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25 of the strangest ancient sea monsters By Patrick Pester published 10 April 23 The fossil record is filled with strange marine animals that would look like sea monsters if they were alive today.
Woolly mammoths weren't always shaggy. Here's when they evolved some of their trademark features. By Jennifer Nalewicki published 7 April 23 Genetic testing of 23 woolly mammoths shows that they weren’t always so furry.
6 incredible egg facts, just in time for Easter By Laura Geggel published 7 April 23 Bird eggs are so diverse, so which are the largest and smallest, and how do they get their colors?
30,000-year-old fur ball hidden in Canadian permafrost is actually a mummified squirrel By Harry Baker published 6 April 23 Gold miners unearthed a mangled lump of mummified flesh, which upon further inspection turned out to be a balled-up Arctic ground squirrel.
Deepest-dwelling fish ever seen is a ghostly snailfish spotted more than 27,000 feet beneath the ocean surface By Harry Baker published 5 April 23 The never-before-seen fish was spotted 5 miles below the ocean's surface in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench near Japan.
Ancient crystal-filled rock has been hiding dinosaur secret for 140 years By Sascha Pare published 5 April 23 Paleontologists have confirmed that a rock enclosing a perfectly round agate crystal is actually a titanosaur egg, which was probably smothered by lava after a volcanic eruption 67 million years ago.
Lolita, the 2nd-oldest orca in captivity, is finally getting released after more than 50 years By Harry Baker published 4 April 23 Lolita, also known as Tokitae, is returning to the waters of the Pacific Northwest more than half a century after her capture there.
Clever, bird-like dinosaurs that lived 74 million years ago got cozy in communal nests, study suggests By Sascha Pare published 3 April 23 New research has found that troodontids, a group of bird-like dinosaurs that lived 74 million years ago, had high enough body temperatures to brood their eggs in communal nests.
T. rex had thin lips and a gummy smile, controversial study suggests By Sascha Pare published 30 March 23 Paleontologists have suggested that thin, lizard-like lips concealed the gigantic teeth of T. rex and other predatory dinosaurs, but not all experts are convinced.
Rare 'demon fire' worms discovered in Japan bear a 'striking' resemblance to ancient demons, scientists say By Ben Turner published 30 March 23 Three species of marine worm have been described by scientists in Japan, who named them after folkloric demons because of their spooky glow.
