Two individuals of Traskasaura sandrae hunt a Pachydiscus ammonite in the North Pacific Ocean during the late Cretaceous. Traskasaura sandrae, mentioned in a recent publication in the Journal of Systematic Paleontology, was designated as the provincial fossil of British Columbia…
When parrots make sounds, are they simply copying what they hear, or do they actually understand the meaning of their words? (Image credit: Saurabh Goel/500px via Getty Images) In the wild, parrots chirp, scream, whistle, and make a variety of…
Researchers have recorded more than 1 million species of insects. (Image credit: dikkyoesin1 via Getty Images) Jump to: Sourse: www.livescience.com Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Name * Email * Add Comment * Save my…
The pelican eel’s lower jaw is about a quarter of its total body length. (Image credit: David Shale, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Traveling through the inky darkness of the “midnight zone” in the deep ocean, the pelican eel…
Dire wolves are grey wolves with modified DNA. (Image credit: Colossal Biosciences) On April 7, biotech company Colossal Biosciences announced that it had recreated extinct dire wolves, stating outright that it was “the resurrection of a once-extinct dire wolf.” Shortly…
Two new studies suggest that the domestication of cats occurred much more recently than previously thought. (Photo credit: Sherif A. Wagih/Getty Images) The origins of domestic cats and their interactions with ancient humans are as mysterious as the creatures themselves.…
A puffin flies over the Farne Islands in the UK, holding sand eels in its beak. (Photo credit: STEVE ALLEN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images) Birds have inhabited our planet since the time of dinosaurs, hunting, foraging, and raising their…
Colossal Biosciences unveiled its ‘dire wolves’ in April, claiming that ‘species de-extinction is now possible’ (Image credit: Colossal Biosciences) The concept of bringing back extinct species is intriguing; I’d love to see some of the weird Cambrian creatures like Hallucigenia…
An artist’s rendering of Astraspis and Megalograptus, which had sensory exoskeletons. (Image courtesy of Brian Eng) Researchers claim our sensitive teeth originally evolved from the ‘armour’ of extinct fish that lived 465 million years ago. In a new study, scientists…
František Vejmelka with a subalpine woolly rat (Mallomys istapantap). This is the first time the species has been scientifically recorded in the wild. (Photo: František Vejmelka) One of the world’s largest rats has finally been captured on camera, nearly forty…