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Spinosaurus relative longer than a pickup truck stalked Thailand's rivers 125 million years ago
By Patrick Pester published
A large fish-eating dinosaur died beside a river 125 million years ago in Cretaceous Thailand. Now, the remains of this ancient predator are helping researchers better understand Asia's enigmatic spinosaurids.

Flat-headed cat not seen in Thailand for almost 30 years is rediscovered
By Patrick Pester published
Conservationists are celebrating the rediscovery of flat-headed cats in Thailand after camera traps recorded the endangered feline for the first time in almost 30 years.

Last of its kind dodo relative spotted in a remote Samoan rainforest
By Whitney Isenhower published
The manumea, a critically endangered ground pigeon and one of the closest living dodo relatives, has been spotted multiple times in a remote Samoan rainforest.

Cats meow more at men to get their attention, study suggests
By James Price published
A small study reveals that cats greet male owners more vocally than female ones. But the findings could be a result of cultural norms among the participants, rather than a universal cat behavior, scientists say.

Pumas in Patagonia started feasting on penguins — but now they're behaving strangely, a new study finds
By Skyler Ware published
Pumas in Patagonia, Argentina are eating penguins in a national park — and it's changing how the big cats are interacting with each other.

Spiders on Jupiter? Scientists uncover secret origins of arachnid-like 'demon' lurking on gas giant's moon.
By Harry Baker published
A new study reveals the likely origin of a mysterious spider-like pattern first spotted on Jupiter's moon Europa in 1998. The finding could have implications for a NASA spacecraft en route to the frozen world.

Ancient burrowing bees made their nests in the tooth cavities and vertebrae of dead rodents, scientists discover
By Sascha Pare published
Scientists made a unique discovery in a cave on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola: dozens of fossilized bee nests inside rodent bones that were deposited by owls thousands of years ago.

Polar bears in southern Greenland are 'using jumping genes to rapidly rewrite their own DNA' to survive melting sea ice
By Sarah Wild published
Warming temperatures appear to be driving genetic mutations in some polar bears to help them survive the shifting climatic conditions.
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