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70 million-year-old hypercarnivore that ate dinosaurs named after Egyptian god
Researchers have unveiled Kostensuchus atrox, a giant crocodile relative that ate dinosaurs in Argentina 70 million years ago during the Cretaceous period.
Spiders seen keeping fireflies as glowing prisoners that draw more prey to their webs
The fireflies are kept inside the webs for as long as they glow, before being consumed.
Heartbreaking image shows a sloth clinging to a barbed wire fence because it was the closest thing resembling a tree
French photographer Emmanuel Tardy's image of a sloth clinging to a post in Costa Rica is one of the images from the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award.
'So weird': Ankylosaur with 3-foot spikes sticking out of its neck discovered in Morocco
The ostentatious spikes of a newly described ankylosaur fossil suggest that its armor evolved via sexual selection.
Thousands of bumblebee catfish captured climbing waterfall in never-before-seen footage
Scientists don't know much about the rare bumblebee catfish, native to the rivers of Brazil. One research team was lucky enough to observe thousands of them climbing to scale a waterfall, probably to find opportunities to mate.
What is the world's slowest animal?
What does survival look like for animals who live in the slow lane?
Pallas's cat: One of the world's oldest felines that stands on its bushy tail to keep its paws warm
Pallas's cat is a small wild cat native to Central Asia with short legs and dense fur, making it look bigger than it really is — but the yelps it makes in stressful situations betray its size.
Earth's early primates evolved in the cold — not the tropics
Fossil spore and pollen data reveal our early ancestors evolved in cold, dry environments, with some even colonizing Arctic regions.
