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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.
Which animals can count and understand simple math?
Many animals have a sense of quantity, but they don't count or do math the way humans do.
Dwarf sperm whale: The 'pint-size whales' that gush gallons of intestinal fluid when surprised
The smallest species of whale tricks its predators by gushing gallons of red fluid into the water when under attack.
Are cats the only animals that purr?
Everyone knows what a happy cat sounds like. But are they the only animals that purr?
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.
Mysterious 'runner' dinosaur a sign there are more Jurassic secrets to unlock beneath western US
The discovery of Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, a dog-size "runner" dinosaur, has left researchers re-evaluating Nanosaurus and several other US dinosaurs from the Morrison Formation in Colorado.
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.
Salmon-hat wearing orcas also give each other massages with kelp, scientists discover
Orcas have been spotted giving each other rubdowns with kelp tools, rubbing pieces of the seaweed between their bodies.
