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Huge mammoth jaw at least 10,000 years old pulled up from Florida riverFossil enthusiast John Kreatsoulas thought the artifact was a log, before he realized he was holding a bone from the last ice age.
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Watch dolphins raid crab pots off Australia in never-before-seen footageDolphins in Koombana Bay, Western Australia, have learned how to raid crab pots being used for bait and remove the hooks, footage has revealed.
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200-pound 'monster' Burmese python finally captured in Florida after 5 men sit on itA huge Burmese python caught in Florida is the second-heaviest ever caught in the state, weighing in at 198 pounds.
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Scientists have figured out when the biggest bull sharks are most active — and it's not when official advice suggestsResearchers tracked more than 200 bull sharks off the coast of New South Wales to find out exactly when they were most active and posed the greatest risk to humans.
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14 of the deepest sinkholes on EarthFrom China's Heavenly Pit, which stretches down 2,172 feet, to the Devil's Sinkhole in Texas that is home to three million bats — here are some of the world's deepest known sinkholes.
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Colossal cave in Mexico that formed 15 million years ago is even more enormous than we thoughtThe Sistema Huautla in Oaxaca is the 10th deepest cave on Earth, and a explorers with a 2023 expedition to map the system have added over 700 feet to its length.
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World's deepest canyon is home to Asia's tallest tree - and Chinese scientists only just found itAt 335 feet (102 meters) in height, the enormous newly-discovered cypress tree — which was found in a forest in Tibet — would tower over the Statue of Liberty.
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Could the megalodon still exist today?Megalodon once dominated Earth's oceans. Despite vanishing from the fossil record millions of years ago, rumors persist that these gigantic sharks are still alive.
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What is the deadliest shark attack ever recorded?During World War II, the sinking of a U.S. Navy ship led to one of the worst known shark attacks in history, with up to 150 killed in a feeding frenzy.
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Scientists reveal face of 10-foot 'killer tadpole' that terrorized Earth long before the dinosaursWith huge teeth and large eyes, Crassigyrinus scoticus was specially adapted to hunt in the coal swamps of Scotland and North America.
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Surprise discovery of world's 2nd deepest blue hole could provide window into Earth's historyThe second deepest blue hole in the world has been discovered off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. The giant, underwater cavern is around 900 feet deep and spans an area of 147,000 square feet.
