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Ancient sea cow was attacked by crocodile and scavenged by shark – study

Ancient sea cow was attacked by crocodile and and scavenged by shark – study

An ancient sea cow that once swam the oceans millions of years ago met its demise after being attacked by a crocodile and was feasted upon later by a shark, a study suggests. Skeleton analysis indicates the creature was first attacked by the ...

29 Aug 2024 at 06:34

New 3D fossil discovered preserved in fool’s gold

The 450-million-year-old fossil of an ancient relative of spiders has been discovered preserved in 3D by fool’s gold. The new species has been called Lomankus edgecombei, and is distantly related to scorpions and horseshoe crabs. Named ...

29 Oct 2024 at 15:00

Cave discovery reveals oldest community of animals living in European Arctic

The remains of 46 types of mammals, fish and birds, dating back more than 10,000 years have been found in a cave in northern Norway providing the oldest example of an animal community living in the European Arctic region. The ...

04 Aug 2025 at 20:00

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Baby mammoth preserved for 50,000 years is unveiled in Siberia

The 50,000-year-old remains of a baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost have been unveiled to the public by researchers in Russia’s Siberia region, who call it the best-preserved mammoth body ever found. Nicknamed Yana,...

24 Dec 2024 at 15:12

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Fossilised mastodon jaw unearthed after man spots two giant teeth in garden

Scholars are hailing the discovery of a fossilised mastodon jaw discovered by a man who spotted two giant teeth while gardening at his upstate New York home this year. The mastodon jaw and some other bone fragments were ...

18 Dec 2024 at 19:18

Fossil reveals new species of ancient Jurassic reptile which roamed Scotland

A fossil discovered on the Isle of Skye has been revealed as a new species of Jurassic reptile which was an ancient ancestor to lizards and snakes. An international team of researchers, which included National Museums ...

01 Oct 2025 at 16:00

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Research may solve mystery of whether fossil is young T. rex or new species

Scientists have long puzzled over the origins of a mysterious dinosaur excavated in the 1940s: was it a young Tyrannosaurus rex or another type of dinosaur? At first, researchers had only a tyrannosaur skull to go by,...

30 Oct 2025 at 16:40

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