized and fitted with a radio collar during wolf collaring operations in Yellowstone National Park.

Return of wolves to Yellowstone has led to a surge in aspen trees unseen for 80 years

By Chris Simms published

Gray wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park in 1995 to help control the numbers of elk that were eating young trees, and it is finally paying off for quaking aspen.

Land Mammals

Shark Week team discovers unusual 'black makos' off California coast

By Hannah Osborne published

Weird makos filmed off the California coast in a new Shark Week show raise questions about what these sharks actually are.

Sharks
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